Month: October 2018

No permission granted for Dussehra event: Amritsar MC

Amritsar, Oct 20:  The Amritsar Municipal Corporation Saturday said no permission was granted to hold Dussehra celebrations at ‘Dhobi ghat’ ground here. At least 61 people were killed and 72 injured Friday evening after a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilled onto railway tracks while watching burning of […]

PM Condoles loss of lives due to train accident in Amritsar

open view web desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has condoled the loss of lives due to train accident in Amritsar. “Extremely saddened by the train accident in Amritsar. The tragedy is heart-wrenching. My deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their loved ones and […]

PM Modi’s speech at NHRC’s Silver Jubilee Foundation Day function in New Delhi

open view web desk Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Silver Jubilee Foundation Day function in New Delhi

Wimbledon to introduce final set tie-breaks

Wimbledon will introduce tie-breaks in the final set of all events for the first time next year, but only once the score in the deciding set reaches 12-12, the All England Lawn Tennis Club announced on Friday. “Our view was that the time had come to introduce a […]

More than 50 dead in India train disaster

A speeding train ran over revellers watching fireworks during a Hindu festival in northern India Friday, killing more than 50 people, with eyewitnesses saying they were given no warning before disaster struck. The crowd had gathered on railway tracks in the city of Amritsar in Punjab state to […]

Assange sues Ecuador over ‘fundamental rights’

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sued the Ecuador government on Friday for violating his “fundamental rights” and limiting his access to the outside world while in asylum at its London embassy. The 47-year-old Australian’s legal action comes with speculation mounting that Ecuador is preparing to end its standoff with […]

New York witches aim hex at Supreme Court’s Brett Kavanaugh despite death threat

NEW YORK – Melissa Madara was not surprised to receive death threats on Friday as her Brooklyn witchcraft store prepared to host a public hexing of newly confirmed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh this weekend. The planned casting of an anti-Kavanaugh spell, one of the more striking […]

Judge declines to punish student who poured ink on statue

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.— A judge declined Monday to punish a black University of North Carolina graduate student who admitted to pouring red ink and her own blood on a Confederate statue in a headline-grabbing protest that preceded the statue’s toppling months later. After a day of impassioned testimony, Orange […]

Train mows down crowd at India festival, at least 60 dead

NEW DELHI — A speeding train ran over a crowd watching fireworks during a religious festival in northern India on Friday evening, killing at least 60 people and injuring dozens more, police said. The train failed to stop after the accident on the outskirts of Amritsar, a city […]

Saudis blame ‘fistfight’ for Jamal Khashoggi’s death

ISTANBUL — Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi died in a “fistfight” in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, the kingdom claimed early Saturday, finally admitting that the writer had been slain at its diplomatic post. Authorities said 18 Saudi suspects were in custody and intelligence officials had been fired. The […]

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