Day: November 8, 2018

Woman found dead in home, boyfriend charged with murder

Authorities say a Mississippi woman was killed in her home and her boyfriend is charged in her death. Forrest County Deputy Coroner Lisa Klem tells news outlets 35-year-old Jacqueline Davis was killed Friday night. County sheriff’s spokesman Investigator John Tryner says deputies responding to a shooting report had […]

ISG Positions L&T Technology Services as a Leader in the German market for Product, Process and Platform Engineering

L&T Technology Services (NSE: LTTS), a leading global pure play engineering services company, has been rated as a  Leader in 6 market categories across 3 industries for the German market  in the inaugural edition of Provider Lens™ survey by ISG (Information Services Group). The survey by ISG is […]

With new Justice official, fate of Russia probe in question

Congressional Democrats, concerned about protecting Mueller, called on Whitaker to recuse himself from overseeing the investigation in its final but potentially explosive stages. That duty has belonged to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller and closely monitors his work. The resignation, in a one-page letter to […]

Fears for Russia probe as Trump fires Jeff Sessions

President Donald Trump on Wednesday fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions a day after a heated midterm vote, naming a loyalist to replace him in a move that raises questions over the future of the Russia investigation. The axing capped more than a year of bitter criticism by the […]

Old Master? Cave paintings from 40,000 years ago are world’s earliest figurative art

A painting of an animal in an Indonesian cave dates from at least 40,000 years ago, making it the world’s oldest piece of figurative art, new research has shown. The painting in Borneo, possibly depicting a native type of wild cattle, is among thousands of artworks discovered decades […]

Woman at centre of Pakistani blasphemy row leaves jail

A Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy has been freed from jail after an acquittal that triggered Islamist protests, but is still in Pakistan, officials said Thursday amid appeals for her to be offered asylum. Asia Bibi’s conviction was overturned by the […]

S Korea first lady visits Taj Mahal

Agra : South Korean First Lady Kim Jung-sook during the last leg of her four-day visit to India took a tour of the iconic Taj Mahal here on Diwali. She spent around 45 minutes at the monument and the first lady evinced keen interest in the architecture of the […]

Markets closed on account of Diwali Balipratipada

Mumbai : Stocks and forex markets will remain closed Thursday for ‘Diwali Balipratipada’. PTI  8/11/2018

Cold morning post Diwali, smog engulfs city

New Delhi : It was a cold Thursday morning in Delhi with smog covering the city. Smoke from firecrackers mixed with mist and fog persisted in the city even after sunrise as the wind was calm, said a MeT department official. The minimum temperature was 10.5 degrees Celsius, three […]

Mamata holds demonetisation as “disaster”

Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said that demonetisation was a “disaster” for the country on its second anniversary. The chief minister said she had been describing it as a “dark day” since demonetisation was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2016. “#DarkDay Today is […]

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