Day: November 14, 2018

BJP welcomes Uddhav’s decision to visit Ayodhya: Danve

Thane (Maha) : Maharashtra BJP president Raosaheb Danve Wednesday said his party welcomed Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray’s decision to visit Ayodhya later this month. He was talking to reporters here as part of his tour of Thane, Kalyan and Bhiwandi to take stock of the party’s preparedness for […]

Varun Dhawan to attend ‘October’ screening at IFFI

Mumbai ; Bollywood star Varun Dhawan will attend the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) for the screening of his film “October”, which is a part of the festival’s Panorama segment. “It was my dad who informed me that ‘October’ was chosen to be part of the Panorama Section […]

Sri Lanka’s Parliament passes no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Rajapaksa

Colombo, :  In a major setback to President Maithripala Sirisena, the Sri Lankan Parliament on Wednesday passed a no-confidence motion against the government headed by his controversially-appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. The Parliament on Wednesday met for the first time since October 26, when President Sirisena sacked prime minister […]

Cold weather drives migrants camped at border bridge into shelter

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico— The arrival of winter weather in the border city of Juarez, Mexico, has forced hundreds of migrants awaiting entry to the United States to seek shelter away from the international bridge, where many have been camped for days. “The city authorities managed to convince the refugees […]

Firefighters battle blazes on two fronts in California, 50 dead

Thousands of firefighters battled blazes in northern and southern California on Tuesday as body recovery teams searched the remains of houses and charred cars for victims of the deadliest wildfire in the history of the US state. At least 50 deaths have been reported statewide so far from […]

Amazon’s NYC home in ‘opportunity zone’ for Trump tax break

NEW YORK  — Much of the New York City neighborhood selected by Amazon for one of its new headquarters is in a federal “opportunity zone,” a designation created by President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul that offers developers potentially millions of dollars in capital gains tax breaks to invest […]

AP sources: Trump mulling a wide-ranging shakeup

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is weighing an administration-wide shakeup as he looks to prepare his White House for divided government, but it is unclear who is going and who is staying. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was thought to be out as soon as this week, according […]

CIA considered using ‘truth serum’ on post-9/11 detainees

WASHINGTON — Shortly after 9/11, the CIA considered using a drug it thought might work like a truth serum and force terror suspects to give up information about potential attacks. After months of research, the agency decided that a drug called Versed, a sedative often prescribed to reduce […]

Continental Honors L&T Technology Services with Supplier of the Year Award

BENGALURU, India : L&T Technology Services (NSE: LTTS), a leading global pure play engineering services company, has been conferred with the ‘ Supplier of the Year 2017 Award’ by Continental, a leading German technology company. LTTS is the only engineering partner to have been awarded the prestigious accolade. […]

Wildfire death toll rises as search for missing continues

CHICO, Calif. — A message board at a shelter for the many people who fled California’s deadliest wildfire is filled with photos of the missing, as well as pleas for any information about relatives and friends. “I hope you are okay,” reads one hand written note on the […]

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