Month: November 2018

Yoga shooter appeared to have made misogynistic videos

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A brooding military veteran and former teacher appeared to have made videos in which he railed at women and blacks, years before he fatally shot two women at a Florida yoga studio, wounded five other people and then killed himself. The Friday evening shooting at […]

Woman fought with driver, causing bus to fall in China river

BEIJING — A fight between a bus driver and a passenger who missed her stop caused the bus to plunge off a high bridge into China’s Yangtze River, police said Friday. All 15 people onboard are presumed dead. An eight-second surveillance video released by Chongqing city police on […]

Alec Baldwin charged with assault in alleged parking dispute

NEW YORK— Alec Baldwin was arrested Friday and charged with assault and harassment after allegedly striking a man in the face during a dispute over a parking spot outside his New York City home, authorities said. Police said the actor claimed he had a family member holding the […]

Trump presidency faces high stakes in midterm elections

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has been acting like a candidate on the ballot this week, staging daily double-header rallies and blasting out ads for Republicans up for election on Tuesday. Given the stakes for his presidency, he might as well be. A knot of investigations. Partisan gridlock. […]

Delhi’s air quality improves further, comes down to ‘poor’ category

New Delhi, Nov 4: Delhi’s air quality continued to improve on Sunday with the pollution level coming down to ‘poor’ category after oscillating between ‘very poor’ and ‘severe’ for nearly three weeks, authorities said. The overall Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 231 on Sunday which falls in […]

India, other nations to benefit from U.S. waiver on Iran oil buys – minister

NEW DELHI- India and other leading oil buyers will benefit from the waiver the United States has granted them from Iran sanctions, the South Asian nation’s oil minister said on Saturday. The United States said on Friday it will temporarily allow eight importers to keep buying Iranian oil […]

India iPhone sales to fall for first time in four years: researcher

BENGALURU – Apple’s iPhone sales are set to dip by around a quarter in India’s holiday season fourth quarter, putting them on course for the first full-year fall in four years, industry research firm Counterpoint said on Saturday. The Cupertino, California company’s struggle to break through with India’s […]

ONGC second-quarter profit rises, beats estimate

NEW DELHI – India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd posted a 61 percent jump in second-quarter profit on Saturday, with higher crude oil prices helping it to beat forecasts. ONGC’s net profit stood at 82.65 billion rupees ($1.14 billion) in the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with […]

Cong releases first list of candidates for MP polls

New Delhi, Nov 3:  The Congress Saturday released its first list of candidates, 155 in total, for the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls, and the nominees included Ajay Singh, the leader of opposition in the state, and former Union minister Suresh Pachouri The party has also fielded former chief minister […]

Modi’s foreign trips don’t help bring black money back: Azad

Jaipur, Nov 3:  The Congress Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign trips had failed to create an environment that would help bring back black money stashed abroad or fugitives from the law. Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said the Modi government had failed to […]

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