Month: November 2018

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 […]

‘Aquaman’ to release in India before US

Mumbai : Warner Bros is set to release “Aquaman” in India on December 14, a week before the movie hits the US theatres. The film, directed by James Wan, features Jason Momoa plays Aquaman. The movie is the origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on […]

Tihar inmates allege human right violation by TN special police: HC seeks AAP govt reply

New Delhi :  The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought responses from the AAP government and Tihar prison authorities on allegations by some inmates that the Tamil Nadu Special Police, which takes care of the jail’s security, was violating human rights. The inmates of a high-risk ward of the jail […]

Sensex rebounds 332 pts on easing crude, rupee gains

Mumbai :  After moving between gains and losses, the benchmark BSE Sensex Tuesday ended with 332 points gain on strong buying in energy, infra and banking stocks amid fresh foreign fund inflows and recovery in the rupee. Besides, easing global crude oil prices, which slipped below the USD 70 […]

Khashoggi murder tapes do not implicate crown prince: Bolton

Singapore : Audio linked to Jamal Khashoggi’s murder inside Saudi Arabia’s Istanbul consulate does not implicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, US National Security Advisor John Bolton said Tuesday, citing others who have heard the tapes. Turkey has previously said it shared recordings linked to the murder of Khashoggi […]

Trump criticises Macron again over European defence remarks

Washington :  Donald Trump on Tuesday launched another attack against Emmanuel Macron over the French president’s call for a European army, a proposal the US leader earlier had dubbed “insulting.” “Emmanuel Macron suggests building its own army to protect Europe against the US, China and Russia. But it was […]

Traffic woes in city due to Chhath celebrations

New Delhi : Traffic snarls were reported in many area of the city as people thronged ghats in the early hours of Wednesday to celebrate ‘Chhath Puja’. The twitter handle of the Delhi Traffic Police advised commuters to avoid the stretch from Kalindi Kunj towards Noida in view of […]

Headlines