Day: December 29, 2018

Cop killed in stone-pelting after PM’s rally

Lucknow, Dec 29: A police constable was killed Saturday in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur when protesters hurled stones at vehicles returning from the venue of a public meeting addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Superintendent of Police (Ghazipur) Yashveer Singh said the protesters were workers from the Rashtriya Nishad Party […]

Rescue team to go inside Meghalaya mine again on Sunday

Shillong, Dec 29: Divers from the Navy and the NDRF went inside the flooded Meghalaya mine on Saturday to conduct a recce and measure the level of accumulated water as part of the rescue operation of the 15 trapped miners. The water level is estimated to be more than […]

Manjhi to meet Lalu next week for seat-sharing talks

Patna, Dec 29: Hindustani Awam Morcha president Jitan Ram Manjhi on Saturday said he would go to Ranchi next week to meet RJD national president Lalu Prasad for discussing seat-sharing in Bihar ahead of Lok Sabha polls in 2019. He sought to distance himself from the aggressive stance of […]

CPI for broader alliance in Bihar to defeat BJP in 2019

Patna, Dec 29: The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Saturday said it favoured a broader alliance of Left parties and other secular forces like the Congress and the RJD in Bihar to ensure the BJP’s defeat in 2019 general election. The party intends to be a part of […]

Ronaldo double seals new record for voracious Juventus

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as voracious Italian champions Juventus finished 2018 on a high with a 2-1 win over Sampdoria to set a new record of 53 points before the winter break. Ronaldo curled in the opener after just two minutes in Turin adding a second from the […]

Indonesian tsunami volcano lost two-thirds of its height

The Indonesian volcano which caused a tsunami that killed more than 400 people last week lost more than two-thirds of its height following the eruption which triggered the killer waves. A section of Anak Krakatoa’s crater collapsed after an eruption and slid into the ocean, generating the tsunami […]

2-year-old Yemeni boy whose mom sued US to see him has died

OAKLAND, Calif.  — The 2-year-old son of a Yemeni woman who sued the Trump administration to let her into the country to be with the ailing boy has died, the Council on American-Islamic Relations announced. Abdullah Hassan died Friday in UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland, where his […]

Man sentenced to life for raping stepdaughter

Kasaragod (Kerala), Dec 29: A 56-year-old man was sentenced to life Saturday by a court here for raping his minor stepdaughter in April this year. The Kasaragod District Additional Sessions Court I judge P S Sasikumar, who delivered the judgement, also slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on the […]

Two women get married in UP

Banda (UP), Dec 29: Two women on Friday “married” each other in neighbouring Hamirpur district, officials said here Saturday. “Two women living under Rath Police Station area of Hamirpur came to my office on Friday, and married each other by garlanding one another,” sub-registrar Ramkishor Pal said. “One of […]

HC declines to stay implementation of TRAI regulations for TV services

Chennai, Dec 28:  The Madras High Court Friday declined to stay implementation of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s March, 2017 regulations and tariff order relating to fixation of charges for free and pay channels. Rejecting the interim prayer plea in a petition filed by a cable TV association, […]

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