Month: December 2018

Be job providers not job seekers: Sisodia tells students

New Delhi, Nov 13: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Thursday urged the students to be job providers and not job seekers. He was speaking at the fifth convocation of the Delhi Technological University here during which a total of 2099 degrees were conferred. Two Chancellors medals and 43 Vice […]

Man gets 7 years in jail for raping minor

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Dec 13: A POCSO court here has convicted a man for raping an 11-year-old girl and sentenced him to seven years in prison. The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the accused, Vedpal, after finding him guilty under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 376 […]

Gandhi holds individual meetings with Rajasthan CM hopefuls Gehlot, Pilot

New Delhi, Dec 13: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Thursday held one-on-one meetings with Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot, the two chief ministerial aspirants in Rajasthan, before taking a final call on who would head government in the desert state.  Gandhi also held deliberations with the party’s central observer K […]

KCR sworn-in, returns as Telangana CM for second straight term

Hyderabad, Dec 13: TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao, who led his party to a massive victory in the December 7 assembly elections, was sworn-in Thursday as the chief minister of Telangana for a second straight term KCR, as Rao is popularly known, was administered the oath of office and […]

Oil pipeline opponents look past Minnesota regulators

MINNEAPOLIS — Opponents of Enbridge Energy’s proposed Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement may turn their attention to fighting the project on other fronts as a Minnesota regulatory panel prepares to take one of its final steps to allow it to proceed. The Public Utilities Commission on Thursday […]

Cuba health mystery: Diplomats had inner-ear damage early on

MIAMI  — American diplomats affected by mysterious health incidents in Cuba showed damage in the inner ear shortly after they complained of weird noises and sensations, according to their earliest medical exams, publicized Wednesday. The detailed findings were published in a medical journal nearly two years after what […]

States cite climate worries in push to stop US coal sales

BILLINGS, Mont.  — Four states that say burning coal will hurt their residents as it makes climate change worse are trying to stop the Trump administration from selling vast reserves of the fuel that are beneath public lands. Attorneys for California, New Mexico, New York and Washington argue […]

Health law sign-ups lagging as Saturday deadline is looming

WASHINGTON — With just days left to enroll, fewer people are signing up for the Affordable Care Act , even though premiums are stable, more plans are available and millions of uninsured people can still get financial help. Barring an enrollment surge, the nation’s uninsured rate could edge up again […]

More sleep in Seattle: Later school start helps kids get zzz

SEATTLE — High school students are getting more sleep in Seattle, say scientists studying later school start times. Teenagers wore activity monitors to find out whether a later start to the school day would help them get more sleep. It did, adding 34 minutes of slumber a night. […]

‘Dirty deeds’: Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen gets 3 years in prison

NEW YORK  — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s one-time fixer, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for crimes that included arranging the payment of hush money to conceal his boss’ alleged sexual affairs, telling a judge that he agreed time and again to cover up Trump’s […]

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