AUSTIN, Texas — Richard Overton, the nation’s oldest World War II veteran who was also believed to be the oldest living man in the U.S., died Thursday in Texas, a family member said. He was 112. The Army veteran had been hospitalized with pneumonia but was released on […]
WASHINGTON — Three days, maybe four. That’s how long Ethan James, 21, says he can realistically miss work before he’s struggling. So as the partial government shutdown stretched into its sixth day with no end in sight, James, a minimum-wage contractor sidelined from his job as an office […]
Raipur : In another major administrative reshuffle in four days, the newly-elected Congress government in Chhattisgarh has assigned new postings to 16 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, including superintendents of police of 11 districts. On Sunday, 42 IAS officers were shuffled in the state. The latest order for transfer […]
Mumbai : The Bombay High Court has restrained 98 restaurants, pubs and hotels across the country from playing certain popular film and non-film songs on New Year’s eve unless they obtain copyright permissions. The order was passed by vacation judge Justice Bharati Dangre in response to a petition by […]
New Delhi : A Delhi court on Thursday allowed 12-day custodial interrogation by NIA of 10 people arrested on the suspicion of being members of an ISIS-inspired group who were allegedly planning suicide attacks and serial blasts, targeting politicians as also government installations, in Delhi and other parts of […]
Nagpur : The Bombay High Court has taken suo motu (on its own) notice of an incident where a sessions court judge was allegedly assaulted by an assistant public prosecutor on the court premises. Vacation judge Justice R K Deshpande of the high court’s Nagpur bench said Wednesday that […]
New Delhi : Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Thursday said its construction arm of has won orders worth Rs 2,357 crore in the domestic market. L&T’s water and effluent treatment and transportation infrastructure business has secured order worth Rs 1,281 crore from Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA), the […]
New Delhi : The government has prepared a revival plan for Air India that provides for a comprehensive financial package, differentiated strategies for each of the airline’s core businesses and robust organisational reforms, Union Minister Jayant Sinha said Thursday. Various initiatives to turnaround the national carrier, which is staying […]
Mumbai :The domestic broking industry is likely to grow at a moderate 5-10 per cent in the current fiscal amid cautious investor sentiments and market volatility, says a report. In the previous fiscal, the industry had grown at over 30 per cent, with turnover of Rs 18,000-19,000 crore. […]
Moscow : The Russian military on Wednesday criticized an alleged Israeli airstrike near the Syrian capital, saying it has endangered civilian flights. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said that six Israeli F-16 jets launched a “provocative” raid at the moment when two civilian airliners were preparing […]
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