Day: January 30, 2019

Prohibitory orders imposed after clash at fair

Balasore (Odisha) :  Prohibitory orders were imposed at Remuna area in Odisha’s Balasore district Wednesday following a clash between two groups at the venue of a local fair, officials said. The clash took place following a heated argument between two groups over some dispute at a cycle stand set […]

CBI books HAL employees in Rs 13.28 crore fraud

New Delhi :  The CBI has registered five cases against employees of HAL Engine Division at Koraput, Odisha for allegedly causing a loss of Rs 13.28 crore to the public sector undertaking, officials said Wednesday. It is alleged that Bhaben Mitra, Senior Manager Finance, in conspiracy with other employees […]

BJP performs ‘bhumi pujan’ ahead of Shah’s visit

Dehradun :  The Uttarakhand BJP performed a “bhumi pujan” at the Parade Ground here on Wednesday, ahead of the visit of party president Amit Shah, who is slated to formally launch the saffron party’s Lok Sabha poll campaign in the state on February 2. Shah is scheduled to address […]

Fire breaks out at chemical factory in southeast Delhi

New Delhi :  A fire broke out at a chemical factory in the Okhla industrial area in southeast Delhi on Wednesday, the Delhi Fire Service said. A call about the fire was received at 10.13 am following which 22 fire tenders were rushed to the spot, a senior official […]

Govt school teacher shot dead in UP’s Hardoi

Hardoi (UP) : A government school teacher has been killed by some unidentified persons in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi district, police said Wednesday. Sushil Gupta, 40, was shot dead by unidentified persons in the Pihani area here when he was returning home from his school on Tuesday, they said. The […]

Apple to fix FaceTime bug that allows eavesdropping

Apple has disabled a group-chat function in FaceTime after users said a software bug could let callers activate another person’s microphone remotely. With the bug, a FaceTime user calling another iPhone, iPad or Mac computer could hear audio — even if the receiver did not accept the call. […]

Waste unleashed from Brazil dam on its way to a larger river

RIO DE JANEIRO  — A torrent of muddy mining waste unleashed by a dam breach that killed at least 84 people in southeastern Brazil is now heading down a small river with high concentrations of iron oxide, threatening to contaminate a much larger river that provides drinking water […]

JJapan’s Nikkei: Ghosn says arrest due to plot within Nissanapan’s Nikkei: Ghosn says arrest due to plot within Nissan

TOKYO  — The major Japanese business newspaper Nikkei says Nissan’s former Chairman Carlos Ghosn blames his arrest for alleged falsifying of financial reports and breach of trust on a “plot” by other executives at the Japanese automaker. Nikkei said it interviewed Ghosn on Wednesday for 20 minutes at […]

LA Mayor Garcetti skips 2020 and big-name Democratic field

LOS ANGELES  — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti explained his decision to sit out the 2020 presidential contest in simple terms — the city, he said, “is where I want to be.” The challenges in front of him were obvious. Already overshadowed by the White House run of […]

Indonesia’s Merapi volcano unleashes river of lava

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s volatile Mount Merapi volcano has unleashed a river of lava that flowed 1,400 meters (4,590 feet) down its slopes. Merapi, on the island of Java, has entered an “effusive eruption phase,” Kasbani, head of the Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center, said Wednesday. Kasbani, […]

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