Month: January 2019

Prez Trump cancels Davos trip due to US govt shutdown over border wall issue

Washington, Jan 11: President Trump has canceled his planned trip to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos, Switzerland, citing the “intransigence” of the Democrats on his funding request to build a controversial wall along the US-Mexico border. Trump was scheduled to attend the five-day […]

Men don’t age in India: says Pooja Bhatt

Mumbai, Jan 11: Actor-director Pooja Bhatt believes women start blooming in their forties but somehow they are not represented correctly on the screen whereas men continue to play characters half their age. Pooja, who is returning to the silver screen after a gap of 18 years with “Sadak 2”, […]

Cold day in Delhi, light rain likely on Saturday

New Delhi, Jan 11: It was a cold day in the national capital Friday with the minimum temperature settling at 4.8 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average. The maximum temperature settled at 22.3 degrees Celsius, two notches above the normal, a MeT department official said. Eleven trains […]

Three arrested with fake currency in J-K’s Rajouri

Jammu, Jan 11: Security personnel Friday arrested three persons and recovered fake currency with a face value of more than Rs 15,000 in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, police said. A Special Operation Group (SOG) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police along with a team of 38 Rashtriya Rifles […]

Harbhajan slams Pandya, Rahul for jeopardising reputation of cricketers

New Delhi, Jan 11: Ace spinner Harbhajan Singh on Friday slammed Hardik Pandya and K L Rahul for their sexist comments on women on a TV show, saying they have put the reputations of cricketers at stake. The duo appeared on a talk show where their comments – Pandya’s […]

SC nod to construction of ongoing projects under Chardham development plan

New Delhi, Jan 11: The Supreme Court Friday lifted its stay on certain stalled projects under the government’s ambitious Chardham development plan, which proposes to provide all-weather connectivity to the four holy towns of Uttarakhand. The court said the stay will however continue on those projects which are yet […]

Shah Faesal keen to contest LS polls but won’t join mainstream parties ‘as of now’

Srinagar, Jan 11: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal, who quit the service recently, Friday shared his future plans, saying he would not join any mainstream political parties “as of now”, or separatist Hurriyat Conference, but would be happy to contest the upcoming parliamentary elections. The 2010-batch officer said he […]

Industrial growth falls to 17-month low of 0.5 pc in Nov

New Delhi, Jan 11: Industrial output growth dropped to a 17-month low of 0.5 per cent in November on account of contraction in manufacturing sector, particularly consumer and capital goods. Factory output as measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) had grown by 8.5 per cent […]

Wisconsin town rejoices after missing teen found alive

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin teenager missing for nearly three months after her parents were killed in the family home was found alive barely an hour’s drive away, by a woman who stumbled across the 13-year-old girl and pounded on her neighbors’ door shouting: “This is Jayme Closs! […]

Expert: Comatose woman may not have shown signs of pregnancy

PHOENIX — A doctor examined an Arizona woman in a vegetative state nearly nine months before she gave birth but did not find that she was pregnant, and medical experts said Thursday that it’s possible she displayed no outward signs that workers who cared for her every day […]

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