Day: February 6, 2019

New Mexico governor pulls National Guard troops from border

SANTA FE, N.M. — The governor of New Mexico ordered the withdrawal of the majority of the state’s National Guard troops from the U.S. border with Mexico on Tuesday, in a move that challenges President Trump’s description of a security crisis. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced the partial […]

SC asks Kolkata police chief to cooperate with CBI, orders no arrest or coercive action

New Delhi :  The Supreme Court Tuesday directed Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to make himself available before the CBI and “faithfully” cooperate with the agency in investigation of cases arising out of the Saradha chit fund scam probe. The apex court said Kumar will appear before the Central […]

After 20 years police in 2 states link dead mother and son

Decades after the unidentified bodies of a woman and a 10-year-old boy were found in separate states beside a Southern interstate highway, investigators now say they were a mother and son and the boy’s father has confessed to killing them. The case was cracked thanks to an online […]

No verdict for El Chapo after second day of deliberations

NEW YORK — A jury at the U.S. trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman concluded its second day of deliberations without a verdict Tuesday after jurors sent the judge a handful of notes indicating interest in the kingpin’s alleged attempts at diversifying his smuggling operation […]

Clear all hurdles for smooth trial in Malegaon case: Bombay HC to NIA

Mumbai :  The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the National Investigating Agency (NIA) to “clear all hurdles” in the 2008 Malegaon blast case and ensure that the trial proceeds “smoothly”. A bench of Justices A S Oka and A S Gadkari noted that over 20 applications and appeals […]

United to pursue high-fare travelers with more premium seats

United Airlines will woo high-fare passengers by retrofitting more than 100 planes to add more premium seats on key routes. The airline also plans to start using a new 50-seat jet with mostly premium seats on some key business-travel routes. United announced the moves Wednesday. They are part […]

Yearbook staff disagree on whether racist photo was mix-up

NORFOLK, Va.  — The racist yearbook photo that could sink Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s career may have been mistakenly placed on his profile page — but even if it were put there intentionally, it’s unlikely that many students would have noticed, according to alumni who put together the […]

Virginia’s highest office frozen as Northam weighs next move

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s office put much of the business of governing on hold Tuesday as the Democrat privately weighed whether he can stay in the job despite the uproar over a racist photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page. While Northam himself gave […]

SC raps Centre on NRC, says hell bent on not allowing process to go on

New Delhi : The Supreme Court Tuesday came down heavily on the Centre over the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) process and said it is hell bent on not allowing the work to continue. The top court rapped Ministry of Home Affairs for its plea seeking to stall […]

Brazil institute: Potential health crisis from dam breach

RIO DE JANEIRO  : — Brazil’s leading research institute warned Tuesday of a potential health crisis from the failure of a dam in Minas Gerais state, which unleased a flood of muddy mining waste that killed at least 134 people. Fiocruz said the contamination of the ecosystem and […]

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