Day: February 12, 2019

Iranian-Americans nurture new generations after revolution

IRVINE, Calif. — Minoo Sharifan came to the United States from Iran in the 1970s for graduate school, and like many others, wound up settling in America, starting a career and raising her family while a revolution upended her homeland and fractured relations with the U.S. The two […]

AP FACT CHECK: Trump on the wall, and a ban on cows?

WASHINGTON — Let Democrats have their way, President Donald Trump suggested, and the United States will become a country without border security, airplanes or cows. Trump warned of a variety of dire consequences from the Democratic playbook as he rallied Monday night in the border city of El Paso, Texas, […]

Indian airline sector forecast to slash losses, with ticket prices rising

NEW DELHI – India’s airlines are poised to cut their cumulative losses by as much as two-thirds in the financial year starting in April, aviation consultancy CAPA India said on Tuesday, with airline executives saying ticket prices are finally rising. The consultancy’s forecast is for Indian carriers to […]

Delhi hotel fire kills at least 17, spurs safety concerns

NEW DELHI – A fire swept through a hotel in New Delhi early on Tuesday, killing 17 people, authorities in the Indian capital said, raising fresh questions about safety standards in poorly regulated budget hotels. Frequent raids by civic authorities to enforce building codes, fire safety measures and […]

Exclusive: India antitrust watchdog probes accusations that Google abused Android – sources

NEW DELHI – India’s antitrust commission is looking into accusations that Alphabet Inc’s unit Google abuses its popular Android mobile operating system to block its rivals, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has for the past six months […]

VVIP chopper case: Court orders in-camera proceedings for Rajeev Saxena

New Delhi, Feb 12: The Enforcement Directorate did not seek any further custody of Rajeev Saxena, arrested in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money laundering case, from a Delhi court on Tuesday. Saxena, whose ED custody ends Tuesday, sought to talk to Special Judge Arvind Kumar in private, without the […]

Delhi govt orders probe into hotel fire, directs fire safety inspection of multi-storeyed buildings

New Delhi, Feb 12: The Delhi government has ordered a magisterial probe into a massive fire at a hotel in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh area on Tuesday in which at least 17 people were killed, its Home Minister Satyendar Jain said. Jain, who visited the Arpit Palace Hotel where […]

17 killed in massive fire in central Delhi Hotel

New Delhi, Feb 12:At least 17 people were killed as a massive fire swept through a hotel in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh area early Tuesday, police said.  The fire broke out at Arpit Palace Hotel located on Gurudwara Road in Karol Bagh.  A call about the fire was […]

AP Photos: Naked pot-smoking sect grows at Indian Hindu fest

PRAYAGRAJ, India  — At the world’s largest pilgrimage in Prayagraj in northern India, tens of millions of Hindu faithful travel to the sacred sangam — the confluence of three holy rivers — to take a dip. The Kumbh Mela, or pitcher festival, is a series of baths by […]

The Latest: UK watchdog slams government over ferry contract

LONDON — The Latest on Britain’s exit from the European Union (all times local) Britain’s spending watchdog has issued a damning assessment of the Department of Transport’s efforts to secure a ferry contract to ease disruption in the event the country leaves the European Union without an agreement […]

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