Month: March 2019

Third time lucky: Ex-Nissan chief Ghosn wins bail in Japan

Former auto industry titan Carlos Ghosn moved a step closer to freedom Tuesday as a Tokyo court unexpectedly granted him bail after more than three months in a detention cell. It was the latest twist in a case that has kept Japan and the business world gripped since […]

Chanel to pay tribute to Lagerfeld with his final collection

Karl Lagerfeld’s final collection for Chanel will be presented in the Grand Palais in Paris on Tuesday, the scene of some of the legendary designer’s greatest triumphs. The brand that he is most closely associated with is expected to stage a tribute to the workaholic creator, the most […]

Mob kills leopard in Gujarat

Vadodara : A leopard was beaten to death by a mob in Gujarat’s Surat district after it had attacked and injured a 30-year-old villager, a Forest officer said Tuesday. The incident occurred in Ghamroj village inMagrol tehsil along the MumbaiVadodara highway in the wee hours of Monday, when the […]

Fresh ceasefire violation by Pakistan in J-K’s Rajouri

Jammu : Pakistani troops Tuesday violated ceasefire along the Line of Control by targeting forward posts and villages in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said. The latest ceasefire violation took place in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district around 1130 hours, prompting strong and effective retaliation […]

Official website of BJP hacked, taken offline

New Delhi :  The official website of the Bharatiya Janata Party, http://www.bjp.org, was taken offline on Tuesday after hackers defaced the site. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks. An official response from the party is awaited. Screenshots of the site’s home page, which went viral on social […]

Skill centre opened in Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur (UP) :  The ICICI Academy for Skills, an arm of ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth, opened a new centre here on Tuesday to offer free skill training to the youth from economically weaker sections to help them earn a sustainable livelihood. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated […]

CAB joint secretary Dalmiya bereaved

Kolkata :  Cricket Association of Bengal joint secretary Avishek Dalmiya Tuesday lost his mother Chandralekha, who passed away after prolonged illness, family sources confirmed. Wife of former BCCI president late Jagmohan Dalmiya, Chandralekha was 72 and is survived by son Avishek and daughter Baishali, a member of West Bengal […]

Congress rules out alliance with AAP in Delhi

New Delhi  :  The Congress will not form an alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party in the national capital for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit told reporters on Tuesday. “A unanimous decision has been taken that there will be no alliance in Delhi,” Dikshit […]

Plan to protect Colorado River still isn’t done. Now what?

  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.  — Another federal deadline passed Monday for seven states in the U.S. West to wrap up work on a plan to ensure the drought-stricken Colorado River can deliver water to the 40 million people and farms that depend on it. The states — Arizona, California, […]

Leading minister resigns over scandal that threatens Trudeau

TORONTO — A leading Cabinet minister in Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government resigned Monday, becoming the second minister to step down over a scandal that has shaken the government in an election year. Treasury Board president Jane Philpott, considered a star minister, said in a resignation letter […]

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