Month: March 2019

Man held for sexually abusing boy

Thane : Police have arrested a man for allegedly sexually abusing an eight-year-old boy in Bhiwandi town in the district. The accused, identified as Rakigh Ansari (20), a resident of Rasulabad at Khadipar in Bhiwandi, was arrested for the offence that took place on Thursday evening, a police official […]

Battle of spinners looms at Kotla

New Delhi :  Delhi Capitals will be playing on their home turf but there is a possibility that the conditions may turn out to be favourable for the visiting Kolkata Knight Riders when the two teams clash in an IPL match here Saturday. In the last match too, it […]

Body of 8-yr-old boy found on railway tracks in UP

Muzaffarnagar : The body of an eight-year-old boy was found on railway tracks in Saharanpur, police said Friday. The body was found on Thursday evening. Police suspected that the boy had accidentally fallen from a running train. A probe into the matter was underway, police said, adding that the […]

BJP to provide good govt in Odisha: PM Modi

Bhubaneswar :  Prior to launching the BJP’s election campaign in Odisha’s Koraput district, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said the saffron party will fulfill the aspirations of the people of Odisha. In his twitter post written in Odia language, Modi said the ruling BJD has failed to meet the […]

Trump tells Russia ‘to get out’ of Venezuela

US President Donald Trump demanded Wednesday that Russia remove troops from Venezuela and said again that he was not ruling out military action to topple far-left President Nicolas Maduro. Russia’s deployment of troops and equipment to bolster Maduro has ratcheted up already high international tension in Venezuela where […]

Facebook bars white nationalism, stepping up hate speech curbs

Facebook announced Wednesday it would ban praise or support for white nationalism and white separatism as part of a stepped-up crackdown on hate speech. The ban will be enforced starting next week at the leading online social network and its image-centric messaging service Instagram. “It’s clear that these […]

Despair, anger as Venezuelans endure paralyzing blackout

Venezuelans wavered between despair and rage Wednesday as they endured a third day of a near-nationwide blackout that has paralyzed their country — the second such outage this month. “Food stocks are starting to rot. There’s no water. The transport virtually doesn’t work. There’s no means of communication,” […]

Israelis unveil ‘world’s longest salt cave’

Israeli cave explorers said Thursday that a salt cave with striking stalactites near the Dead Sea is the world’s longest, beating the previous record-holder in Iran. The cave named Malham, stretching over 10 kilometres (6.25 miles), runs through Mount Sodom, Israel’s largest mountain, and spills out to the […]

US, Chinese trade negotiators face ‘large amount of work’

Beijing said Thursday US and Chinese negotiators still face a “large amount of work” as they meet for fresh talks aimed at resolving a months-long trade war. US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are expected to begin two days of talks in Beijing with […]

UK PM to renew Brexit deal push after pledge to resign

British Prime Minister Theresa May will renew attempts to push through her Brexit plan Thursday, after she dramatically offered to quit to save her deal and MPs failed in their own bid to break the deadlock. At risk of losing control of the process of leaving the European […]

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