Month: March 2019

Former Maharashtra NCP MP joins BJP

Mumbai : In a setback to the Sharad Pawar-led NCP in Maharashtra, former party MP Ranjitsinh Mohite Patil joined the BJP here Wednesday. Ranjitsinh, son of senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Vijaysinh Mohite Patil, joined the BJP in presence of CM Devendra Fadnavis. Vijaysinh Mohite Patil is NCP’s Lok […]

Vidyut Jammwal planning ‘Junglee’ franchise

Mumbai : Action star Vidyut Jammwal plans to build a franchise around his upcoming adventure film “Junglee”. The actor, who is a trained martial artiste, also said Indian actors are on par with their Hollywood counterparts when it comes to doing death-defying action sequences. “We have had Akshay Kumar […]

My father is doing well: Ranbir on Rishi Kapoor’s health

Mumbai :  Actor Ranbir Kapoor has said his father veteran actor Rishi Kapoor is on the road to recovery and will be home soon. The actor was speaking on the sidelines of Zee Cine Awards 2019 ceremony Tuesday, where he won Best Actor (Male) trophy for “Sanju”. “He is […]

Mayawati not to contest LS polls

Lucknow : Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati Wednesday announced that she will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. “In view of the present circumstances and need of the country and the interests of the party, movement and public, it is the need of the hour that I […]

Goa CM Sawant proves BJP-led govt’s majority in Assembly

Panaji :  Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant Wednesday proved the majority of his BJP-led government in the Assembly, comfortably winning a floor test in the House. Twenty MLAs voted for the motion of confidence in the two-day old government, while 15 opposed it. The special session of the House […]

US official declares drought plan done for Colorado River

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Seven states that rely on a major waterway in the U.S. West have finished a yearslong effort to create a plan to protect the Colorado River amid a prolonged drought, the federal government declared Tuesday. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman commended Arizona, California, […]

Father and son who fled Syria are buried in New Zealand

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand  — A father and son who fled the civil war in Syria for “the safest country in the world” were buried before hundreds of mourners Wednesday, the first funerals for victims of shootings at two mosques in New Zealand that horrified a nation known for […]

Officials: Air is safe near Houston-area petrochemical fire

Houston authorities on Tuesday assured residents that there were no measureable air-quality problems from a petrochemical storage terminal fire despite a huge black plume of smoke that could be seen for miles. The fire began Sunday at the International Terminals Co. in the suburb of Deer Park, southeast of […]

Warren takes aim at Electoral College in 3-day trip to South

BIRMINGHAM, Ala — Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrapped up a three-state Southern swing on Tuesday with appearances in Alabama, where the Democratic presidential candidate ramped up her call to eliminate the Electoral College. Warren told an enthusiastic audience of 500 in the state’s largest city, Birmingham, that a popular […]

Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams talks 2020, voter suppression

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Georgia’s Stacey Abrams said Tuesday she’s willing to meet with any candidate running for president in 2020, but warned she has two ground rules before she starts meeting with the wide range of Democratic hopefuls “My two requirements,” Abrams said while speaking at Vanderbilt University […]

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