Day: June 13, 2019

Sensex falls over 100 pts; Yes Bank tanks 9 pc

Mumbai, Jun 13: Domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex fell over 100 points in early trade Thursday amid heavy foreign fund outflow and negative global cues. The 30-share index was trading 130.35 points, or 0.33 per cent, lower at 39,626.46 at 0940 hours. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty was quoting […]

4 railway policemen booked for thrashing scribe in UP

Muzaffarnagar, Jun 13: Four railway policemen, including a station house officer, were booked for allegedly beating up a journalist in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, an official said Thursday. In a purported video of the incident, which went viral on social media late Tuesday night, the accused Government Railway Police […]

Cyclone Vayu: Railways cancels 77 trains, short terminates 33 others

New Delhi, Jun 13: The railways has cancelled 77 trains and short terminated 33 others due to Cyclone Vayu, the Western Railways said Thursday. The cancellations were made as a precaution even though the cyclone changed its course and is unlikely to make landfall in Gujarat. However, it will […]

Earthquake tests new wireless network in far-flung Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The police chief of Alaska’s largest city hurried out of the department’s glass building after the ground began to shake. Phone lines jammed and even police radios were spotty after a major earthquake, but his cellphone was recently equipped with a national wireless network dedicated […]

Maine becomes 8th state to legalize assisted suicide

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine legalized medically assisted suicide on Wednesday, becoming the eighth state to allow terminally ill people to end their lives with prescribed medication. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, who had previously said she was unsure about the bill, signed it in her office. “It is my […]

Japan premier warns US, Iran ‘accidental conflict’ possible

TEHRAN, Iran — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe traveled to Tehran on Wednesday to warn that an “accidental conflict” could be sparked amid heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S., a message that came hours after Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels attacked a Saudi airport, wounding 26 people. Abe’s […]

Trump says he’d ‘want to hear’ foreign dirt on 2020 rivals

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that if a foreign power offered dirt on his 2020 opponent, he’d be open to accepting it and that he’d have no obligation to call in the FBI. “I think I’d want to hear it,” Trump said in an interview with […]

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