Day: June 28, 2019

Top French court says life support can be ended in landmark right-to-die case

France’s highest appeals court said Friday that the life support mechanisms keeping a severely brain-damaged man alive can be turned off “from now”, a lawyer for his wife said, in the latest legal twist in a landmark right-to-die case. Vincent Lambert, 42, has been in a vegetative state […]

Air India plane diverted to London’s Stansted lands safely

LONDON — Royal Air Force fighter jets escorted an Air India plane to London’s Stansted Airport on Thursday after a security alert, officials and the airline said. Air India flight 191, traveling from Mumbai to Newark, New Jersey, landed safely after being diverted at 10:15 a.m. BST (0915 […]

India tariffs threaten California almond industry

MODESTO, Calif. — Along large swaths of California’s lush central valley, almonds in the fuzzy hulls of tree leaves blow in the wind on thousands of acres of orchards. Thousands of miles away in India, customers browse the nut sections of busy street markets and grocery stores in […]

Maoist rebels kill 3 Indian government soldiers, young girl

NEW DELHI — Indian police say Maoist rebels have killed three paramilitary soldiers patrolling on motorbikes and a young girl who was riding in a passing bus in an ambush in eastern India. Police Director-General D.M. Awasthi says two young girls in the bus were hit by bullets […]

UK jets in Estonia scrambled to intercept Russian planes

LONDON — Britain’s defense ministry says Royal Air Force jets deployed in Estonia have been scrambled twice in a single day to intercept Russian aircraft. The ministry said Wednesday that the missions brought the number of incidents involving Russian planes to 11 since taking over the Baltic Air […]

Putin sees common aims, pushing Trump on arms pact at G-20

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin says he does not expect any breakthroughs at the Group of 20 summit in Japan starting Friday but hopes G-20 leaders find a common understanding of what’s needed to bolster economies and financial institutions. Putin told the Financial Times newspaper in an […]

G-20 leaders clash over values, face calls to protect growth

OSAKA, Japan — World leaders attending a Group of 20 summit in Japan that began Friday are clashing over values that have served for decades as the foundation of their cooperation as they face calls to fend off threats to economic growth. “A free and open economy is […]

Iran sees some progress on nuclear deal, but not enough

VIENNA — A meeting of the remaining partners in the Iranian nuclear deal produced some progress but not enough to satisfy Tehran’s demands, a senior Iranian official said Friday, offering little prospect for now of the country backing away from a move to surpass a uranium stockpile threshold […]

Power shutdown

open view news desk JAMMU, JUNE 28: To facilitate felling/removal of trees from RRL to Bakshi Nagar Bridge, the power supply to Canal Road, Shakti Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Dogra Mohalla, Lajpat Nagar, Patel Nagar, CID Office, Guest House, Mohinder Nagar, Jewal Chowk, Company Bagh etc will remain affected […]

Advisor Skandan reviews functioning of Revenue Department

open view news desk JAMMU, JUNE 28: Advisor to Governor, K Skandan today convened a meeting of revenue officers to review the progress on digitalization of land records, updation of Jamabandis (Record of Right) and other related issues. The meeting was attended by Financial Commissioner Revenue, Dr Pawan […]

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