Month: June 2019

Heavy rains continue in Mumbai & adjoining areas for 2nd day

Mumbai, Jun 29: Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai and its neighbouring areas for the second consecutive day on Saturday. Although the rains did not much affect the normal life in the city, at least five persons were injured in rain- related incidents, officials said. The suburban local trains, […]

Sushma Swaraj vacates official residence

New Delhi, June 29: Former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has vacated her official residence located at 8, Safdarjung Lane. “I have moved out of my official residence 8, Safdarjung Lane, New Delhi. Please note that I am not contactable on the earlier address and phone numbers,” she tweeted. […]

Murdered man wrongly buried as Muslim, body exhumed

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jun 29: The body of a 19-year-old man was dug out Friday from a Muslim graveyard after he was identified as a Hindu, police said Saturday. The man was killed on June 17 by his three friends who dumped his body in the Yamuna, they said, adding […]

1 held with 1.9 kg charas in Kupwara

Srinagar, Jun 29: A suspected drug peddler has been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district after over 1.8 kilograms of charas were allegedly recovered from his possession, police said on Saturday. A vehicle was intercepted at the Baripora crossing near Handwara market in the north Kashmir district on […]

Criminals roaming around freely in UP: Priyanka

Lucknow, Jun 29: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Saturday hit out at the Yogi Adityanath government alleging that criminals are “roaming around freely, doing as they like” in Uttar Pradesh, drawing quick retort from the police, which claimed decline in crime in the state. State Law Minister Brijesh Pathak, […]

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 […]

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