Month: September 2019

Taliban blast kills US soldier, several civilians in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan — A Taliban car bomb exploded and killed U.S. and Romanian service members and 10 civilians in a busy diplomatic area near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul on Thursday, the second major attack this week as the Afghan government warned that a U.S.-Taliban deal on ending […]

Investigation is prerogative of police, courts should not interfere: SC

New Delhi, Sep 5: Investigation into crimes is the “prerogative” of police and courts should not interfere in its each and every stage as this would affect the normal course of probe, the Supreme Court said Thursday. The apex court, while denying anticipatory bail to senior Congress leader […]

Chidambaram sent to Tihar jail in INX Media corruption case

New Delhi, Sep 5: Veteran Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram was sent to Tihar jail Thursday by a Delhi court where he will spend 14 days in judicial custody in connection with the INX Media corruption case. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar sent him to judicial […]

2 killed in blast in Tarn Taran; NIA team called

Chandigarh, Sep 5: Two persons were killed and one was seriously injured in a blast that took place in an agricultural field in Pandori village in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday evening, police said, adding it was yet to […]

Fresh trouble for MLA Anant Singh, voice sample tests

Patna, Sep 05: In fresh trouble for controversial Bihar MLA Anant Singh, who is in jail after the recovery of an AK 47 rifle and some hand grenades from his house, his voice sample has tested positive in a forensic examination. The forensic test was conducted to ascertain whether […]

SC refuses pre-arrest bail in INX Media case to Chidambaram

New Delhi, Sep 5: In a setback to former Union minister P Chidambaram, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to grant him pre-arrest bail in the INX Media money laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate. The top court dismissed Chidambaram’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court verdict denying […]

Dorian strengthens to Category 3 storm as it threatens US east coast

Hurricane Dorian has claimed at least 20 lives, Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said, warning the storm had caused “generational devastation” as it moved towards the US east coast. Minnis confirmed the storm’s death toll had risen to at least 20 during a news conference in which he […]

New women accuse opera legend Domingo of sexual harassment

The glittering production was a high point of the Washington Opera’s 1999-2000 season: Jules Massenet’s “Le Cid,” about a legendary Spanish conqueror, starring a tenor legendary in his own right — Placido Domingo, then the company’s artistic director. The opera, also being filmed for broadcast on public television, […]

Car bomb rocks Afghan capital near area with embassies

KABUL, Afghanistan — A car bomb rocked the Afghan capital on Thursday and smoke rose from a part of eastern Kabul near a neighborhood housing the U.S. Embassy, the NATO Resolute Support mission and other diplomatic missions. At least three people were killed and another 30 wounded, a […]

A rescue, a reunion and a rush to help in Dorian’s aftermath

ABACO, Bahamas — When Hurricane Dorian hit Sylvia Cottis’ home at a beach club in the Bahamas, the fearsome Category 5 storm blew out the supposedly hurricane-proof windows, turning the glass into razor-sharp shrapnel that opened a wide gash on her knee. Then the 89-year-old woman and her […]

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