Day: October 4, 2019

Mahatma Gandhi’s portrait defaced in MP’s Rewa

Rewa (MP), Oct 3 : A portrait of Mahatma Gandhi was defaced at Bapu Bhawan in Laxmanbagh Sansthan here on Gandhi Jayanti by unidentified persons who wrote “deshdrohi” (traitor) over it and also stole an urn which was used for immersing his ashes, police said on Thursday. The incident […]

BJP fields Khadse’s daughter in Maha polls

New Delhi, Oct 4 : The BJP has fielded the daughter of its senior Maharashtra leader Eknath Khadse from his Muktainagar constituency as it released its fourth list of candidates for the state assembly polls. The decision to field Rohini Khadse indicates that the party has succeeded in placating […]

Sensex jumps over 250 pts ahead of RBI policy outcome

Mumbai, Oct 4 : Equity benchmark BSE Sensex jumped over 250 points in early trade on Friday, driven by gains in banking and financial stocks ahead of the Reserve Bank’s bi-monthly policy review. The 30-share index was trading 258.60 points, or 0.68 per cent, higher at 38,365.47. Similarly, the […]

Pak woman gets Indian citizenship after 35 years

Muzaffarnagar, Oct 4 : Thirty-five years after she applied for Indian citizenship, a Pakistani woman, married to a man in Muzaffarnagar city and residing in the country on a long-term visa, has been granted Indian nationality. According to a local intelligence official, 55-year-old Zubeda had married Syed Mohammad Zaved, […]

17 hand grenades recovered near LoC in Poonch

Jammu, Oct 4 :Army and police personnel launched a joint search operation in border areas of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district and recovered 17 hand grenades on Friday, a senior police officer said. A search operation was launched on specific information in Kharagali area of Loran border belt […]

Woman burnt alive over dowry in Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarnagar, Oct 4 : A woman was allegedly burnt to death over dowry in Saidham Colony in the city, police said on Friday. The incident happened on Thursday evening in Civil Lines police station area here. The victim Sugna was rushed to a hospital where she was declared brought […]

Jury convicts man in killing of Chicago boy lured into alley

HICAGO — A jury convicted a man of first-degree murder Thursday night in the shooting death of a 9-year-old Chicago boy who was lured into an alley with the promise of a juice box. Prosecutors contended that Dwright Boone-Doty and fellow gang member Corey Morgan planned the November […]

Sensex jumps over 250 pts ahead of RBI policy outcome

Mumbai, Oct 4 :Equity benchmark BSE Sensex jumped over 250 points in early trade on Friday, driven by gains in banking and financial stocks ahead of the Reserve Bank’s bi-monthly policy review. The 30-share index was trading 258.60 points, or 0.68 per cent, higher at 38,365.47. Similarly, the […]

Diversity of jury seen as key factor in officer’s conviction

The questioning dragged on all day and into the evening as lawyers queried hundreds of prospective jurors for potential bias in the trial of Amber Guyger, the white Dallas police officer who fatally shot a black neighbor in his own living room. Finally, the judge sent everyone home […]

Not just Ukraine: Trump now calls for China to probe Bidens

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday publicly encouraged China to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, snubbing his nose at an impeachment inquiry into whether a similar, private appeal to another foreign government violated his oath of office. Trump declared at the White House, “China should start […]

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