Month: October 2019

Nagal achieves career-best ranking of 129

New Delhi, Oct 7 : Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal on Monday achieved a career-best ranking of 129 after jumping six places in the latest men’s singles rankings. The 22-year-old Nagal, who has been in good form of late, reaped the benefit of a semi-final finish at the ATP […]

Shiv Sainik would one day become Maharashtra CM: Uddhav

Mumbai, Oct 7 : Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said his son taking a plunge into electoral politics does not mean he is retiring, and expressed confidence that a Sena worker would one day become the state’s chief minister. In an interview to Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, he […]

MP govt directs for Durga idols immersion through cranes

Bhopal, Oct 7 : In view of some incidents of drowning during the Ganesh festival last month, the Madhya Pradesh government has directed that during the ongoing Navratri celebrations, idols of Goddess Durga be immersed only through cranes in the city’s Lower Lake. State Public Relations Department Minister P […]

Don’t cut anymore trees, says SC on Mumbai’s Aarey

New Delhi, Oct 7 : The Supreme Court on Monday restrained authorities from cutting anymore trees in Mumbai’s Aarey to set up a Metro car shed. A special bench comprising justices Arun Mishra and Ashok Bhushan said it will have to examine the entire thing and posted the matter […]

U’khand BJP serves notice to its Raipur MLA

Dehradun, Oct 7 : The Uttarakhand BJP has served a notice to its MLA Umesh Sharma Kau after an audio clip surfaced on social media in which he can purportedly be heard asking for votes for an independent candidate pitted against BJP supported nominee in Panchayat elections. Taking cognisance […]

Mortar shells found in Samba

Jammu, Oct 7 :Three 81 mm mortar shells were on Monday found near a stream in a village in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The area has been cordoned off and efforts are on by the bomb disposal squad of the Army and police to […]

Aarey protest: Conditional bail for 29 protesters

Mumbai, Oct 6:A sessions court in Mumbai on Sunday granted bail to 29 protesters arrested over the last two days on charges of allegedly obstructing and assaulting police personnel on duty during protests against felling of trees at Aarey Colony. Additional sessions court judge H C Shende of […]

Ginger Baker, Cream’s volatile drummer, dies at 80

LONDON — Ginger Baker, the volatile and propulsive drummer for Cream and other bands who wielded blues power and jazz finesse and helped shatter boundaries of time, tempo and style in popular music, died Sunday at age 80, his family said. With blazing eyes, orange-red hair and a […]

Portugal’s Socialists prepare 4 more years in government

LISBON, Portugal — The center-left Socialist Party got the most votes in Portugal’s general election Sunday, leaving it poised to continue leading the government for another four years. With 226 seats in the 230-seat parliament awarded in the official count, the Socialists reached 106 seats, compared with 77 […]

Impeachment tests Democrats’ foothold in swing districts

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — In front of New Hope Baptist Church in Virginia Beach, supporters of President Donald Trump hollered for his reelection. Behind it, taped-up signs on the doors warned, “Firearms Not Allowed.” And inside, Rep. Elaine Luria personally delivered her call for Trump’s impeachment, drawing a […]

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