Month: October 2019

Koregaon Bhima case: SC extends protection from arrest to Gautam Navlakha till Oct 15

New Delhi, Oct 4 : The Supreme Court Friday extended till October 15 the interim protection from arrest granted by the Bombay High Court to civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha in the Koregaon Bhima violence case. The apex court directed the Maharashtra government to place before it the material […]

Modi has become one of the powerful leaders of the world : Nadda

Hazaribag (Jharkhand), Oct 4 : BJP working president J P Nadda Friday said that U S President Donald Trump joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a programme in Houston recently signalled to the world that Modi has become one of the powerful leaders in the world. Nadda said that […]

Hong Kong suspends trains, appeals to public after rioting

HONG KONG — All subway and train services were suspended and lines formed at the cash machines of shuttered banks as Hong Kong dusted itself off and braced for more protests Saturday after another night of rampaging violence that a new ban on face masks failed to quell. […]

Arrows and smartphones: daily life of Amazon Tembe tribe

ALTO RIO GUAMA INDIGENOUS RESERVE, Brazil — They hunt with bows and arrows, fish for piranhas and gather wild plants, while some watch soap operas on TV or check the internet on phones inside thatch-roof huts. They paint their faces with dyes from seeds to prepare for battle […]

Campaign: Sanders had heart attack, released from hospital

LAS VEGAS — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders had a heart attack, his campaign confirmed Friday as the Vermont senator was released from a Nevada hospital. The 78-year-old was at a campaign event Tuesday when he experienced chest discomfort and was taken to a hospital where he was […]

Takeaways of diplomats’ text messages

ATLANTA — When Mike Foltynewicz was summering in the minor leagues, it was hard to envision an October like this. Yet there he was Friday, coming through when Atlanta needed it most. Foltynewicz threw seven dominating innings, Adam Duvall hit a pinch-hit homer and the Braves evened the […]

‘I think it’s crazy’: Takeaways of diplomats’ text messages

WASHINGTON — A whistleblower complaint about President Donald Trump’s contacts with Ukraine had not yet been made public. An impeachment inquiry by Democrats had yet to begin. But the saga at the center of it all was quietly unfolding in Washington, where two top diplomats catered to the […]

Purdue opioid deal blasted as records show $13B to Sacklers

Attorneys general representing nearly half the states and lawyers for more than 500 local governments on Friday blasted the terms of Purdue Pharma’s offer to settle thousands of lawsuits over the nation’s opioid crisis in court filings that also said the company had funneled up to $13 billion […]

1,846 nominations filed for Haryana Assembly polls

Chandigarh, Oct 4 : Two-time former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) leader Dushyant Chautala, his mother Naina Chautala, sportsmen Sandeep Singh and Yogeshwar Dutt were among the 1,263 candidates who filed their nominations on Friday, the last day of filing of papers for the Assembly […]

445 candidates file nominations in Pune district

Pune, Oct 4 :A total of 445 candidates have filed nomination papers for Assembly elections in Pune district, an election official said on Friday evening. Friday was the last day for filing papers for the October 21 Maharashtra assembly elections. Scrutiny of nominations will take place on Saturday. […]

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