Month: October 2019

Cummings remembered as a mentor to many in Baltimore

BALTIMORE — The top prosecutor in Baltimore knew exactly where to go for guidance after she made the decision to file charges in an explosive case involving the death of a black man in police custody. She called Rep. Elijah Cummings, her trusted adviser and friend. After that […]

Failed raid against El Chapo’s son leaves 8 dead in Mexico

CULIACAN, Mexico — Mexican security forces aborted an attempt to capture a son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman after finding themselves outgunned in a ferocious shootout with cartel henchmen that left at least eight people dead and more than 20 wounded, authorities said Friday. The […]

‘Only God is with us’: A Syrian family feels betrayed by US

BARDARASH, Iraq — For months, every time Turkey threatened to invade northern Syria, Salwa Hanna told her husband they should take their children and flee from the border town of Kobani. And every time, he told her not to worry, because the Americans were there. Now the Christian […]

38 people cited for violations in Clinton email probe

WASHINGTON — The State Department has completed its internal investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of private email and found violations by 38 people, some of whom may face disciplinary action. The investigation, launched more than three years ago, determined that those 38 people were […]

Case lodged after man was robbed at Rohini

New Delhi, Oct 18 : A robbery case was updated to include an additional charge after a man was allegedly robbed at gunpoint at a warehouse in Delhi’s Rohini, police said on Friday. Complainant Kapil Setia (26) owns a packaged food unit in Sheesh Mahal Enclave of Prem Nagar. […]

Lawyer shot dead in UP’s Meerut

Meerut, Oct 18 : A senior member of the Meerut Bar Association was shot dead by unidentified assailants here on Friday night, police said. The assailants fled after the incident, the police said, adding that the victim, Mukesh Sharma, was rushed to the Anand Hospital, where the doctors declared […]

Big B discharged from hospital

Mumbai, Oct 19 : Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was discharged from Nanavati Hospital here on Friday night after being admitted for some routine check-up, hospital sources said. Bachchan had gone for a routine check-up at the hospital on Tuesday and remained there for the next two days. At around 10 […]

Light rains likely in parts of Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 19 : Delhiites woke up to clear skies on Saturday even as the Meteorological (MeT) department forecast light rains in some parts of the national capital later in the day. The minimum temperature settled at 19.8 degree Celsius, two notches above the season’s average. According to […]

Gutka, pan masala banned in Uttarakhand

Dehradun, Oct 19 :The Uttarakhand government has put a total ban on the manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of products like gutka and pan masala which have a high content of tobacco and nicotine in them. An order to this effect was issued here by Food Safety Commissioner […]

Man gets three years RI for molesting five-year-old girl

Thane, Oct 19 : A local court has sentenced a man from Bhiwandi to three years of rigorous imprisonment for molesting a five-year-old girl in 2013. District Judge D G Murumkar on Friday convicted Irfan Iqbal Momim (30) under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences […]

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