Day: January 23, 2020

Gzb: 5 of family found unconscious, 1 dies at hospital

Ghaziabad (UP), Jan 23: A six-year-old boy suspectedly died of asphyxiation here and 4 members of his family fell unconscious after they kept a coal-brazier in their room before going to sleep, police said on Thursday. The incident took place at Sanjay Colony in Arthla area of Sahibabad on […]

Let Azadi-seekers leave country: Gujarat Deputy CM

Ahmedabad, Jan 23: Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said on Thursday that those agitating against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and seeking “Azadi” should be allowed to leave the country if they wanted freedom. He was speaking at a programme here on the occasion of birth anniversary of nationalist […]

Centre moves SC seeking 7-day deadline for hanging death row convicts

New Delhi, Jan 22: The Centre on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court for fixing a seven-day deadline for executing death penalty of condemned prisoners. The plea of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) assumes significance in view of the the death row convicts in the sensational Nirbhaya gangrape and […]

Three American crew killed as firefighting plane crashes in Australia

Three American crew helping to battle Australia’s devastating bushfires were killed Thursday when their water-bombing plane crashed in mountainous terrain during a sortie to tackle another outbreak of the deadly blazes. Officials said the Hercules C-130 plane erupted in a large fireball on impact in a national park […]

Israel, US condemn Iran at Holocaust memorial event

Israel and the United States on Thursday called for action against Iran in front of world leaders marking 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, comparing the Iranian threat to that once posed by Nazi Germany. “There will not be another Holocaust,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told […]

Rohingya hail UN ruling that Myanmar act to prevent genocide

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The United Nations’ top court on Thursday ordered Myanmar to do all it can to prevent genocide against the Rohingya people, a ruling met by members of the Muslim minority with gratitude and relief but also some skepticism that the country’s rulers will fully […]

Annabella Sciorra: Harvey Weinstein held me down, raped me

NEW YORK — A ctress Annabella Sciorra confronted Harvey Weinstein from a witness stand Thursday, her voice quivering as she recounted a rape accusation she kept largely private for decades. “I was punching him. I was kicking him. I was just trying to get him off of me” […]

China locking down cities with 18 million to stop virus

BEIJING — Chinese authorities Thursday moved to lock down three cities with a combined population of more than 18 million in an unprecedented effort to contain the deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds of people and spread to other parts of the world during the busy Lunar […]

Dems’ challenge: Making impeachment case with evidence recap

WASHINGTON — The challenge is becoming increasingly clear for House Democrats prosecuting President Donald Trump’s impeachment case as the Senate convenes for a second day of arguments in the landmark trial. The evidence confronting Trump becomes less compelling when presented again and again, day after day, as Democrats try to […]

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