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China orders evacuations after landslide blocks Tibet river

BEIJING: Around 6,000 people have been evacuated following a landslide in Tibet that blocked the flow of one of the region’s key rivers, China’s emergency services said Thursday. A barrier lake was formed on the Yarlung Tsangpo, the headwater of India’s Brahmaputra River, following the Wednesday morning collapse […]

#MeToo being used for character assassination: Anu Malik’s lawyer

Mumbai, Oct 18: A day after singer Shweta Pandit accused Anu Malik of harassment, a lawyer for the music composer said Thursday that the #MeToo movement, which is having its India moment, is being used for his client’s “character assassination”. Pandit took to Twitter to accuse Malik of being […]

N D Tiwari dies at Delhi hospital

New Delhi, Oct 18: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari died at a private hospital here Thursday after prolonged illness, doctors said.  He was 93. Tiwari was admitted at the Max Super Speciality Hospital and died at 2.50 pm, the doctors said. The politician was shifted to […]

Analysis: With ‘America First,’ where do human rights rank?

WASHINGTON— If it’s an “America First” presidency, where does that rank human rights? President Donald Trump’s refusal to put public pressure on Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is raising a question that has dogged his foreign policy. In dealing with Russia, across Asia and, […]

‘Horseface’: Does it matter that Trump ridicules women?

    WASHINGTON— Suffice it to say that “Horseface” and porn actress Stormy Daniels aren’t what Republicans want to talk about three weeks from the midterm elections — or ever. A record number of women are running, most of them Democrats, in the first balloting of the #MeToo […]

Trump attacks porn actress Stormy Daniels as ‘Horseface’

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is insulting the physical appearance of porn actress Stormy Daniels, calling her “Horseface” in a tweet about a recent legal ruling. A federal judge dismissed Daniels’ defamation lawsuit against Trump. Daniels alleges she had an affair with Trump in 2006 and sued him […]

Indian gov’t minister resigns, denies sex harassment claims

NEW DELHI — M.J. Akbar, India’s junior external affairs minister, resigned Wednesday amid accusations by 20 women of sexual harassment during his previous career as one of the country’s most prominent news editors, becoming the most powerful man to fall in India’s burgeoning #MeToo movement. Akbar said in […]

Protesters stop females ages 10 to 50 from entering temple

NEW DELHI — A temple in southern India and one of the world’s largest Hindu pilgrimage centers opened its doors to females of menstruating age on Wednesday to comply with a Supreme Court ruling, but women weren’t able to enter as hundreds of protesters fought street battles with […]

Hearing on Akbar’s defamation plea to commence on Thursday

New Delhi, Oct 17: M J Akbar’s criminal defamation complaint against journalist Priya Ramani, who has accused him of sexual misconduct around 20 years ago, is scheduled to come up for hearing on Thursday in the Patiala House court here. Akbar resigned as Minister of State for External Affairs […]

Sabarimala row: Devotees force woman journalist to turn back

Pamba (Ker), Oct 18: A Delhi-based woman journalist of a foreign media outlet, who trekked the Sabarimala Hill, was Thursday stopped midway by Lord Ayyappa devotees opposing entry of women of menstrual age into the hill shrine. The journalist accompanied by her male colleague, a foreigner, descended the hills […]

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