Asylum-seeking Mexicans are more prominent at US border

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Lizbeth Garcia tended to her 3-year-old son outside a tent pitched on a sidewalk, their temporary home while they wait for their number to be called to claim asylum in the United States. The 33-year-old fled Mexico’s western state of Michoacan a few weeks […]

Hong Kong says murder suspect wants to surrender to Taiwan

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader said Saturday the murder suspect whose case inadvertently helped ignite the city’s protest movement wants to surrender to authorities in Taiwan. Carrie Lam told reporters that Hong Kong’s government would “actively follow up on” a letter she received from Chan Tong-kai requesting […]

TSRTC bandh begins in Telangana

Hyderabad, Oct 19 : The state-wide bandh called by the striking employees of TSRTC pressing various demands, including merger of the corporation with the Telangana government, began on Saturday with the opposition parties actively supporting it. The bandh is being observed a day after the Telangana High Court had […]

Pak violates ceasefire along IB in JK’s Kathua

Jammu, Oct 19 : Pakistani Rangers violated ceasefire by targeting forward posts and villages with small arms firing along the International Border (IB) in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. The firing from across the border in Manyari-Chorgali area in Hiranagar sector was unprovoked and […]

Santosh Gangwar’s personal secy dies in road accident

Shahjahanpur, Oct 19 : The personal secretary of Union minister Santosh Gangwar died here after his car collided with a truck, police said on Saturday. Superintendent of Police (city) Dinesh Tripathi said that Brijesh Kumar Tiwari (44), the personal secretary to the labour and employment minister, was travelling in […]

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