Three dead, four injured in California shooting: police

Police in California on Saturday said three people were killed and four were injured in a shooting at a bowling alley near Los Angeles. Sergeant Ronald Harris of the Torrance Police Department confirmed to AFP that officers responded at 11:54 pm on Friday to reports of gunfire at […]

Violence rages over Indian flashpoint temple

Twin arson and bomb attacks rocked southern India Saturday, continuing a violent backlash that followed the entry of two women into a Hindu temple that forbids female devotees. The Sabarimala temple in Kerala state has been at the centre of a prolonged showdown between religious hardliners and authorities […]

French ‘yellow vests’ keep up pressure on unrepentant Macron

PARIS – French ‘yellow vest’ protesters marched through Paris and other cities on Saturday to highlight their struggle to make ends meet, a day after President Emmanuel Macron’s government hardened its stance against them. Two months after they started blocking roads, occupying highway toll-booths and staging sometimes-violent street […]

Breakingviews – A graying Facebook will require a different leader

NEW YORK – Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook have been inseparable since he launched the social network 15 years ago. But his lack of perspective helped create the existential problems facing the company today. His priority is finding a new leader who can take over and meet the challenge. […]

Court declares tycoon Vijay Mallya a ‘fugitive economic offender’

MUMBAI – A court in India set up under anti-money laundering laws declared liquor and aviation tycoon Vijay Mallya a “fugitive economic offender” on Saturday, paving the way for the government to seize his assets, according to Reuters partner ANI. India recently approved a bill empowering authorities to […]

Justin Timberlake returns to tour after vocal cord injury

Los Angeles, Jan 5: Pop star Justin Timberlake is ready to restart his ‘Man Of The Woods’ tour two months after postponing numerous dates due to bruised vocal cords. The singer shared the news on Instagram on Thursday night, one day before the tour resumed in Washington D.C. at […]

Can’t return for safety concerns, case politicised: Nirav Modi

Mumbai, Jan 5:Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, a prime accused in the PNB fraud case, told a court here Saturday that he cannot return to India due to safety concerns and also because his case has been politicised. Modi’s lawyer filed his reply to the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) […]

Cyclone Pabuk: IMD warns fishermen against going to sea

New Delhi, Jan 5: Cyclonic Storm Pabuk over the Andaman Sea and neighbourhood moved further west-northwestwards with a speed of 21kmph in the past six hours, the India Meteorological Department said Saturday and warned fishermen against venturing out to sea. The storm is very likely to move west-northwestwards for […]

Modi hits out at Cong, accuses it of working at the behest of middlemen

Baripada (Odisha), Jan 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the Congress on Saturday, accusing the opposition party of working at the behest of middlemen in the defence sector, instead of running a government for the people, during the UPA rule. Addressing a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally […]

Fire breaks out at studio during serial’s shoot

Mumbai, Jan 5: A minor fire broke out at Essel Studio in suburban Chembur here Saturday when the shooting of a Marathi serial was underway, a fire brigade official said. The fire was doused immediately and nobody was injured, he said. The cause of the fire was yet to […]

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