LONDON: Scotland Yard’s newly appointed Indian-origin counter-terrorism chief, Neil Basu, has launched a new campaign to urge the public to help in the fight against terrorism. The Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner of Specialist Operations revealed that last year more than a fifth of reports from the public produced intelligence which …
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Woman dies in Arizona after being hit by Uber self-driving SUV
San Francisco: A woman was killed by an Uber self-driving sports utility vehicle in Arizona, police said on Monday, and the ride-hailing company said it had suspended its autonomous vehicle program across the United States and Canada. The accident in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe marked the first fatality from …
Read More »Mohammed Shami’s Pak friend Alishba denies money transaction
NEW DELHI: After days of speculations, Alishba, a Pakistani citizen, has now admitted to have met Mohammed Shami in Dubai when he was returning from South Africa. Alishba also claimed that she has been in touch with Shami ever since India’s defeat to Pakistan in ICC Champions Trophy final. One of the many allegations Hasin …
Read More »Putin wins fourth term, opponents say vote rigged
Moscow : Vladimir Putin today faced another six years in power after a record win in Russia’s presidential election, but congratulations from abroad were largely muted after opponents accused him of rigging the vote and Moscow’s relations with the West worsened. Putin, who has ruled Russia for almost two decades, recorded …
Read More »Donald Trump sacks Rex Tillerson, appoints CIA chief Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed Rex Tillerson from the post of secretary of state. Earlier today, the President took to Twitter to announce the development. Expressing complete confidence on Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, Trump said that he has been chosen as the new Secretary of …
Read More »Gunman Holed Up At California Veterans Home With 3 Hostages
YOUNTVILLE, CALIFORNIA: unman entered a California home for disabled veterans on Friday, fired numerous shots and took three hostages, but there were no injuries at the sprawling facility in the Napa Valley’s wine country, authorities said. State Senator Bill Dodd, who represents the area, told reporters that the gunman was a …
Read More »PNG quake toll rises above 100 as PM warns of long recovery
Sydney: The death toll from an earthquake that hit Papua New Guinea last month has topped 100 with thousands injured, Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said today, warning it will take years for the region to recover. The Pacific nation’s mountainous interior was struck by a 7.5-magnitude tremor on February 26, …
Read More »Snowstorm batters US Northeast, hundreds of flights cancelled
New York: A second Nor’easter storm in less than a week hit New York on Wednesday, causing hundreds of flights to be cancelled during the day. According to local media reports, over 1,900 flights were left grounded at the Kennedy, Newark and LaGuardia Airports after the macro-scale cyclone hit brought …
Read More »Pakistan bans Anushka Sharma’s film ‘Pari’ for promoting ‘non-Islamic values, anti-Muslim sentiments’
NEW DELHI: Hindi film star Anushka Sharma’s new film ‘Pari’ has been banned in Pakistan, as it “promotes black magic, some non-Islamic values and anti-Muslim sentiments”, reported The Express Tribune. Pakistan’s censor board also banned the Hindi horror film because it “reportedly contains objectionable sequences where Quranic verses have been used”, said another Pakistani …
Read More »Dubai cops close Sridevi case, body finally reaches Mumbai
More than two and a half days after superstar Sridevi’s body was found in a bathtub in her hotel room in Dubai, the UAE authorities closed the case and released the body to be taken to India. The body, which was then embalmed, took off in a private chartered flight …
Read More »Sridevi died of accidental drowning in hotel bathtub: Forensic report
DUBAI: Bollywood actor Sridevi died of accidental drowning in her hotel bathtub after losing consciousness, the Dubai government said today, giving a dramatic twist to her sudden death that has stunned legions of fans and industry colleagues. The Dubai government said in a tweet that the police have transferred the case to …
Read More »Legendary Bollywood actor Sridevi passes away in Dubai, she was 54
NEW DELHI: Veteran Bollywood actor and Padma awardee Sridevi, who had an illustrious career spanning over four decades, passed away. She was 54. Sridevi, died late in the night reportedly due to cardiac arrest in Dubai, where she had gone along with her family to attend her nephew Mohit Marwah’s wedding. …
Read More »Donald Trump Cracks Joke About Bald Spot
US President Donald Trump made a rare public comment on his enigmatic straw mane Friday, jokingly admitting that he suffers from male-pattern hair loss — a bald spot. “I try like hell to hide that bald spot folks, I work hard,” Trump quipped during a speech to conservatives just outside …
Read More »Pakistani serial killer appeals to HC against death sentence
LAHORE: A serial killer in Pakistan, who was sentenced to death for the brutal rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl, on Tuesday challenged his conviction in the Lahore High Court alleging that his trial was conducted in “haste” without fulfilling legal requirements. In the first ever trial in the country’s history …
Read More »N Korea delegation led by Kim’s sister arrives for Olympics
Seoul : The sister of the North Korean leader today became the first member of her family to visit South Korea since the 1950-53 Korean War as part of a high-level delegation attending the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Arriving on her brother Kim Jong Un’s white private jet …
Read More »Zinc and steel producers close in on the next technological leap for producing galvanised auto body material
Steel has been used to make automobiles since the early 1900s but corrosion resistance features became standard in vehicles beginning in the early 1980s when Japanese cars gained entrance to the U.S. market. North American-made vehicles were having “real rust problems” that couldn’t be fought merely with heavier, and more …
Read More »World’s first Children’s temple to come up soon in Banswara
Udaipur : In a bid to combat malnutrition and spread awareness on child rights, a Children’s Temple would soon be built in tribal dominant Ghatol block of Banswara district. The Bhil community has announced to provide free land for the temple and funds would be raised by means of donation. The …
Read More »3 killed in shooting at office park in Maryland
EDGEWOOD, Md.: A gunman opened fire at a Marylandoffice park on Wednesday morning, killing three co-workers and wounding two others, authorities and the business owner said. Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler identified the shooter as 37-year-old Radee Labeeb Prince. He said Prince opened fire with a handgun and then fled the Emmorton …
Read More »Bokha, World’s first tiger was re-introduced in erstwhile Dungarpur state!
‘Only grave of a tiger in the country with an epitaph’ Udaipur : While proposals are underway on relocation of tigers in various reserves, many few may know that the erstwhile rulers of Dungarpur state were the first on the world to have conducted Tiger re-location. It was 90 years …
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