Day: July 8, 2019

Thai protest leader on hunger strike given IV drip in prison

Man wanted in attempt to murder case held after 4 months

7:39 pm July 8, 2019

Thane: A 45-year-old man, who has been on run since the last four months for allegedly attempting to kill his wife and her relative here in Maharashtra, has been arrested from Karnataka, police said Monday. The accused, Ashok Harijan, was picked up from his native place, Indi, in Karnataka on July 5 on a tip-off, […]

Cop dies after car overturns on Agra-Lucknow Expressway

7:36 pm July 8, 2019

Etawah (UP): A police officer died and two constables were injured after a car in which they were travelling overturned on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Etawah district on Monday morning, police said. Arun Kumar, 55, the incharge of Gangoh police station in Saharanpur district, and two constables were going to Lucknow to submit […]

Put off by US, Chinese students eye other universities

7:31 pm July 8, 2019

Beijing: Caught in the crossfire of the US-China trade war, Chinese students are looking for alternative study destinations — threatening to turn off an important source of revenue for American universities. China accounts for nearly a third of foreign students on US campuses who pour billions of dollars into the economy, but in March their […]

Hong Kong police arrest five after new night of clashes

7:24 pm July 8, 2019

Hong Kong: Five people were arrested during overnight clashes in Hong Kong between riot officers and anti-government protesters, police said Monday, as the political violence rocking the international hub shows no sign of abating. The city has been plunged into its worst crisis in recent history following a month of huge marches as well as […]

Kamala Harris raises USD23 million this year

7:16 pm July 8, 2019

Washington: California’s powerful Indian-origin Democratic Senator Kamala Harris has raised more than USD 23 million since she announced her presidential bid in January. Among over 20 Democratic presidential aspirants, Harris, 54, whose mother had migrated to the US from Chennai, is running neck and neck with former US vice president Joe Biden, particularly after her […]