Day: July 19, 2019

Trump to nominate Eugene Scalia for labour secretary

12:47 pm July 19, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will nominate lawyer Eugene Scalia, the son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to be his new labour secretary. Trump tweeted the news Thursday evening, less than a week after his previous secretary, Alexander Acosta, resigned amid renewed criticism of his handling of a 2008 […]

Pakistan provides consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav

Pak to grant consular access to Kulbushan Jadhav: Foreign Ministry

12:43 pm July 19, 2019

Islamabad: Pakistan will grant consular access to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav according to the Pakistani laws, for which the modalities are being worked out, the Foreign Ministry has said. The ministry also said that Jadhav had been informed of his rights under the Vienna Convention on consular relations. “Pursuant to the decision of the ICJ, […]

Delhi man stabs himself with knife after argument with family

Man kills woman for refusing sexual favours; arrested

12:36 pm July 19, 2019

Palghar: A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing a married woman for rejecting his sexual advances, police said Friday. The woman was found in a pool of blood with her head smashed near her agricultural farm in the Saiwan area of Virar on July 15, police PRO Hemant Katkar said. The Virar police […]

Shakurpur sewer incident: Another sanitation worker dies

Survey to identify manual scavengers in Assam

12:33 pm July 19, 2019

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has directed the Welfare of Plain Tribes and Backward Classes Department to formulate a state-wide survey to identify manual scavengers. He asked the department to prepare a comprehensive roadmap for skill development of the manual scavengers to ensure opening up of new job opportunities for them. Chairing a meeting […]

Experts begin study for facelift of Chandannagar

12:24 pm July 19, 2019

Kolkata: Chandannagar, which was an official French trading colony till 1950, is set to get the much-awaited facelift soon, as a team of experts commence study of the Strand promenade on the banks of Hooghly to give shape to the MoU signed between France and the West Bengal government. The expenditure for the joint initiative […]