Day: August 21, 2019

Fresh landslides block Manali-Leh Highway

2:15 pm August 21, 2019

Shimla: Fresh landslides struck Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu district on Wednesday, blocking traffic on the Manali-Leh Highway, the police said. Landslides occurred at Marhi between Manali and Rohtang on the Manali-Leh Highway at around 11.30 am, Kullu Superintendent of Police Gaurav Singh said. The Manali-Leh Highway has again been blocked for traffic following fresh landslides at […]

US, Venezuela in talks: Presidents

2:01 pm August 21, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday that talks between senior officials were underway, as the South American country struggles under the weight of US sanctions. “We are in touch. We’re talking to various representatives of Venezuela,” Trump told reporters. He declined to say which officials were engaged in […]

TSA says traveller forgot snake at Newark security checkpoint

1:57 pm August 21, 2019

Newark: A young girl discovered something slithery at a New Jersey airport security checkpoint: a 15-inch-long snake. Transportation Security Administration officials at Newark Liberty International Airport said in a release that it appears the thin, black snake with a yellow ring around its neck was forgotten by a traveller Monday night. The girl alerted a […]

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Trump accuses Jewish Democratic voters of ‘great disloyalty’

1:53 pm August 21, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday Jewish Americans who vote for Democrats display “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” sparking accusations that he is promoting and politicising anti-Semitism. His comments, which drew fierce rebuke from Jewish groups, came amid his ongoing dispute with Democratic Muslim congresswomen Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and […]

Hostel warden arrested for beating students

1:49 pm August 21, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Police on Tuesday arrested the hostel warden of a private college here for allegedly beating two students for scoring poor marks in examination, a senior police officer said. Police arrested warden of the private college identified as Biswajit Rana after a video of the warden beating the two students went viral. The college authorities […]