Day: August 27, 2019

One by one, Jeffrey Epstein accusers pour out their anger in court

10:55 pm August 27, 2019

NEW YORK: One by one, more than a dozen of Jeffrey Epstein’ accusers stood before a judge and poured out their anger toward the financier Tuesday, taking advantage of an extraordinary opportunity to be heard in court after his jailhouse suicide denied them to chance to testify against him at his sex-trafficking trial. “He robbed […]

Harvey Weinstein escaped unhurt after ramming car into tree

10:55 pm August 27, 2019

Los Angeles: Tainted American film mogul Harvey Weinstein who will be going on trial for sexual assault charges next year, escaped injury when he crashed his Jeep in Westchester County on Monday, law enforcement sources told The Post as cited by Page Six. Weinstein who is facing five charges of rape, sexual assault and ‘predatory […]

No proposal for JNU name change: Pokhriyal

Sanskrit is most usable and scientific language: Nishank

8:47 pm August 27, 2019

Kharagpur (WB): Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Tuesday praised sanskrit as a scientific language and claimed it to be the “first language of the world.” Nishank, who was addressing the 65th Convocation of IIT Kharagpur here, said India had been the world leader from knowledge to science for ages. He said yoga and […]

Dalit activists to sit on indefinite dharna from Aug 30

8:42 pm August 27, 2019

New Delhi: Dalit activists on Tuesday said they will sit on an indefinite dharna from August 30 at Jantar Mantar to demand rebuilding of a Ravidas temple at its original place in south Delhi’s Tughlakabad area. A Ravidas temple was demolished by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on August 10 on the directions of the […]

Irrespective of the winner of presidential polls, India-US relationship to remain strong

India, US hold maritime dialogue

8:33 pm August 27, 2019

New Delhi: Indian and US officials explored ways to further strengthen bilateral maritime security cooperation at a high-level meeting in California. The two sides held fourth round of the India-US Maritime Security Dialogue in Monterey on August 23. “The two sides discussed regional maritime security issues and exchanged views on ways to further strengthen bilateral […]