Day: September 6, 2019

Zimbabwe ex-president Mugabe dies aged 95

2:57 pm September 6, 2019

Harare: Robert Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe with an iron fist from 1980 to 2017, has died aged 95, the country’s president announced Friday. “It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of Zimbabwe’s founding father and former President… Robert Mugabe,” Emmerson Mnangagwa said in a tweet. Mugabe “was an icon of […]

15-yr-old girl abducted, raped by three youths in UP

Woman raped by policeman, his friend in UP

2:52 pm September 6, 2019

Ghazipur (UP): A woman was allegedly abducted and raped by a policeman and his friend, and thrown near a canal in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district, police said on Friday. The incident took place at a village in the district’s Mardah area on Wednesday evening. Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary jawan Abhay Yadav has been arrested, […]

Everything going according to plan, ISRO chief on proposed soft landing of ‘Vikram’ module

2:50 pm September 6, 2019

Bengaluru: Hours before Chandrayaan-2’s ‘Vikram’ module’s proposed soft landing on the Lunar surface, ISRO Chairman K Sivan said on Friday things are progressing as per plan for the much-awaited event. “We are eagerly waiting for the event. Everything is going according to the plan,” Sivan told PTI on Friday. The touch-down of ‘Vikram’ lander is […]

Dorian further dampens enthusiasm for NC congressional race

5:00 am September 6, 2019

Raleigh, North Carolina: Hurricane Dorian has created new challenges in the final days of campaigning for a North Carolina congressional seat that was already getting scant attention. As the hurricane scraped the coastline on its way toward the state, at least one campaign manager pulled signs for his candidate out of the ground on Thursday […]

Hurricane Dorian grazes Carolina coast, aims for Outer Banks

4:36 am September 6, 2019

Charleston: Hurricane Dorian sideswiped the Carolinas with shrieking winds, tornadoes and sideways rain Thursday as it closed in for a possible direct hit on the dangerously exposed Outer Banks. At least four deaths in the Southeast were blamed on the storm. Twisters spun off by Dorian peeled away roofs and flipped trailers, and more than […]