Day: September 8, 2019

UTs of J&K, Ladakh to have a common HC

9:40 pm September 8, 2019

Jammu: The Union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh will have a common high court, State Judicial Academy’s Director Rajeev Gupta said on Sunday. He also said 108 Central Laws would be applicable for the two UTs while 164 state laws would be repealed and 166 state laws will continue to be applicable. The […]

Hurricane Dorian still slamming eastern Canada at hurricane force

9:38 pm September 8, 2019

Toronto: The storm that has already walloped the Virgin Islands, Bahamas and North Carolina brought hurricane Dorian-force winds to far-eastern Canada on Sunday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people. Dorian hit near the city of Halifax Saturday afternoon, ripping roofs off apartment buildings, toppling a huge construction crane and uprooting trees. There […]

Elderly woman shot at in Varanasi

9:37 pm September 8, 2019

Varanasi (UP): A 70-year-old woman was shot at by two motorcycle-borne assailants in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi district on Sunday, police said. Narangi Devi was sitting in her shop at Khajuhi village of Sarnath area when the incident occurred around 6 am, the police said. Devi suffered three bullet injuries and she was rushed to a […]

Sonia appoints ex-CM Bhupinder Hooda leader of Cong legislature party in Haryana

Hooda reaches out to sulking Kiran

9:32 pm September 8, 2019

Chandigarh: Newly appointed Congress Legislature Party leader in Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda visited his predecessor Kiran Chaudhary at her Delhi residence on Sunday, in a bid to mollify her after her ouster from the post. Hooda met Chaudhary for about an hour, party sources said here. After the meeting, Chaudhary said Hooda is a senior […]

Ship overturns near Georgia port; 4 crew members missing

9:30 pm September 8, 2019

St. Simon Sound, Georgia: Rescuers were searching Sunday for four crew members of a cargo ship that overturned and caught fire near a port on the Georgia coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Golden Ray cargo ship ran into trouble in the early morning when it listed heavily in St. Simon Sound. Of the […]