Day: September 20, 2019

One killed, five injured in shooting in US: police

1:49 pm September 20, 2019

Washington: At least one person was killed and five others were injured in a shooting on streets close to the White House, police said. The shooting took place at Columbia Heights, about three km from the White House, in Northwest Washington at around 10:06 pm on Thursday, police was quoted as saying by the NBC […]

Automatic train protection system on the anvil, says official

Local train hits buffer at Jassidih station; none hurt

1:42 pm September 20, 2019

Deoghar: An EMU local hit the buffer of a platform at Jassidih railway station in Jharkhand on Friday, a senior Railway official said. No passenger or any other person on the platform suffered injury, Jassidih Station Master S K Mandal said. The driver was also unhurt, he said. The UP Baidyanath Dham-Jassidih local hit the […]

Highlights of announcements made by FM

1:39 pm September 20, 2019

Panaji: Following are the highlights of the announcements made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on reduction in corporate tax and other fiscal relief measures for the economy to promote growth and investment: * Corporate tax rate has been slashed to 22 per cent for domestic companies not availing any incentives/exemptions; earlier rate 30 per cent […]

Global climate protests begin in Australia before UN summit

1:35 pm September 20, 2019

Canberra: Tens of thousands of protesters gathered Friday at rallies around Australia as a day of worldwide demonstrations calling for action to guard against climate change began ahead a UN summit in New York. Some of the first rallies in what is being billed as a “global climate strike” kicked off in Australia’s largest city, […]

Heavy rains wreak havoc in Houston ahead of “Howdy Modi” mega event

1:30 pm September 20, 2019

Houston: The stage is all set for the mega “Howdy Modi” event where US President Donald Trump will join Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will address over 50,000 Indian-Americans, but the torrential rains triggered by a tropical storm have wreaked havoc in Houston, prompting the governor to declare an emergency in several parts of the […]