Day: October 5, 2019

Aarey protest: Conditional bail for 29 protesters

29 arrested in connection with Aarey Colony protest

2:16 pm October 5, 2019

Mumbai: Twenty-nine people, including six women, were arrested on Saturday in connection with the protest against the cutting of trees in Aarey Colony, a police official said. Those arrested are among the 60 people earlier detained by police. “We have arrested 29 protesters. Six of them are women. Some of them had manhandled and beaten […]

Leopard enters house, injures man in Agra

Man-eater leopard shot dead in Uttarakhand

2:13 pm October 5, 2019

Pithoragarh: A man-eater leopard was shot dead early on Saturday by a forest department hunter at Chandak village here, a district forest officer said. “The leopard which had killed a woman in Papdeo village in the district on September 3 and injured several others over the past few weeks was killed by hunter Joy Hukil […]

PM Modi holds talks with Sheikh Hasina

2:08 pm October 5, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held wide-ranging talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on further deepening overall ties between the two countries in diverse areas including defence and security, trade and connectivity. Government sources said the focus of the talks was to significantly expand the areas of cooperation between the two […]

Trump to block immigrants unable to pay for healthcare

2:00 pm October 5, 2019

Washington: The US will block the entry of immigrants without health insurance or the ability to pay for medical bills, President Donald Trump revealed Friday. Consular officers will only be allowed to issue visas to prospective immigrants who can prove they “will not impose a substantial burden” on the US health care system, according to […]

Water leaks indicate new damage at Fukushima nuclear plant

At Fukushima plant, a million-tonne headache: Radioactive water

1:57 pm October 5, 2019

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan): In the grounds of the ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant sits a million-tonne headache for the plant’s operators and Japan’s government: tank after tank of water contaminated with radioactive elements. What to do with the enormous amount of water, which grows by around 150 tonnes a day, is a […]