Day: October 14, 2019

CPI withdraws support to TRS in Huzurnagar bypoll

10:00 pm October 14, 2019

Hyderabad: The CPIin Telangana on Monday withdrew support to the ruling TRS for the October 21 bypoll to Huzurnagar assembly constituency for ‘failing’ to address the issues of agitating state government transport employees. CPI state secretary Chada Venkat Reddy, while announcing this as the reason for withdrawal of support, said it would decide in a […]

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Texas officer faces questions after killing woman at home

Texas officer faces questions after killing woman at home

9:56 pm October 14, 2019

FORT WORTH, Texas: A white police officer who fatally shot a 28-year-old black woman inside her Texas home was set to be interviewed by investigators Monday as questions and outrage grow over the shooting. The Fort Worth Police Department said officers responded about 2:25 a.m. Saturday after a neighbor called a non-emergency line to report […]

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Schools re-opened with adherence to COVID-19 norms

Villagers accuse Guj teacher of reaching school drunk

9:55 pm October 14, 2019

Bodeli (Guj): A primary school teacher was caught by villagers dozing off allegedly in a drunken state in a classroom of a government primary school at Kath Mandav village in Gujarat’s Chhota Udepur district. An inquiry was instituted against teacher Raojibhai Vasava after villagers recorded a video and complained to authorities, said District Primary Education […]

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Nagaland seeks Centre's intervention over poor mobile connectivity, says protests may break out

Post-paid mobile phone services restored in Kashmir without internet

9:52 pm October 14, 2019

Srinagar: Mobile phones in Kashmir buzzed back to life on Monday, connecting 40 lakh post-paid subscribers to their families and friends in the country, the Valley and their neighbourhoods after 72 days but without any internet facilities. The phones started ringing from noon as promised by the government on Saturday and people across the Valley […]

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Ex- National Security Council official Fiona Hill testifying to Congress

Ex-National Security Council official testifying to Congress

9:43 pm October 14, 2019

WASHINGTON: Fiona Hill, a former top National Security Council expert on Russia, was testifying to Congress behind closed doors Monday, the latest former Trump administration official to be subpoenaed as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Hill wouldn’t comment as she arrived on Capitol Hill, but her attorney said she had […]

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