Day: October 18, 2019

Paris, Rome, Berlin preparing to block Facebook’s Libra in Europe: French minister

10:45 pm October 18, 2019

Washington: France, Italy and Germany are together preparing measures to block Facebook’s new Libra cryptocurrency from use in Europe, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire announced Friday. “Libra is not welcome on European soil,” Le Maire told reporters the sidelines of the annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. “We will take […]

Delhi zoo director transferred hours after man rescued from lion’s enclosure

10:42 pm October 18, 2019

New Delhi: The Union Environment Ministry transferred Delhi Zoo Director Renu Singh, hours after she lead a successful operation to rescue a mentally-unstable man who leapt into the enclosure of a lion at the zoo. Singh, a 1997-batch IFS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, has been shifted to the ministry as Deputy Inspector General […]

Dutch Royals leave for their country after 5 day India visit

10:37 pm October 18, 2019

Kochi : Concluding their five-day long India visit, Netherlands King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima left for their country on Friday evening. Senior state government officials were present at the airport to see off the royal couple, who left by a special aircraft at 7.30 PM, an official release said here. Earlier in the day, the […]

MP to reopen national parks, tiger reserves from June 1

MP: Tiger kills girl near Kanha reserve

10:28 pm October 18, 2019

Mandla: A tiger killed a tribal girl near Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh on Friday, the police said. Amrita Parthe (14) had taken cattle for grazing to a forest near her village Jhangul in the morning, said additional superintendent of police Vikram Singh Kushwaha. The cattle returned home at dusk but she did not, […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

EC removes two officials in Nashik for unsatisfactory performance

10:25 pm October 18, 2019

Nashik: The Election Commission of India replaced the Police Observer and a Returning Officer in Nashik district on Friday, ahead of the October 21 Maharashtra Assembly elections. Police Observer Ajaykumar Chaudhary was removed for not carrying out the task assigned to him satisfactorily, an EC statement said here. He was replaced by Yogesh Choudhary. The […]