Day: October 19, 2019

Gutkha smuggled in luxury bus from MP seized in Navi Mumbai

Gutka, pan masala banned in Uttarakhand

3:17 pm October 19, 2019

Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government has put a total ban on the manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of products like gutka and pan masala which have a high content of tobacco and nicotine in them. An order to this effect was issued here by Food Safety Commissioner Nitesh Kumar Jha late on Friday evening. The decision […]

US Syria envoy urges European support for Turkey

Trump touts Turkey cease-fire, even as it appears shaky

3:15 pm October 19, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump is pushing back at criticism that his Syria withdrawal is damaging U.S. credibility, betraying Kurdish allies and opening the door for a possible resurgence of the Islamic State. He touted a cease-fire agreement that seemed at risk as Turkey and Kurdish fighters differed over what it required and whether combat had […]

Hong Kong says murder suspect wants to surrender to Taiwan

3:08 pm October 19, 2019

Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s leader says the murder suspect whose case inadvertently helped ignite the city’s protest movement wants to surrender to authorities in Taiwan. Carrie Lam told reporters Saturday that she had received a letter from Chan Tong-kai requesting help to give himself up. Chan is wanted by Taiwan authorities for allegedly killing his […]

13 people die in dam failure at Siberian gold mine: ministry

3:04 pm October 19, 2019

Moscow: At least thirteen people were killed as a result of a dam failure at a gold mine in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk early Saturday, the Russian emergencies ministry said. “As of now, there’s information about 13 dead,” the ministry said in a statement. The workers died when a dam on the Seine River […]

I'm kind of old and boring now: Robert Pattinson

Batman is not a hero: Robert Pattinson

2:56 pm October 19, 2019

Los Angeles: Robert Pattinson says he does not have a penchant for taking up the parts of a hero or a good guy and he believes the superhero character Batman is also not one of them. In a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times, Pattinson said it is his belief that an actor takes […]