Day: November 16, 2019

COVID-19 negative certificates mandatory for Sabarimala pilgrims

Sabarimala temple to open this evening

1:11 pm November 16, 2019

Sabarimala(Ker): Amid tight security, the Lord Ayyappa temple here would open for the two-month long pilgrim season this evening, with the CPI(M)-led LDF government making all preparations to make it a hassle free pilgrimage. Kandararu Mahesh Mohanararu would open the sanctum sanctorum and perform the pujas. A K Sudheer Namboodiri would take charge as the […]

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Urban local bodies polls underway in Rajasthan

1:07 pm November 16, 2019

Jaipur: Polling to elect about 2,100 ward councillors is underway in all 49 municipal bodies across Rajasthan on Saturday. According to the state election department, the polling started at 7 AM and will continue till 5 pm. The election has been peaceful so far, an official of the department said. A total of 7,944 candidates […]

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Goa DGP Pranab Nanda dies of cardiac arrest

Goa DGP Pranab Nanda dies of cardiac arrest

1:05 pm November 16, 2019

Panaji: Goa’s Director General of Police Pranab Nanda died of cardiac arrest in New Delhi last night, a senior official said. Inspector General of Police Jaspal Singh confirmed Nanda’s death. He was on a Delhi visit after attending official functions in Goa on Friday. We were informed by his family that Nanda is no more. […]

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Diplomat says of Trump Ukraine call: 'I remember it vividly'

Diplomat says he overheard Trump call about ‘investigations’

12:59 pm November 16, 2019

Washington: A State Department official told impeachment investigators Friday that he overheard President Donald Trump talking with a US ambassador about investigations in Ukraine, according to people familiar with the testimony. David Holmes, the political counsel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, said Trump was talking so loudly that Ambassador Gordon Sondland had to hold […]

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