Day: December 27, 2019

Hawaii tour copter with 7 aboard is missing, search underway

Hawaii tour copter with 7 aboard is missing, search underway

11:56 pm December 27, 2019

Honolulu: A tour helicopter with seven people aboard disappeared in Hawaii, and a search was underway in weather conditions described as challenging, the US Coast Guard said. The owner of the helicopter contacted the Coast Guard about 45 minutes after the aircraft was due back from a tour of Kauai’s Na Pali Coast on Thursday […]

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Goa govt revokes nod to Sunburn EDM fest after facing flak

Two tourists from AP die after collapsing at Sunburn festival

11:50 pm December 27, 2019

Panaji: Two music enthusiasts from Andhra Pradesh who were visiting Goa to participate in the ongoing Sunburn Electronic Dance Music festival died after collapsing near the venue in North Goa district. A senior police official said Sai Prasad and Venkat (full name not known) were taken to a hospital in Mapusa but were declared dead. […]

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McDonald's operator fined after 2 workers die on job in Peru

McDonald’s operator fined after 2 workers die on job in Peru

11:44 pm December 27, 2019

Lima: A company that operates McDonald’s restaurants in Latin America has been fined USD 254,000 after the electrocution deaths of two employees who were cleaning a restaurant kitchen in Peru. Peru’s National Superintendency for Labor Rights on Thursday recommended that McDonald’s franchise owner Arcos Dorados pay the fine for violations that may have resulted in the Dec. […]

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UP: Christian members urge police to register case against VHP workers for breaking into prayer meet

VHP ‘baithak’ inaugurated in Mangaluru

11:24 pm December 27, 2019

Mangaluru: The international baithak (session) of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) was inaugurated by Dharmasthala dharmadhikari (hereditary administrator) D Veerendra Heggade at Sanghanikethan here on Friday. Addressing the gathering, Heggade said the consoling news for Hindus was that the Ayodhya issue has been resolved and the construction of Ram temple would begin soon. He said around […]

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Sarbananda Sonowal takes charge as AYUSH minister

Indigenous people won’t be affected by CAA: Assam CM

11:22 pm December 27, 2019

Jagiroad (Assam): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday said the indigenous people of the state, whose interests are protected by the Assam Accord, will be not be affected by granting of Indian citizenship to a “small number” of persecuted people. Sonowal, while addressing BJP’s ‘Peace and Progress March’ in Morigaon district of Assam which […]

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