Day: January 14, 2020

‘Drunk’ car driver mows down 4 pedestrians in Kerala

4:13 pm January 14, 2020

Thrissur(Ker): Four people including a woman were mowed down by a speeding car, allegedly driven by a drunk man, here on Tuesday, police said. The four, all residents of Kottanellur, were returning from a temple festival at nearby Thumbur early in the morning when the accident occurred, they said. The car driver lost control of […]

In cacophonous poll battle for Bihar, a war of songs erupts

Nomination process kicks off for Delhi elections

4:10 pm January 14, 2020

New Delhi: Nominations for the high-stakes Delhi elections began on Tuesday with authorities issuing the notification for the February 8 polls, officials said. Elections to the 70-member Delhi Assembly promises to be a triangular contest with the AAP hoping to retain power on the plank of development and the BJP and the Congress determined to […]

Goa teen composes Konkani song on Mahadayi issue

3:57 pm January 14, 2020

Panaji: With the Mahadayi river issue stirring politics of Goa, a 16-year-old budding rapper has composed a song in Konkani in a bid to attract youths of the coastal state to the cause. Goa-based Kabir Naik has shot a song in the Mahadayi river basin in Sattari taluka of North Goa which is trending on […]

Bengal man, sole breadwinner of family, among 4 soldiers killed in J&K avalanches

Eight killed in two avalanches in Kashmir

3:48 pm January 14, 2020

Srinagar: Three Army soldiers and five civilians were killed in two separate avalanches in Jammu and Kashmir, police and defence sources said on Tuesday. The defence sources said three soldiers were killed and another was missing after an avalanche hit an Army post in Machil sector along the LoC on Tuesday. Five soldiers were trapped […]

Turkey: 115 soldiers detained over links to US-based cleric

3:41 pm January 14, 2020

Ankara: Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained 115 soldiers suspected of links to the U.S.-based Muslim cleric blamed by Turkey for a failed coup attempt in 2016, the state-run news agency reported. Anadolu Agency says the 115 are among a total of 176 soldiers that prosecutors ordered detained as part of an ongoing investigation into cleric […]