Day: May 21, 2020

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

Trump threatens funds for states easing voting in pandemic

2:06 pm May 21, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to hold up federal funds for two election battleground states that are trying to make it easier and safer to vote during the coronavirus pandemic. He backed away from that threat but stuck with his unsupported claim that widespread voting by mail promotes a lot of illegality. The […]

Australia lets woman travel to see dying sister

11:26 am May 21, 2020

Bangkok: A New Zealand woman has been reunited with her dying sister in Australia after gaining an exemption from pandemic travel restrictions on compassionate grounds. Australia had rejected Christine Archer’s request for permission to fly from New Zealand four times before her story attracted media attention. Her only sister Gail Baker was diagnosed with incurable […]

Army, NDRF teams start restoration work in cyclone-hit Bengal

Seven killed as cyclone Amphan batters Bangladesh

11:03 am May 21, 2020

Dhaka: At least seven persons, including a six-year-old boy, were killed as a powerful cyclone battered Bangladesh, inundating many areas and damaging scores of houses, authorities said on Thursday. Cyclone ‘Amphan‘, the strongest to hit the region in nearly two decades, made a landfall on Wednesday evening. It was the most powerful storm since cyclone […]

Congress leader Pankaj Punia arrested in Haryana for ‘objectionable’ tweet

10:54 am May 21, 2020

Chandigarh: Congress leader from Haryana Pankaj Punia has been arrested by police in Karnal for allegedly “hurting religious feelings” through a social media post, a police official said on Thursday. Punia, a former secretary of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, was arrested late Wednesday night following a written complaint by a Karnal resident at Madhuban police […]

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