Day: June 12, 2020

Hollywood power publicist and pal to stars Nanci Ryder dies

10:52 pm June 12, 2020

Los Angeles: Nanci Ryder, a powerful Hollywood publicist and co-founder of BWR Public Relations who became close to such stars as Renée Zellweger and Courteney Cox, died Thursday of Lou Gehrig’s disease in Los Angeles. She was 67. Ryder was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — or ALS — in 2014. The neurodegenerative disease gradually […]

Biden to meet Putin in Geneva on June 16: White House

Putin attends first public event after months of lockdown

10:46 pm June 12, 2020

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday showed up at a ceremony marking the national holiday – the first big public event he has attended since announcing a nationwide lockdown more than two months ago. Putin observed the hoisting of the national flag at a memorial park in western Moscow and then took part in […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Cambodian man kept live land mines as yard decorations

10:40 pm June 12, 2020

Phnompenh: Authorities in northwestern Cambodia have scolded a man for his lawn decorations — old land mines and other abandoned ordnance still containing live explosives, an official said on Friday. About 30 unexploded munitions were hung from a tamarind tree and scattered around the man’s yard, said Khen Srieng, an official from the Cambodian Mines […]

With 7000 schools on board Mind Wars completes first year

9:22 pm June 12, 2020

New Delhi: Mind Wars, a multi-platform knowledge program received a gratifying response from all across the country with a phenomenal participation of 7,000+ schools’ within its first year, making it one of the largest school outreach programs in the Country. Additionally, the program promoted by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd on boarded students from 1,400 schools […]

Cables: US falsely said British queen backed 1953 Iran coup

8:33 pm June 12, 2020

Dubai: The US ambassador to Iran mistakenly told the shah in 1953 that Britain’s newly enthroned Queen Elizabeth II backed a plan to overthrow the country’s elected prime minister and America maintained the fiction even after realizing the error, historians now say. The revelation, based on US diplomatic cables cited by the historians, shows how […]