Day: June 14, 2020

Floyd’s death hastens shift in police pop culture portrayals

12:51 pm June 14, 2020

New York: Gary Phillips, a prize-winning crime novelist from Los Angeles, grew up on TV shows that showed a world nothing like the one he lived in. “I watched them all, ‘Dragnet,’ ‘Adam 12,’ ‘The Wild, Wild West,’ ‘Mannix,’ ‘Cannon,’ ‘Peter Gunn’ reruns and on and on. Now these were white guys and they were […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

South Korea urges North to uphold deals amid rising animosities

12:44 pm June 14, 2020

Seoul: South Korea on Sunday convened an emergency security meeting and urged North Korea to uphold reconciliation agreements, hours after the North threatened to demolish a liaison office and take military action against its rival. North Korea has recently abruptly resumed a fiery rhetoric against its southern neighbor, accusing it of failing to prevent activists […]

Study on to restore elephant corridors: TN govt to HC

Jumbo rampage at Bengal village

10:38 am June 14, 2020

Bankura (WB): A herd of over 20 elephants strayed into a village in West Bengal’s Bankura district in search of food, damaging several houses over the last two days, officials said on Sunday. The incident happened in the Beliatore area of the district. A forest department official said 23 jumbos are now camping in the […]

Poacher arrested in Odisha, leopard skins seized

10:35 am June 14, 2020

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha police on Saturday claimed to have busted a wildlife smuggling racket, after a poacher was arrested and two leopard skins seized from his possession in Nayagarh district. Acting on a tip-off, officials of the special task force conducted a raid in Ranpur area and caught the man with the leopard skins, STF […]

21 cases of black fungus at LNJP Hospital: Official

Govt appoints bureaucrat nodal officer for LNJP Hospital

10:30 am June 14, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi government on Saturday appointed a bureaucrat in the north corporation the “nodal officer” for LNJP Hospital, a dedicated COVID-19 facility in the national capital, officials said. The move comes amid LNJP Hospital facing heat from several quarters over a video aired on a private channel showing alleged mismanagement at the facility. […]