Day: August 14, 2020

Trump’s counter to Democratic convention? Swing state trips

11:42 pm August 14, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump is looking to counter next week’s Democratic National Convention with travel to several swing states — including Wisconsin, which was to have hosted the Democratic gathering Trump campaign announced Friday that Trump will host events aimed at attacking his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, on Monday in Wisconsin and Minnesota and on Tuesday in Arizona. Democrats moved […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Governor: New Jersey election will be done mostly by mail

11:33 pm August 14, 2020

Trenton: New Jersey will move to a nearly all-mail election this November, following the model the state used in its July primary, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday. Murphy, a Democrat, said during an interview with CNN that all voters would get a ballot, but it’s not clear if people who aren’t registered will get an application to register. “It doesn’t […]

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

3 Mississippi police officers indicted in death of Black man

11:28 pm August 14, 2020

Jackson: Three Mississippi police officers have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Black man last year, according to a recently unsealed indictment. A Hinds County grand jury indicted the officers in the January 2019 death of George Robinson, 62, according to the Aug. 5 indictment. It accuses the officers — Desmond Barney, Lincoln Lampley and Anthony […]

PM Modi to address nation from Red Fort on 74th Independence Day

11:22 pm August 14, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unfurl the national flag and deliver his seventh consecutive Independence Day speech from the iconic Red Fort on Saturday. According to a Defence ministry statement, the prime minister will also receive the Guard of Honour contingent, consisting of one officer and 24 men each from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Delhi Police. Major Shweta Pandey will assist […]

Scotland: Investigators confirm derailed train hit landslide

11:17 pm August 14, 2020

London: A passenger train hit a landslide before derailing in Scotland earlier this week, killing three people, UK rail investigators confirmed Friday. A train track obstruction had been suspected of playing a role in Wednesday’s derailment near the coastal town of Stonehaven, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northeast of Edinburgh because it happened after heavy […]