Day: August 18, 2020

Trump to pardon women’s suffrage leader Susan Anthony

9:46 pm August 18, 2020

Washington: As he works to curry favor with women voters, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will pardon Susan B. Anthony, a women’s suffrage leader arrested for voting in 1872 in violation of laws permitting only men to vote. Trump’s support has been eroding among suburban white women in battleground states since his last […]

HC restrains Emami from using label `Glow & Handsome’

8:10 pm August 18, 2020

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court, in a temporary order, has restrained FMCG firm Emami from selling any skincare product under the brand name containing the words “Glow and Handsome”, saying that prima facie Hindustan Unilever (HUL) has used them first in its brands. Justice S C Gupte passed the order on Monday on an application […]

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

Man poisons wife, children and then kills himself in Rajasthan

8:03 pm August 18, 2020

Jaipur: A man allegedly poisoned his wife and two children before killing himself in Karauli district of Rajasthan but the bodies were discovered at least four days later, police said Tuesday. However, no suicide note has been found. The incident appears to have taken place last week and came to light after neighbours informed police […]

60-year-old woman raped in UP’s Siddharthnagar, two held

7:50 pm August 18, 2020

Gorakhpur (UP): An elderly woman was allegedly gangraped in Uttar Pradesh’s Siddharthnagar district, police said on Tuesday. The 60-year-old woman belonging to the Shohratgarh area of the district was found injured and unconscious on the outskirts of a village on Saturday, they said. Two people have been arrested on the rape charge. Police said they […]

US condemns terrorists who seek to infiltrate across LoC

Flash floods threatening Indo-Pak border fencing in J&K

7:46 pm August 18, 2020

Jammu: Flash floods triggered by heavy rains are threatening the three-tier border fencing along the Indo-Pak International Border and have caused minor damage to a section of the fencing in Jammu frontier belt, officials said. Heavy rains have caused flash floods in various rivers along the border, threatening the border fencing in Samba-Kathua-Jammu belt, they […]