Day: September 13, 2020

Car in Meghalaya minister’s convoy meets with accident, 4 injured

11:59 pm September 13, 2020

Nagaon: A car in Meghalaya minister James P K Sangma’s convoy met with an accident in Assam on Sunday when he was returning to Shillong from Manipur, resulting in injuries to four of his security guards, police said. The minister, brother of Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, has reached home safely, an official said in Shillong. The accident took place near Nonoi in Nagaon district when […]

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Florida city repeals 13-year ban on saggy pants

11:57 pm September 13, 2020

Opa Locka: After 13 years, a South Florida city has overturned a ban on “saggy pants” — bottoms that reveal the wearer’s underwear. The Opa-locka City Commission voted Wednesday on a 4-1 vote to repeal both the original 2007 legislation and a 2013 ordinance that said women, not just men, could receive civil citations for wearing pants […]

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Anxious about not clearing NEET, Odisha girl dies by suicide

11:53 pm September 13, 2020

Baripada: An 18-year-old medical aspirant died by suicide in Odisha‘s Mayurbhanj district, apparently because she was anxious about the result of the National Entrance cum Eligibility Test (NEET) held on Sunday, police said. She was found hanging in her residence here on Saturday night by her parents. When taken to a hospital, she was declared dead by […]

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Xi’s aggressive moves against India ‘unexpectedly flopped’: Report

11:51 pm September 13, 2020

Washington: Describing Xi Jinping as the “architect” of recent aggressive moves against India, a leading US magazine has reported that the Chinese President has risked his future with the high-profile incursions into Indian territory that “unexpectedly flopped” in the face of ferocious fightback by the Indian Army. Xi, 67, already roiling the Communist Party with a “rectification” campaign and mass persecution of foes, will launch […]

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Kamala Harris’ parents found common ground in a Black study group after their arrival in US

11:50 pm September 13, 2020

New York: A Black study group that focussed on race drew Shyamala Gopalan, mother of Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris, and her husband Donald Harris together when they arrived at the University of California at Berkeley, a media report said. A report in The New York Times said that at an off-campus space at the University of California at Berkeley in the fall […]

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