Day: October 12, 2020

Greece calls new Turkish survey mission a threat to region

3:08 pm October 12, 2020

Athens: Greece has accused neighbor Turkey of undermining efforts to ease a crisis over drilling rights in the eastern Mediterranean after the announcement that a Turkish survey vessel is being prepared to renew a research mission in disputed waters. The spat over sea boundaries in an area between Greek islands, Cyprus, and Turkey’s southern coast flared up over the […]

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Woman gang-raped, minor son killed in Bihar; 1 arrested

3:02 pm October 12, 2020

Buxar: Seven persons allegedly raped a 30-year-old woman after killing her five-year-old son in a village in Bihar’s Buxar district, police said on Monday. One person has been arrested in connection with the incident, while search is on to nab the others, they said. On Saturday, the accused took the woman to a jungle when […]

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Houston honours slain Sikh police officer Dhaliwal by renaming section of tollway after him

2:53 pm October 12, 2020

Houston: A portion of a tollway in Houston was renamed after slain Indian-American police officer Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal who was shot dead on duty during a traffic stop. Dhaliwal, 42, was the first Sikh sheriff’s deputy in Harris county with a population of over 10,000 Sikhs. He made national headlines when he was allowed to […]

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Vana Recognized with Condé Nast Traveler’s 2020 Readers’ Choice Awards “#4 in Top 30 Destination Spa Resorts in the World”

2:48 pm October 12, 2020

New Delhi: The world’s best hotels, resorts, countries, cities, islands, spas, trains, airlines, airports and cruises ranked by travelers New Delhi, Delhi, India (NewsVoir)Condé Nast Traveler announced the results of its annual Readers’ Choice Awards with Vana recognized as the #4 in Top 30 Destination Spa Resorts in the World. More than 715,000 Condé Nast […]

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Amitabh Bachchan hints at undergoing surgery

Film personalities urge Mumbaikars to keep ‘calm’ amid major power outage

2:42 pm October 12, 2020

Mumbai: As Mumbai came to standstill after a grid failure caused a major power outage across the megapolis on Monday, Hindi cine personalities including megastar Amitabh Bachchan, actors Ali Fazal, Nimrat Kaur and filmmaker Kunal Kohli urged people to “stay calm”. Maharashtra’s Power Minister Nitin Raut said the electricity supply in Mumbai was interrupted around 10 am during maintenance and repair work at Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company’s […]

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