Day: October 28, 2020

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

60 charged in USD 300M phone scam targeting elderly victims

11:26 pm October 28, 2020

Minneapolis: Sixty people have been charged in a widespread magazine telemarketing scam that authorities say netted USD 300 million from more than 150,000 elderly and vulnerable people nationwide, the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota announced Wednesday. U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald called the scam the largest elder fraud scheme in the country. MacDonald said the 60 defendants face […]

Ship captain arrested after collision with Greek warship

11:23 pm October 28, 2020

Athens: Greek authorities on Wednesday arrested the captain of a Portuguese-flagged cargo ship that collided with a Greek navy minehunter outside the country’s main port of Piraeus. The coast guard said the captain of the Maersk Launceston container vessel was arrested for alleged violations of the Greek penal code and of the International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions […]

Calmer California winds help firefighters beat back 2 blazes

11:19 pm October 28, 2020

Los Angeles: Calmer weather on Wednesday allowed firefighters to beat back twin blazes that drove nearly 100,000 Southern California residents from their homes amid fierce winds and extremely dry conditions. Authorities lifted some evacuation orders Tuesday as winds began subsiding and containment was increased for the massive wildfires in brushy hills above cities in Orange […]

Property tax: SDMC mulls to provide doorstep service for filing online returns & its collection

9:46 pm October 28, 2020

New Delhi: The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is planning to provide doorstep service for its property taxpayers for filing their online returns and its collection. Chairman, Standing committee, Rajdutt Gahlot , on Wednesday said that the SDMC is planning to engage an agency for this purpose. He said that today we had passed this […]

Delhi: Man hangs himself to death, suicide note blames landlord

9:42 pm October 28, 2020

New Delhi: A 35-year-old man allegedly hanged himself to death at his rented accommodation in south Delhi”s Kotla Mubarakpur, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, they said. The deceased has been identified as Naresh Kumar who ran a tattoo shop in South Extension-I, police said. […]

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