Day: October 31, 2020

Warsaw police detain 37 during abortion rights protest

11:35 pm October 31, 2020

Warsaw: Police in Warsaw detained 37 people during a Friday protest against the tightening of Poland’s abortion law, authorities in the capital said Saturday. Warsaw authorities estimated the crowd swelled to about 100,000 participants at a time when anti-COVID-19 regulations ban gatherings larger than five. The protesters started from various points in the city, converged […]

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

Air quality remains ‘very poor’ in Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Faridabad

11:30 pm October 31, 2020

New Delhi: The air quality improved marginally but remained ‘very poor’ in Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Faridabad in the National Capital Region (NCR) on Saturday, according to a government agency. The concentration of major air pollutants PM 2.5 and PM 10 also remained high in the five immediate neighbours of Delhi, according to the air quality index […]

Man injured due to sharp kite string in Nashik district

Sale of banned Chinese string persists unabated

10:15 pm October 31, 2020

By Aditya Vikram Singh/New Delhi: DESPITE tall promises made by the state governments to curb the Chinese string menus, the sale of the Chinese string has continued unabated throughout the parts of the country. Various state governments across the country have claimed of tackling the issue by announcing blanket ban on sale of Chinese string and […]

Trump or Biden? US presidential race reaches climax; long lines seen outside polling stations

Joe Biden is corrupt career politician, betrayed Americans for last 47 years: Trump

7:30 pm October 31, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump has accused his rival and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden of being a corrupt career politician who has done nothing but betray the Americans for the last 47 years. Trump is known to make unsubstantiated allegations against his rival, often making untrue claims. There is no evidence of Biden ever being tainted by corruption. Addressing a rally in Rochster in Minnesota on […]

Iconic James Bond star Sean Connery dies aged 90

7:26 pm October 31, 2020

London: Legendary British star Sean Connery, who epitomised author Ian Fleming’s suave 007 agent in seven James Bond movies, has died. He was 90 The news of the actor’s death was shared by BBC. In a career, spanning several decades, the British star featured in many critically-acclaimed and commercial blockbusters such as “The Hunt for Red October” , “Indiana Jones and the Last […]