Day: November 3, 2020

Wisconsin presidential recount in 4th day, with few changes

EXPLAINER: What’s 270? The math game behind the US election

6:37 pm November 3, 2020

Washington: What’s all this hubbub about 270? It’s not about the 270 whales stranded this fall on Australia’s island state of Tasmania. It’s not about congestion on Interstate 270 feeding commuters into Washington, D.C. It’s about who’s going to sit in the White House for the next four years. IT”S THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE Nearly 2.9 […]

Violin maestro TN Krishnan no more, tributes pour in

2:49 pm November 3, 2020

Chennai : Tributes poured in for violin maestro T N Krishnan, who died here at the age of 92, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and the world of Carnatic music mourning the doyen’s demise and recalling his rich contributions. He passed away on Monday due to old age issues. Krishnan is survived by wife and two children. Counted among the other […]

Six bogies of goods train derail in UP

2:47 pm November 3, 2020

Bareilly (UP): Six bogies of a goods train derailed early Tuesday on the Kasganj-Farukhabad route in Izatnagar division, officials said here. No one was injured in the incident. North Eastern Railways (NER), PRO, Rajendra Singh said the derailment took place at about 4 am. Senior officials reached the spot to supervise the track clearing operation, […]

Turkish rescuers pull girl from rubble 4 days after quake

2:38 pm November 3, 2020

Izmir: Turkish rescuers in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir have pulled a young girl out alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building four days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece. The girl, Ayda Gezgin, was seen being taken into an ambulance on Tuesday, wrapped in a thermal blanket, amid the sound of cheers […]

Afghans mourn those killed in horrific IS university attack

2:35 pm November 3, 2020

Kabul: Afghanistan declared a national day of mourning Tuesday to honor the 22 mostly students killed in a horrific attack a day earlier on Kabul University, claimed by the Islamic State group. Another 22 people were injured, some of them critically. Monday’s brutal, hours-long assault was the second attack on an educational institution in the Afghan capital in as […]