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N Korea wants discussions on removing S Korean facilities

8:10 pm October 25, 2019

Seoul: South Korea said Friday that North Korea formally proposed discussions over the possible demolition of South Korean-made hotels and other tourist facilities at the North’s Diamond Mountain resort which leader Kim Jong Un called “shabby” and “unpleasant-looking.” Kim’s comments published by North Korea’s state media on Wednesday came after months of frustration in the […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Democratic voters concentrate on candidates, not impeachment

10:19 pm October 19, 2019

AMES, Iowa: In the liberal strongholds of Des Moines’ west side and the Iowa State University campus in Ames, not once was South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg asked by voters recently about the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. It’s not that the investigation into the president’s request for foreign help in his reelection effort […]

Teacher rapes class 6 student

11:17 pm October 18, 2019

Baripada: A teacher of a state-run school in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district allegedly raped a student of class 6 in the premises of the educational institute, police said on Friday. The accused teacher was arrested on Friday and was produced before a local court which remanded him to 14-days judicial custody. The arrested teacher Prashant Kumar […]

Ex- National Security Council official Fiona Hill testifying to Congress

Ex-National Security Council official testifying to Congress

9:43 pm October 14, 2019

WASHINGTON: Fiona Hill, a former top National Security Council expert on Russia, was testifying to Congress behind closed doors Monday, the latest former Trump administration official to be subpoenaed as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Hill wouldn’t comment as she arrived on Capitol Hill, but her attorney said she had […]

Pakistani intruder killed by BSF along International Border in Jammu

16 Bangladeshis held in BSF raids in West Bengal

9:28 pm October 12, 2019

Kolkata: Sixteen Bangladeshi nationals were apprehended during a series of raids in south Bengal districts since Friday, Border Security Force (BSF) officials said on Saturday. The border guards also seized 89 cattle heads and 1,895 pieces of tablets – a contraband drug – during the raids in border areas of Malda, Murshidabad, North 24 Parganas […]