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Teachers in Chicago inch closer to possible strike

9:24 pm September 15, 2019

CHICAGO: Teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district are inching closer to a strike that could happen as early as next month. After rejecting the district’s latest offer, Chicago educators are back at the bargaining table negotiating issues including pay, staffing shortages and class size. The dispute follows teacher strikes this year over similar issues […]

IndiGo celebrating Durga Puja at six airports

Balakot air strikes theme of Kolkata Durga Puja pandal

1:54 pm September 15, 2019

Kolkata: A Durga Puja committee in Kolkata is decorating its pandal (marquee) this year on the theme of Balakot air strikes, in which Indian Air Force (IAF) jets had bombed a terror outfit’s training camp in Pakistan. The Young Boys Club Sarbojanin Durga Puja Committee in central Kolkata is recreating the events of the air […]

bin Laden son Hamza bin Laden killed in US operation: White House

9:28 pm September 14, 2019

WASHINGTON: The White House announced Saturday that Hamza bin Laden, the son of the late al-Qaida leader who had become an increasingly prominent figure in the terrorist organization, was killed in a U.S. counter-terrorism operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. A statement issued in President Donald Trump’s name gave no further details, such as when Hamza […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

UAE: Indian man jailed for molesting 5-year-old boy in Dubai

6:28 pm September 14, 2019

Dubai: A 33-year-old Indian man in the UAE has been sentenced to six months in prison and will be deported for sexually abusing a five-year-old boy in a shared villa here, a media report said on Saturday. The unidentified Indian electrician had hugged the boy from behind and touched him inappropriately in Bur Dubai in […]

Sitharaman ‘clueless’ in dealing with economic slowdown: Congress

6:19 pm September 14, 2019

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday alleged that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was “clueless” in dealing with the economic slowdown and termed the latest steps announced by her to boost the economy as “cosmetic” and “piecemeal”. The Congress’ attack came after Sitharaman announced an over Rs 70,000-crore package for exports and real estate sectors, including […]