Wednesday

Deadly new quake hits south Philippines

2:25 pm October 31, 2019

Bogota (Colombia): Colombia’s government on Wednesday ordered the deployment of 2,500 elite troops to combat dissident FARC guerillas after an attack that killed an indigenous leader and four guards. The country’s main indigenous organization for its part denounced the “bloodletting” of its people and called for a national demonstration. President Ivan Duque accused guerrillas who […]

Sardesai slams Goa govt over its ‘policy paralysis’

9:23 pm October 30, 2019

Panaji: Goa Forward Party (GPF) president Vijai Sardesai on Wednesday alleged that the BJP-led state government’s “policy paralysis” has adversely affected the economy of the coastal state. The former deputy Chief Minister chaired the GPF’s state executive meeting, wherein the party decided to organise a conclave of economists from across the world to chart out […]

Eight killed, 27 injured in two road accidents in Pak: Police

8:41 pm October 30, 2019

Peshawar: At least eight people, including three children, were killed and 27 others injured in two separate accidents where the vehicles they were travelling in fell in deep gorges in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday, police said. In the first incident, a tractor-trolley carrying a nomadic family plunged into a deep ditch in Dera […]

Automatic train protection system on the anvil, says official

Elderly woman run over by train in Phagwara

7:40 pm October 30, 2019

Phagwara: A 60-year-old labourer was struck and killed by a train when she was crossing the railway tracks here on Wednesday, police said. Government Railway Police incharge Gurbhej Singh said Devanti Devi of local Chachoki colony was run over by a train between Mauli and Phagwara railway stations. “She was a labourer and was crossing […]

US stocks open sharply lower amid pressure on oil market

Crude oil futures decline nearly 1 pc on weak global cues

7:04 pm October 30, 2019

New Delhi: Crude oil futures fell nearly 1 per cent to Rs 3,924 per barrel on Wednesday after participants reduced positions tracking a subdued trend in global markets. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude oil for delivery in November dropped by Rs 36, or 0.91 per cent, to Rs 3,924 per barrel with a business […]