Police officers and paramedics rushing to a reported shooting at a party in a Chicago neighborhood have been injured after their vehicles collided. The police cruiser and ambulance crashed Saturday night. The collision tipped the ambulance onto its side. Two officers and two paramedics were taken to a hospital. Their […]
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‘Alum’ found in Andaman Sea, turns out it is meth worth 20 million dollars
Sacks of crystal meth scooped from the sea by Myanmar fishermen who mistook it for a deodorant substance had a street value of USD 20 million, an official told AFP Sunday, in a country believed to be the world’s largest methamphetamine producer. The accidental drug haul off Myanmar’s coastal Ayeyarwady […]
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‘Talks not as per our wish’: Kamlesh Tiwari’s mother meets Yogi Adityanath
Family members of Kamlesh Tiwari, who was murdered in Lucknow on Friday, expressed unhappiness after meeting chief minister Yogi Adityanath at the latter’s residence in Lucknow on Sunday. Kamlesh’s mother Kusum Tiwari, wife Kiran Tiwari and two sons, along with a representative of the Hindu Samaj Party (HSP) he headed, […]
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AirAsia to connect Agartala to Delhi, Kolkata
Low-cost carrier AirAsia on Sunday launched flights from here to Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati and Imphal in Manipur. Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, accompanied by Transport and Tourism Minister Pranajit Singha Roy and two Lok Sabha Members — Pratima Bhowmik and Rebati Tripura — flagged off the AirAsia operations. The […]
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Xiaomi says it plans to launch more than 10 5G smartphones in 2020
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp plans to launch more than 10 5G phones in 2020, CEO Lei Jun said on Sunday, speaking at the World Internet conference in the eastern Chinese town of Wuzhen. Lei’s remarks come as the company faces intense competition in its home market from rival Huawei Technologies. […]
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Doctor part of central team in Patna to check dengue spread is now a patient
An entomologist, from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, who was visiting Patna to check houses for Aedes mosquito larvae, which transmits Dengue, has now been afflicted with the disease. Dr Ram Singh, joint director of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and head of the […]
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Haridwar to get podcars, ropeways for Rishikesh and Dehradun
The holy city of Haridwar will soon have laser-guided automated podcars–the first in the country– ferrying devotees and tourists across the city while neighbouring Rishikesh and Dehradun will get ropeways, making commute in the hilly terrains easier, this according to a memorandum of understanding signed by the Uttarakhand government with […]
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As Shah Rukh Khan’s Don turns 13, Farhan Akhtar gives a big shout out to the ‘best cast’. But all fans want is Don 3
Director-turned-actor Farhan Akhtar took to Instagram on Sunday to commemorate the 13th anniversary of his film, Don, starring Shah Rukh Khan. He wrote alongside the film’s poster, “The number 13. Lucky for some. Unlucky for others. Don doesn’t give a damn..!! He creates his own destiny. Boom. A big shout out to the […]
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SpiceJet plans to operate wide-body planes next year
SpiceJet plans to induct wide-body planes early next year and is looking at various options as the budget airline steers ahead with its ambitious expansion plans, according to a senior official. The low-cost carrier is looking at options from Boeing and Airbus. An industry source said that SpiceJet might bid […]
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UP Assembly bypolls crucial test for BJP, Congress state unit chiefs
The BJP’s Swatantra Dev Singh and the Congress’ Ajay Kumar Lallu are keen to hit a victory note as their party’s Uttar Pradesh unit chiefs in the bypolls to 11 Assembly seats on Monday to boost morale of their workers before the 2022 state elections. Of the 11 seats going […]
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Caught on camera: Haryana BJP candidate says tampered with EVM, gets EC notice
The Election Commission has served a notice to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Assandh in Haryana over his purported remark that he had tampered the electronic voting machines (EVMs) and every vote would go to his party. In a video, Bakshish Virk was heard saying he and his […]
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No need to escalate one case to reflect everything to do with IBC,says Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that uncertainty arising out of one case should not be generalised about the efficiency and effectiveness of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Sitharaman was responding to a question on a particular recent case which many allege reflects some major loopholes in the IBC. Her comments […]
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New GST return forms may force firms to change ERP systems
The new Goods and Services Tax (GST) returns from April 2020 that mandate providing more details may require companies to amend their enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Tax experts and chartered accountants (CAs) said that the new return systems would require a lot of details such as purchases from unregistered […]
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Haryana Assembly polls: Eight pink booths to cater women voters in Gurugram
A day before assembly polls, authorities in Gurugram are confident of conducting a smooth polling process. In the four assembly constituencies of Gurugram district, around 1.2 million voters will determine the fate of 54 candidates. Speaking about the arrangements, District Deputy Commissioner, Amit Khatri said, “Pink booths, which are manned […]
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Jharkhand government rushes to fill up posts of doctors in medical colleges before poll code
The Jharkhand government has rushed to fill up the vacant posts of doctors in all five medical colleges before imposition of model code of conduct for assembly elections in the state which are scheduled in November-December this year. The poll notification is expected to be issued by the end of […]