Day: October 24, 2019

Sonia had sought written undertaking from Uddhav: Ashok Chavan

Congress should think of options to keep BJP away from power: Ashok Chavan

11:26 pm October 24, 2019

Aurangabad: As the BJP can not form government in Maharashtra on its own, the Congress should think of all options to keep it away from power, former chief minister Ashok Chavan said on Thursday. As of 9.30 pm, the BJP had won and was leading on 105 seats in the state, its ally Sena on […]

Kurds welcome German plan for international force in Syria

11:15 pm October 24, 2019

Qamishli (Syria): The top commander of Syria’s Kurdish force on Thursday welcomed a German proposal for an international force to establish a security zone in the north of the country. “We demand and agree to this,” Mazloum Abdi, head of the Syrian Democratic Forces — the moribund autonomous Kurdish region’s de facto army — told […]

Trump again attacks Fed, says central bank ‘derelict in its duties’

8:53 pm October 24, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump once again attacked the US Federal Reserve on Thursday, calling for more interest rate cuts to stimulate the American economy. “The Federal Reserve is derelict in its duties if it doesn’t lower the Rate and even, ideally, stimulate,” he said on Twitter, a relatively mild epithet after calling policymakers “boneheads” and […]

60,000 in Southern California to evacuate after blaze grows

Wildfire roars through California wine country

8:50 pm October 24, 2019

Los Angeles: A fast-moving wildfire roared through California wine country early Thursday, as authorities warned of the imminent danger of more fires across much of the Golden State. The Kincade fire in Sonoma County kicked up Wednesday night, quickly growing from a blaze of a few hundred acres into an uncontained 10,000-acre (4,000-hectare) inferno, California […]

Cases over 'Jallikatttu' protests will be withdrawn: TN CM

TN bypolls: CM Palaniswami says “it is a victory for truth,”

8:47 pm October 24, 2019

Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK top leader K Palaniswami on Thursday described the party’s wins in byelections to two assembly segments as a victory for ‘truth’ and an ‘endorsement’ of his government’s “good work”. The AIADMK on Thursday wrested Vikravadni and Nanguneri assembly seats from the DMK and Congress respectively by impressive […]