Author: DA Correspondent

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 […]

Solid gold toilet stolen from Winston Churchill’s birthplace

4:14 am September 15, 2019

LONDON: A unique solid gold toilet that was part of an art exhibit was stolen early Saturday from the magnificent home in England where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born. The toilet, valued at roughly 1 million pounds ($1.25 million), was the work of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. It had been installed only two […]

No. 13 Penn State uses late stand to hold off Pitt 17-10

3:50 am September 15, 2019

University Park, Pennsylvania: The 126-year rivalry between No. 13 Penn State and Pittsburgh is going on indefinite hiatus for the second time in a generation. Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi gave both sides something to chew on until they meet again, no matter how long the break lasts. Down a touchdown with the ball at the […]

Iran diplomat warns of ‘all-out war’ if hit for Saudi attack

Yemen drones hit Saudi oil sites, including key chokepoint

9:33 pm September 14, 2019

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and another major oilfield Saturday, sparking huge fires at a vulnerable chokepoint for global energy supplies. It remained unclear hours later whether anyone was injured at the Abqaiq oil processing facility and the Khurais oil […]

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 […]