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Policeman shot dead by terrorists in Kashmir's Kulgam
Suspected militants Thursday shot and killed a policeman in south Kashmir's Kulgam district, sources said. "One of them, constable Shehzad Ahmad, succumbed to his injuries there", he added. Moreover, in a span of just over four hours, militants carried out series of attacks on Tuesday evening in Kashmir, injuring 13 security personnel. [Full Article...]
JD(S) votes with BJP on Council post
One seat is vacant. Vice-chairman Maritibbe Gowda allowed the "No confidence" motion. "In 2015, it was an understanding that we would get the deputy chairman's post and we supported Shankaramurthy for chairman of the house". Sources said that a corruption case being faced by JD (S) state president H D Kumaraswamy that is likely to reach the Supreme Court, might have influenced the decision to ... [Full Article...]
Women protest Ohio abortion bill in 'Handmaid's Tale' garb
The costume is the identifying outfit of a " Handmaid " in Margarat Atwood's novel-turned-Hulu-sensation-a rare fertile woman made to carry children for their male "commanders". The bill is sponsored by Republican Senators Matt Huffman and Steve Wilson. After the hearing, they quietly shuffled their way around the building in pairs, like the handmaids do. [Full Article...]
Castlegar Summer Reading Club registration opens Wednesday
SRC activities will continue throughout the summer every Thursday and Friday at 10:30 a.m. Those activities, like The Happy Birds Show that educated some 50 school-age children and teens about parrots on the Colton Hall lawn on Tuesday, serve to entertain, provide fun facts and motivate participation. [Full Article...]
IndiGo, Air India ban TDP MP Diwakar Reddy from its flights
Airport police station inspector Prabhakar told Mirror that no complaint has been received on the incident. As per DGCA rules, checkin counters close 45 minutes before the scheduled take-off of an aircraft. "On Thursday no such information was made available to IndiGo staff at Visakhapatnam airport". A red faced Diwakar Reddy thus missed his flight. He then barged into Indigo manager V. [Full Article...]
Presidential election: BJP panel to meet Sonia Gandhi, Sitaram Yechury
A section of the Opposition expects that the ministers will come up with specific names of candidates for discussions with the Opposition leaders. Hectic parleys have begun between the BJP and the Opposition parties to arrive at a consensus, with Mr Shah forming a team of three ministers to hold talks with a range of Opposition leaders. [Full Article...]
RIL, BP to infuse Rs 40000 crore in Krishna-Godavari D6 block
This would also develop their existing deep water gas fields in India's eastern offshore to bring to fresh production 1 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas by 2022. BP, which had in 2011 bought 30 per cent interest in 21 exploration blocks of Reliance Industries for Dollars 7.2 billion, had cited investment of almost USD 500 million in oil and gas exploration and production for gaining... [Full Article...]
Pittsburg State students face fee increase
It will not cover room and board, but students also may be eligible for additional aid to cover non-tuition costs. Regents approved it Thursday as part of the $2 billion fiscal year 2018 general fund budget for the Ann Arbor campus. The Regents said, with the hikes, they expect to raise approximately $736 million in tuition in the upcoming year. State funding for education has decreased precip... [Full Article...]