Next Tuesday’s US Presidential Election apparently cannot be postponed despite the havoc caused by Hurricane Sandy that has flooded towns and cities up and down US east coast and left millions without power.
The election for President cannot be moved to a later date without passage of a new federal law as an 1845 law set the Tuesday immediately following the first Monday in November of every election year as Election Day across the country.
Three cotton farmers from Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh allegedly committed suicide owing to indebtedness and crop failure, police said today.
Bhimuni Kanakaiah (44), a cotton-grower from Suraiahpalli village killed himself by consuming pesticide in his field yesterday, they said, adding the deceased had borrowed a loan of Rs 2 lakh but failed to repay it as the crop failed due to deficient rains.
A case has been registered under Manthani police station limits.
China’s second stealth fighter, a middle sized fighter using Russian thrust engines, made its maiden flight Wednesday, state-run media reported Thursday.
Experts promptly hailed it as a milestone for the country’s military aviation industry, especially in design and manufacturing.
With provisional designation J-31 and serial number 31001, the fighter took off at 10.32 am Wednesday and landed 11 minutes later on the runway of the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC), Liaoning province, a witness told the Global Times.
Actor Shah Rukh Khan says he feels empty ahead of the release of any of his films. This time, the feeling is perhaps deeper, given the sudden death of filmmaker Yash Chopra who directed the actor’s forthcoming release Jab Tak Hai Jaan, set to hit the screens on November 13.
“Feel kind of empty as the release of a film comes closer. Miss all the warm times with the unit… and a big thanks to Anushka (Sharma) and Katrina (Kaif),” Shah Rukh tweeted.
Two of the biggest airports serving New York John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty International have reopened.
The first passenger flight to JFK arrived from Long Beach, California, at 7-04 a.m. on Wednesday. The JetBlue flight carried 150 passengers.
The first flight into Newark, New Jersey, was a FedEx plane that landed at 7-12 a.m.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Ron Marsico says the two airports reopened “on a very limited operational schedule.” He urged passengers to call their carriers before heading to the airports.
Security has been stepped up in Farukkhabad today in view of protests planned by Arvind Kejriwal and his associated against alleged irregularities by the trust run by Union Minister Salman Khurshid and his wife.
Congress workers have also announced to lodge their protest against Kejriwal in a democratic manner, sources said. Police said security has been tightened in the area in the wake of the protests planned by IAC and Congress workers.
Khurshid had dared Kejriwal to stage a protest in his constituency and had said “let him also return from Farrukhabad”.
A database of over 1,600 Chinese party and government leaders has gone online, ahead of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
It is a large-scale interactive database which has included more than 1,600 resumes of the current leaders and cadres of hundreds of departments and units, including central authority, State Council, mass organisations, provinces, municipalities, large central enterprises and universities, reported People’s Daily.
The data has been collected from published news reports, and online information.
One of the world’s most beautiful women has her birthday today and there could be no better way to celebrate it but by bestowing her with one of the most prestigious honours in due recognition for her achievements in the realm of cinema and the development of Indo-French cooperation in cinema, art and culture.
Apparently, the French government will be conferring upon the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chavalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) on November 01, 2012 by Francois Richier, Ambassador of France to India, on behalf of the French authorities.
Pakistan has approved a liberalised visa agreement with India that will relax curbs on issuing travel documents to traders, elderly people, tourists, pilgrims, members of the civil society and children, Xinhua reported.
The two countries had signed the agreement in September during the then Indian foreign minister S.M. Krishna’s visit to Islamabad.
Two suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives allegedly involved in the August 1 Pune blast case on Wednseday sought action against Delhi Police for not maintaining proper record of the case.
Irfan Mustafa Langda and Feroze Hamza, arrested by Delhi Police’s Special Cell for conspiring to carry out blasts across India, particularly Delhi, during festive period, told a court here that the police is not maintaining proper records of the case comprising case diaries and other documents.
With less than a week left for the November 6 presidential election, majority of Americans believe that US President Barack Obama is better poised to win the elections than his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, the Gallup poll has said.
A majority of Americans continue to believe that Obama will win re-election over Romney, by 54 per cent to 34 per cent, the Gallup said which took the polls over the weekend on October 27 and 28.
“These views are roughly similar to where they were in May and August, although slightly more Americans now do not have an opinion either way,” it said.
Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) convenor M Kodandaram was placed under house arrest here early Thursday as police stepped up security for Andhra Pradesh formation day.
Kodandaram was placed under house arrest at Tarnaka in Secunderabad in view of the call given by JAC and other Telangana groups to observe the day as day of betrayal.
The JAC leader termed his house arrest “undemocratic”. He accused the government of resorting to oppressive measures to prevent Telangana people from staging protests.
A 20-year old NRI girl who was abducted from Delhi nearly a fortnight ago, was rescued from Talheri village of Saharanpur district, police said on Wednesday.
Acting on a tip off, a team of officials raided a house in Talheri village where the girl was kept, they said, adding that two persons were also arrested in this connection.
The arrested accused are being interrogated Further probe into the matter is on, SSP Saharanpur DC Mishra said.
Gauri Bhonsle, daughter of diamond trader David Bhonsle, was abducted from a railway station in Delhi on October 15, he said.
Security has been stepped up in Farukkhabad today in view of protests planned by Arvind Kejriwal and his associated against alleged irregularities by the trust run by Union Minister Salman Khurshid and his wife.
Congress workers have also announced to lodge their protest against Kejriwal in a democratic manner, sources said.
Police said security has been tightened in the area in the wake of the protests planned by IAC and Congress workers.
Khurshid had dared Kejriwal to stage a protest in his constituency and had said “let him also return from Farrukhabad”.
Witnesses say riot police have used tear gas and stun grenades to drive back more than 2,000 protesters demanding the release of a jailed opposition leader.
Wednesday’s clash outside a Kuwait City prison underscores the rising tensions in the oil-rich Gulf nation between the Western-backed rulers and opposition factions that include Islamists.
The crowd also marched in defiance of orders banning public gatherings of more than 20 people.
Next Tuesday’s US presidential election apparently cannot be postponed despite the havoc caused by Hurricane Sandy that has flooded towns and cities up and down US East Coast and left millions without power.
The election for president cannot be moved to a later date without passage of a new federal law as an 1845 law set the Tuesday immediately following the first Monday in November of every election year as Election Day across the country.
The New York subway will begin its limited service from Thursday, an official said.
Limited commuter rail service on the Metro-North Railroad, a suburban rail service, and Long Island Rail Road, north America’s second busiest railroad, was expected to resume at 2 pm on Wednesday, Xinhua reported.
Speaking during a press conference, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, however, called for patience due to the prevailing traffic condition.
In a very close presidential election where every single vote counts, both the Obama and Romney campaigns have been making special effort to reach out to the Indian-American community.
The community, which numbers more than three million according to the latest census, is being reached through full page ads in local Indian-American ethnic newspapers.
The Obama campaign has also developed flyers in Hindi which is being distributed either through email or being printed in large numbers by his supporters.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will on Thursday hold the first meeting of his new Council of Ministers since the Union Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday.
In the meeting, PM Singh is expected to set individual targets to be achieved in the remaining tenure of the UPA government.
The first such meeting was convened in May 2009, soon after the UPA-II government assumed office. Another such meeting was convened by the Prime Minister when junior ministers had complained of seniors not allocating them enough work.
Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) convenor M. Kodandaram was placed under house arrest here early Thursday as police stepped up security for Andhra Pradesh formation day.
Kodandaram was placed under house arrest at Tarnaka in Secunderabad in view of the call given by JAC and other Telangana groups to observe the day as day of betrayal.
The JAC leader termed his house arrest “undemocratic”. He accused the government of resorting to oppressive measures to prevent Telangana people from staging protests.
Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the AP Formation Day celebrations to be conducted at NTR Stadium near Indira Park. Police have also imposed traffic restrictions on all routes leading to the stadium.
And Wednesday night tension at charminar area, Hindu group try to construct Bhagyalaxmi Temple beside Charmiar.
Due to sitution in tense security agencies alert in hyderabad.
More than 3.75 million people up and down US East Coast were still without power as cities and towns started recovering from the wrath of Hurricane Sandy that left New York and New Jersey devastated.
Death toll from the disaster rose to 70 deaths in the United States, including 24 in New York City, 8 in New Jersey and 4 in Connecticut as rescue workers pulled bodies from wreckage across the region, according to the New York Times
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo said initial damage estimates “project up to $6 billion in lost economic revenue” in the State.
Dubai is a peaceful city where people from around the world meet, talk coexist and live happily, affirmed Essa, who along with his father and other family members converted to Islam on Tuesday at the Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities in Dubai.
Speaking to Khaleej Times, Essa said he and all family members converted to Islam mainly because they personally feel that God can’t be two or three, Almighty Allah, the Creator can only be One.
At least 122 people, many of them suspected to be Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees, were feared missing when a boat carrying them to Malaysia sank in the Bay of Bengal near Bangladeshi waters, officials said today. “According to one of the six survivors, at least 122 people are still missing in the sea after the trawler capsized with 128 people onboard on October 27,” Border Guard Bangladesh’s (BGB) commanding officer of the Cox’s Bazar region Lieutenant Colonel Zahid Hassan told PTI over phone.
Showing to the world the rare images of two bitter political rivals joining hands in times of national crisis, US President Barack Obama toured the storm-ravaged areas of New Jersey, along with its Governor Chris Christie.
Christie, a strong critic of Obama and a surrogate of Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, was seen praising the US President for his effort to help the people of his State which has seen devastation this week due to Hurricane Sandy, leaving several million people without electricity and destroying several thousand houses.