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India, Bangladesh look towards Rahman visit in Nov | India News
Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman NEW DELHI: After an earlier attempt was aborted, India and Bangladesh are looking to schedule a visit by PM Tarique Rahman to India in the third week of Nov, sources said.Efforts to reschedule the visit are likely to gain momentum after the arrival of the new Bangladesh high commissioner, Asad Alam…
A Pennsylvania grandfather built a backyard amusement park with a 105-foot waterslide, go-kart track and vintage carousel; his $24,700 roller coaster then triggered a zoning fight
The roller coaster was built as part of his hobby of restoring vintage amusement rides for his grandchildren. (Photos: Centre Daily Times) Michael Chorba, a 60-year-old grandfather in Pennsylvania, has spent years turning his backyard into a private amusement area for his family. The property already has a go-kart track, a 105-foot waterslide and a…
Meet Jessica Lee, 17-year old Honolulu high school senior who logged 420 hours of volunteer service, competed in varsity golf and completed a multi-day expedition before earning the US Congress’s highest youth award
Congressman Ed Case presented Lee with her Gold Medal and a certificate of special recognition in August. She became the seventh person from his district to receive the honor over the past 25 years. For 17-year-old Jessica Lee, earning the highest youth honor presented by the U.S. Congress was not the result of a single…
JKCA ‘scam’: HC rejects ED plea to add charges | India News
J&K high court rejects ED plea to add charges in JKCA fund scam case JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir high court Friday rejected an Enforcement Directorate‘s petition that challenged a Srinagar CJM court’s order denying permission to add charges related to the receipt and concealment of stolen property in the alleged Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association…
Three siblings in Essex cut down their neighbours’ 33-foot Leylandii trees after a boundary row; the dispute ended with about £30,500 in damages and £178,668 in the neighbours’ legal costs
View from Robert McCarthy’s home towards the old Leylandii trees at the bottom of the garden. (Photos: The Standard) Three siblings in Essex were ordered to pay about £30,500 in damages and £178,668 in their neighbours’ legal costs after cutting down a row of 33-foot Leylandii trees during a long-running boundary dispute. The court found…
Wangchuk apologises for comparing Ladakh situation with Tibet | India News
Sonam Wangchuk clarifies Ladakh-Tibet comparison, apologises SRINAGAR: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk walked back his comparison between Ladakh and Tibet, saying he meant only to highlight the gravity of the violence in Leh on Sept 24 last year and had no intention of hurting Tibetans. The Leh Apex Body member apologised Saturday after the Central Tibetan…
‘India calls for restraint’: Jaishankar on ship attacks in Gulf, seafarers at UNGA – top quotes | India News
EAM Jaishankar speaks at UNGA NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday and called for exercising restraint amid continued attacks on commercial ships and seafarers in Gulf region amid the Iran-US war.“Countries far from conflicts are being penalized for no fault of theirs. Those most impacted often…
Russia backs India’s claim to UNSC seat, firmly shuts door on Germany & Japan
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly (Photo: Reuters). Russia on Saturday backed a permanent seat for India and Brazil on the United Nations Security Council, while strongly opposing the same for Western countries.During his speech at the General Assembly, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said no additional seats at…
OFFSIDE | Retrospective titles for Man Utd, Arsenal and Liverpool? What Man City’s ‘guilty’ verdict means for the Premier League and the UK government | Football News
Sergio Agüero celebrates the goal that delivered Manchester City their first Premier League title in 2012, the moment that announced the arrival of a new footballing empire. Hello and welcome to a special edition of Offside, where we make sense of the ‘guilty verdict’ against Manchester City on 114 out of 115 charges, decode what…
An Iowa company thought it was paying legitimate vendor invoices and transferred more than $800,000 to a scammer-controlled account; four years later, the US government has recovered about $375,000
Representative Image (AI-generated) An Iowa company that believed it was paying legitimate vendor invoices instead transferred more than $800,000 to a bank account controlled by a scammer in 2022. About four years later, the US government has recovered roughly $375,000 of the fraud proceeds through a federal forfeiture case. The US Department of Justice (DOJ),…
