A suspect, who the Belgian authorities had flagged to their French counterparts over possible involvement in Thursday’s Paris shootings, turned himself in to police in Belgium’s northern city of Antwerp, news agency Belga said on Friday. Speaking on France’s Europe 1 radio after the shootout on the Champs Elysees shopping street, French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said a second […]
» Read moreAccording to sources, Wipro has shown the door to about 600 employees, while speculation was rife that the number could go as high as 2,000. At the end of December 2016, the Bengaluru-based company had over 1.79 lakh employees. When contacted, Wipro said it undertakes a “rigorous performance appraisal process” on a regular basis to align its workforce with business […]
» Read moreCanada’s Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan on Thursday paid obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar where he was honoured by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC). Mr. Sajjan, who had arrived in the city on Wednesday night, reached Harmandir Sahib early Thursday and went to the sanctum sanctorum to offer prayers. The visiting dignitary spent close to an hour […]
» Read moreUS President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a “Buy American, Hire American” executive order in Kenosha, Wisconsin, initiating visa and government purchase reforms. “With this action, we are sending a powerful signal to the world: We’re going to defend our workers, protect our jobs, and finally put America first,” Xinhua news agency quoted Trump as saying. The document will bring […]
» Read moreForty-three people were killed and a dozen were injured when a Uttarakhand based private bus veered off the road and fell into the Tons River in Boldhar, about 15 km from Nerwa sub division of Chopal in anterior Shimla. The bus was coming to Tyuni in Chopal from Vikasnagar in Uttarakhand. The 54-seater bus was packed to capacity and the […]
» Read moreAn army jawan posted along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir was killed in an accidental discharge from his service weapon. This is second such death of an army jawan in less than 24 hours in the district. The jawan deputed on a forward post along the LoC in Mendhar sector of Poonch district […]
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