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Two Dead, One Critically Injured in Accident in Delhi's Shastri Park
Two people lost their lives and one was critically injured in an accident between a motorcycle and a tractor in Delhi’s Shastri Park on Thursday night, 24 January.
(Source: ANI)
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Trump-Backed Measure to End Partial Government Shutdown Fails in US Senate
The latest proposal backed by President Donald Trump to end the government shutdown - which would reopen federal agencies and provide USD 5.7 billion for a border wall has failed in the US Senate.
The measure did not get the 60 votes needed in the 100-member upper chamber of Congress to advance. A Democratic proposal, up for a vote later on, was also expected to fail.
(Source: AFP)
Maduro Announces Closure of Venezuela Embassy in US
President Nicolas Maduro has ordered all Venezuelan diplomats home from the United States and is closing its embassy — despite US refusal to do the same in his country.
Maduro said that if US officials had any sense they would pull out their own diplomats from Caracas rather than defying his order to leave.
The United States has officially requested an open meeting of the UN Security Council on Saturday "to discuss the ongoing crisis in Venezuela."
(Source: AP)
OPCC President, Son Summoned by Delhi Police in Fraud Case
Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik and his son Navjyoti were summoned by the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police for interrogation on Friday, 25 January, in a fraud case.
(Source: ANI)