US-India 2+2 Dialogue in September
The United States and India will hold a 2+2 dialogue on 6 September in New Delhi, ANI reported.
US Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo & Secretary of Defense James Mattis will meet their Indian counterparts, State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert said.
(Source: ANI)
Delhi HC Cancels NSUI Prez Candidate’s DUSU Ticket
Delhi High Court today declared National Student Union of India (NSUI) candidate Rocky Tuseed as ineligible for Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) President post. Court upheld DU's Chief Election Officer's decision of rejecting Tuseed's nomination due to a pending disciplinary case against him.
(Source: ANI)
Thirteen Dead, Divers Search Sunken Missouri Tourist Boat for Missing
Divers on Friday, 20 July, pulled bodies from the wreckage of a "duck boat" that sank in a storm in a Missouri lake, killing at least 13 people in one of the deadliest US tourist incidents in recent years.
The World War Two-style amphibious vehicle was filled with 31 passengers including children when a microburst storm hit Table Rock Lake outside the tourist city of Branson, Missouri, on Thursday. A video of the incident showed it battered by waves.
The 13 dead included children and four people were still missing, officials said at a Friday morning news conference.
The National Transportation Safety Board and U.S. Coast Guard are investigating, officials said. Rader noted that the boat's captain survived the sinking but the driver did not.
SC Slams Centre Over 'Unused' Environmental Funds
The Supreme Court today pulled up the Centre for "sitting" over funds of a whopping Rs 77,000 crore meant for protection of environment and asked it to inform "for the sake of the country" as to where this money would be spent.
A bench comprising justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta observed that if these funds were used in a proper manner, Delhi would not have been facing the problem of air pollution.
(Source: PTI)
14 People Wounded in a Suspected Knife Attack on a Bus in Germany
At least 14 people were wounded, two of them seriously, in a suspected knife attack on a bus in the northern German city of Luebeck, the local Luebecker Nachrichten newspaper reported on Friday.
Earlier, police in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, where Luebeck is located, tweeted that there was a major police deployment underway in the city.
"There is currently a major police deployment in Luebeck," the police force wrote. "We are examining the situation and will give more information later."