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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the state will develop the Tajpur deep sea port on its own, as the Centre did "nothing" to start work on the project in the past three years. The state government has a 26:74 share with the Centre in the project in West Midnapore district. "We have decided to build the deep sea port in Tajpur on our own. We waited for three years but the Centre is yet to start work for the port. They are doing nothing. So, we will build it ourselves,"... Читать дальше...

As many as four American soldiers are reported dead in a suicide bombing in northern Syria. The attack comes shortly after President Trump announced the U.S. would withdraw troops from Syria.

A picture of snow-capped house of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar has bowled over ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working president K T Rama Rao, who Wednesday expressed his wish to have a residence there. Abdullah responded by inviting Rao, son of Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, to stay in his house any time he wanted. "If only there was a wish-granting factory, Id have one right there; somewhere closer," Rama Rao replied, responding... Читать дальше...

Sometimes you have to stop and think about how ridiculous things are. I spent hundreds of hours mastering an obscure Nintendo DS game that I jokingly call 'Anime Malpractice Simulator' and then flew to Washington D.C. where I helped raise money for charity as part of Awesome Games Done Quick while dressed in scrubs. That doesn't happen every day. More »

A new visual novel about the future of peace on earth, launched in September, will be presented at the end of the month by author Dimis Michaelides and artist Umit Inatci. Hosted at the Home for Corporation in Nicosia, the book presentation will include a brief reading of the story while artist Umit will give […]

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Two rare endangered tropical birds named Petey and Millie have a new home at a South Texas zoo.

He also used to be Steve Jobs' boss. These days, he sees huge potential in interactive, voice-activated gaming.

Completely out of the blue, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano took a dig at Simon Dyson on Twitter

Top seed Mahak Jain of Madhya Pradesh had to dig deep to get the better of Gujarats third seed Zeel Desai 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in the Under-21 singles semi- final of tennis at the Khelo India Youth Games here Wednesday. Jain will meet the unseeded Mihika Yadav of Maharashtra in the gold medal match in this category, a media release said. In Wednesdays second U-21 girls semi-final, Mihika dumped the unseeded Kaavya Sawhney of Uttar Pradesh 6-3, 6-3. Meanwhile, Maharashtra's Aryaan Bhatia produced a... Читать дальше...

There has been more than threefold increase in the number of arrests made by the the Railway Protection Force (RPF) from 2014 to last year, official figures have shown. In 2014, the number of arrests made by the force was 1,381, which rose to 6,367 last year. "From its role of protection and safeguarding railway property to role of passenger security and passenger facilitation, the RPF kept revising its objectives and priorities over time. The role regarding passenger security and facilitation has been gaining prominence over the last 25 years... Читать дальше...

Despite a Supreme Court ban on animal fights and race across the country, people of Morigaon district organized the traditional buffalo fight at Bidyabori and Ahatguri area of the district on Wednesday.

Unhappy with Flickr’s new policies? If you’ve decided you’re done with Flickr, and have downloaded all of your photos, you now have a decision to make: where do you put them now? You can, of course, simply keep them on a hard drive, but that isn’t ideal, especially if you want to be able to share your work with family and friends, or exhibit it for sale or reuse. You can also back them up to one of the popular cloud storage services, but again, most of those aren’t ideal for exhibiting your photos. Читать дальше...

Lana Condor and a band of blazingly talented young actors bring the cult-favorite comic book to life.

The political drama over alleged "Operation Lotus" to destabilise the Karnataka government continued on Wednesday with the Congress preparing for an apparent show of strength by calling a meeting of its legislators on January 18 while the BJP kept up suspense with its shepherded MLAs remaining locked up in a luxury resort in Gurugram near the national capital.

Eddie Hearn admits he would’ve rather seen Amir Khan fight Kell Brook than Terence Crawford, but says you can’t call it a duck.

Just after California Governor Gavin Newsom delivered a fiery inauguration speech that positioned the state firmly against the worst elements of the Trump administration, the president swiped back via his favorite medium: Twitter and empty threats. Trump claimed that he told FEMA to “send no more money” to the state, which is recovering from the […]

Raith Rovers have added a goalkeeper to the first team squad, and today welcomed Dean Lyness to Stark’s Park. The 27 year old stopper joins on a contract to the end of season 2019-20 if […]

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Dear Lifehacker, My old boss was great. She and I got along, and she was a great manager. She got a new job and left the company, and they just hired someone to replace her. He's OK; he's just getting his bearings, so I'm withholding judgement. How can I set the stage early so he and I learn to get along well and work together? More »

President Donald Trump should delay his State of the Union address until after the government reopens, or deliver it in writing, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told him in a letter Wednesday.

The carbon footprint of British Columbia is growing and has been growing for the last eight years despite a strong environmentalist lobby,  , the latest provincial government data suggests. The Global and Mail quotes a spokesman for the Ministry of Environment as saying British Columbia has fallen off the rails leading to the achievement of its carbon emission reduction target for 2030. The reason for this failure has, however, nothing to do with the oil industry as such. It’s simply a question of more people driving more cars. Читать дальше...

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