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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Brett Kavanaugh on a high-profile appeals court....

The opposition Congress and organisations opposed to the Citizenship Bill criticised the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) Wednesday, saying it had betrayed the people of Assam by realigning with the BJP just before the Lok Sabha polls for its greed for power. The Congress, the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) said the AGP owed an answer the people on its stand on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, and vowed to continue their movement against it. The AGP had severed... Читать дальше...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Wednesday that she would not allow the House to take up legislation that would potentially spare President Trump from an embarrassing rebuff from Congress over his decision to declare a national emergency on the border.

Trinamool Congress leader and former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee Wednesday denied reports that he is joining the BJP and asserted that canards were being spread against him by a quarter. "I received no offer from any political party to join till now. These reports are baseless and I don't want to even react to them. But I am really hurt the way canards are being spread against me deliberately," Chatterjee told reporters. Chatterjee had resigned from the post of Kolkata Mayor and a minister... Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts officials have announced settlements with seven nursing homes after a state investigation into complaints of unsafe conditions and substandard care.

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday said the national capital is not the property of any individual or party and the people of Delhi would decide if it is granted full statehood, as he raised the pitch for one of his party's key demands. Claiming that people of Delhi have been exploited and cheated for the past 70 years, Kejriwal said city BJP president Manoj Tiwari says the national capital cannot be given full statehood as its chief minister protested in front of the Rail Bhawan. "Tiwari... Читать дальше...

A construction worker critically injured at a job site last week has died, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner. The victim was identified as Nicholas Peralta, 28, of Lewisville, … Click to Continue »

Australia beat India by 35 runs in 5th ODI, win series 3-2

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Wednesday ordered listing of a petition of arrested JKLF chief Yasin Malik seeking stay on trials before a designated TADA court in Jammu in three-decade-old cases of kidnapping of the then Union home minister's daughter and killing of IAF personnel. Chief Justice of the High Court Geeta Mittal passed the order after hearing arguments on two applications filed by the CBI seeking transfer of Malik's petition to the Jammu Wing of the High Court as well as vacation of an interim stay order of November 26... Читать дальше...

Ending all speculations, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) Wednesday returned to the NDA fold and will fight the Lok Sabha elections in Assam in alliance with the BJP, two months after breaking ties over the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Three AGP ministers - Atul Bora, Keshab Mahanta and Phani Bhusan Choudhury - took charge of their old respective departments after Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, who had not accepted their resignation letters, invited the AGP to join the government. The... Читать дальше...

Amidst tensions with India, Pakistan Air Force has announced successfully test-firing an indigenously developed "smart weapon" from a JF-17 Thunder fighter jet to provide it a very potent day and night capability to engage a variety of targets with pinpoint accuracy. The PAF also said that experiment marked a great milestone for the country as the weapon has been developed, integrated and qualified solely through indigenous efforts of Pakistani scientists and engineers. "The successful trial has... Читать дальше...

Amazon confirmed it removed the books on its website. One book shows parents how to make a bleach-like substance to give children.

Three bike-borne men, on their way to allegedly loot a businessman, were nabbed on Wednesday following a brief exchange of fire in which one of the accused and a constable suffered bullet injuries, police said here. Afsaar, Muzahid and Hashmat from Tyodi village under Bhojpur police station area were going to Hapur when a police team signalled them to stop in Patel Nagar area here, Superintendent of Police Shlok Kumar said. The accused sped away and the police team flashed alert on the wireless, for other patrol units in the city, he said. Читать дальше...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities in Tennessee are investigating two incidents that left two people dead and two more hospitalized.

A day after British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit divorce bill was rejected in a bruising 149-vote defeat, MPs returned to the House of Commons on Wednesday to vote on whether to prevent the UK's exit from the European Union by the March 29 deadline without any deal in place. The latest motion to try and avert the no-deal Brexit, which would see UK crash out of the 28-member economic bloc without any transition phase, follows a rejection of May's withdrawal agreement 391 to 242 despite a final... Читать дальше...

Judge Amy Berman Jackson has sentenced former Trump campaign manger Paul Manafort to 73 months in prison, some of which will run concurrent to the nearly 4-year sentence in his Virginia case. CBS News' Paula Reid and Robert Litt, former second general counsel for the Director of National Intelligence, join CBSN with the latest developments.

The No. 1 seeded Catamounts host No. 3 UMBC for the America East championship on Saturday morning in a rematch of last year's title game.

Nicola Sturgeon has said she intends to "exercise the mandate" she has to hold a referendum on Scottish independence in response to the Brexit turmoil.

JVM chief Babulal Marandi has filed a writ petition in the Jharkhand High Court challenging the Assembly Speaker's decision to approve the merger of six party MLAs with the BJP. The former chief minister and the Legislature Party Leader of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik), Pradip Yadav, filed the petition on Tuesday, pleading the court to quash Speaker Dinesh Oraon's ruling as it was "unconstitutional" because he did not give "attention to several facts". The petitioners claimed that the... Читать дальше...

Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal, an accused in two coal scam cases, was Wednesday granted exemption from personal appearance till June 30 by a Delhi court on the ground that he will contest the Lok Sabha elections. Special Judge Bharat Parashar passed the order on an application moved by the accused, who sought exemption on the ground that he "wishes to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha election from Kurukshetra parliamentary constituency". The application was opposed by the CBI's senior... Читать дальше...

An independent panel has submitted a new report to HM Treasury which recommends the formation of a new department to tackle anti-competition and the revamp of rules.

A cloud of uncertainty hung over the fate of Super Cup, scheduled to start in two days' time, after seven I-League clubs Wednesday pulled out of the tournament citing unfair treatment by the All India Football Federation. Minerva Punjab FC, whose players are in Bhubaneswar for the past four days, could be called back to their base in Panchkula if the AIFF fails to acknowledge the aggrieved clubs' concerns, owner Ranjit Bajaj said. "We are yet to get any response from the AIFF, I am not expecting to get one either by tomorrow. Читать дальше...

Indian IT services company HCL Technologies Wednesday announced acquisition of US-based digital transformation consulting firm Strong-Bridge Envision. "With this acquisition, SBE (Strong-Bridge Envision) will become part of HCL's global digital and analytics business," HCL Technologies said in a statement. HCL Tech did not divulge the size of the deal but sources said it is about USD 45 million. SBE has offices in Seattle, Denver, Atlanta, and New York City. The firm, headquartered in Seattle, is... Читать дальше...