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Taj Mahal Is India's Pride: Union Tourism Minister
The comments were not far different from the Chief Minister's own declaration in June that the Taj Mahal "does not reflect Indian culture". Union Tourism Minister Alphons Kannanthanam said today that the Taj Mahal was "India's pride" and core of tourism circuit, after a BJP MLA questioned the monument's place in the country's heritage. [Full Article...]
Ryan says Senate biggest obstacle to passing tax cut
Both Graham and Paul played golf with President Donald Trump on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Paul said he spoke to President Trump and GOP leadership about his desire to cut spending. Without it, a partisan tax bill would need 60 votes in the 100-member Senate and would nearly certainly fail. The good news for congressional Republicans is that the GOP overcame the first perilous Senate h... [Full Article...]
RSS leader Ravindra Gosain shot dead near his home in Ludhiana
Opposition parties, BJP and the SAD, strongly condemned Gosain's killing. In February the same year, RSS leader Naresh Kumar was shot at in a similar way in Shahidi park of Kidwai Nagar. The RSS pracharak was shot while returning from the shakha. Former BJP minister Manoranjan Kalia commented, "Assailants continue to kill people and the situation is going from bad to worse". [Full Article...]
Las Vegas massacre shock twist as security guard disappears
Campos is a security guard at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino from which Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowded country music festival earlier this month. His disappearance came just hours after MGM Resorts International, which owns the Mandalay Bay, disputed the official timeline of the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history. [Full Article...]
Wichita Police watching for drivers passing school bus stop signs
Every school day, First Student buses almost 17,000 students throughout Wichita to and from school. The typical school bus has seven mirrors to help the driver monitor traffic, and students are taught not to move until the driver gives them the ok. [Full Article...]
Texas business tax climate ranks 13th in nation
The report ranked the tax systems of all fifty states and put OH at number 45. States with transparent and neutral tax codes fare better than states with complex tax codes that distort business decisions. In recent years, North Carolina, Indiana, Washington, D.C., and others have instituted reforms that have improved aspects of their tax code and boosted their Index scores. [Full Article...]
Britain should remain in the European Union says OECD
Buried in the biennial report was a note which suggested that were the British government to reverse Brexit, "the positive impact on growth would be significant", prompting the Treasury to reiterate that a 2nd referendum was not on the cards. [Full Article...]
Champions League: Tottenham draw with Real Madrid, Liverpool win big
Both men put in the required shift as Spurs recovered from a slow start to cause Real Madrid some concern in and around their own penalty area. Spurs tried their best to peg Madrid back with the high press from the off, but Los Blancos nonetheless dominated possession. [Full Article...]
Court orders Abaribe to produce Kanu in court
The third option was for Abaribe to request to be given time to produce the defendant in court. An application was also made by a counsel to one of the sureties, Eyinnaya Abaribe, to be discharged of his role as surety. Reacting to the said invasion when he appeared on Channels Television's Politics Today, Ozekhome said the government should have waited for the result of the legal actions tak... [Full Article...]
Google Sister Company to Build Digital District From Scratch in Toronto
The district is envisioned as an entire mixed-use community for tens of thousands of people centered around advanced technology such as climate-positive energy systems, self-driving transit and economically and environmentally efficient construction methods. [Full Article...]
Senate confirms Callista Gingrich as President Trump's ambassador to the Vatican
President Donald Trump had announced in May that he would nominate her. She was a congressional aide when she began a six-year affair with Newt Gingrich . Also joining the 70-23 approval Monday were Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of NY and Al Franken of Minnesota. Callista is also the president of Gingrich Productions, where she produced documentary films on Pope John Paul II and other hi... [Full Article...]
Aung San Suu Kyi and the Annihilation of Myanmar's Rohingya
About 582,000 refugees from Myanmar have poured into Bangladesh since August 25, when attacks by Rohingya militants on security posts triggered an army crackdown in response. Irecently met Penny Green to discuss the situation in Myanmar and Aung San Suu Kyi's role in the perpetration of the horrific crimes carried out against the Rohingya. [Full Article...]
Massive section of Western Wall and Roman theater uncovered after 1700 years
He said that carbon-14 and other dating methods indicated it came from the second or third centuries AD and appeared to be unfinished. The eight stone courses of the Western Wall unveiled on Monday had been hidden beneath 26 feet of earth and were perfectly preserved after being excavated. [Full Article...]
Fire burning in Santa Cruz Mountains
Jim Ross. So far, the fire has burned 152 acres and is 5 percent contained. Angela Bernheisel, Cal Fire spokeswoman, said five firefighters sustained minor injuries through the night. Rob Sherman, assistant chief of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, tells KNTV news that at least one structure is destroyed and about 100 homes threatened. [Full Article...]
Trump's latest travel ban order blocked
Opponents say the ban violates the U.S. Constitution because it discriminates against Muslims while overstepping the bounds of U.S. immigration law by discriminating by nationality. "The order themselves get longer and longer as increasing numbers of government lawyers attempt to hide their blatant discrimination in the language of national security", she said. [Full Article...]
US Is Said to Demand Steel Tracking in Nafta Push on Autos
They are expected to make separate comments later in the day. Charles Chesbrough, a senior economist at Cox Automotive, called the US rules-of-origin proposals an opening salvo that could change before an agreement is reached. Canada and Mexico will definitively reject United States ' proposals for NAFTA's renewal at a meeting today, according to American media company CNBC based on sources that... [Full Article...]
GM expands self-driving tests to Manhattan
Each will have a safety driver on board, as they do in the current San Francisco test, but now they'll be tackling inclement four-season weather, as well as other drivers and pedestrians who are less laid back than their west coast counterparts. [Full Article...]
Hamas, Fatah Announce Details of Political Reconciliation Deal
The unity deal thus raises questions about how the Israeli government will respond to any Hamas provocations. Under the Egyptian-brokered accord, the Fatah-backed government headed by Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah will run Gaza and the West Bank and Palestinian officials said there were no plans to add Hamas ministers to the government. [Full Article...]
Rogue calf on the loose in Brooklyn
A large crowd gathered to watch officials attempt to corral the animal. Officers used soccer goals to fence the animal in on a baseball diamond, but the cow barreled through one of the nets, knocking down a police officer. local time. It wasn't immediately clear how the animal got loose. The now-famous cow was spotted jogging around Brooklyn's Prospect Park and took the internet by storm. [Full Article...]
Reports of shooting at Howard University, DC police say
The historically Black university tweeted , "This afternoon, we were anonymously notified of a potential shooter on campus". So far the threat has not been confirmed and there are no reported injuries. On Tuesday morning, panicked students took to social media in confusion after not hearing from university officials as the reports unfolded. Metropolitan police are asking D.C. [Full Article...]