Early counting on Saturday in India’s most populous state showed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party leading in the country’s most important electoral test since the 2014 general election. If the Bharatiya Janata Party does wrest control of Uttar Pradesh it would be an endorsement of Modi’s stewardship of Asia’s third-largest economy after his high-risk decision last November to scrap high-value banknotes worth 86 percent of the cash in circulation.
Day: February 20, 2017
New Zealand judge upholds Kim Dotcom extradition ruling
In this Nov. 27, 2014, file photo, Kim Dotcom arrives at Auckland District Court in Auckland, New Zealand. A New Zealand judge on Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, upheld an earlier court ruling that flamboyant internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and three of his colleagues can be extradited to the U.S. to face criminal charges.
UK is Europe’s third most traffic-congested country, study finds
Drivers are spending an average of 32 hours a year stuck in jams during peak periods in the UK, according to traffic information company Inrix. Researchers calculated that t he direct and indirect costs of hold-ups reached A 31 billion last year, at an average of A 968 per driver.
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte orders scouting mission: Midfielder…
According to Transfer Market Web , Chelsea sent scouts to run the rule over Kessie and Conti during Atalanta’s 1-0 win over Crotone on Saturday. Starsport understand that Kessie, 20, was the subject of a 27m bid from the Blues during the January transfer window.
Car driver killed, 3 injured in railway crossing crash
A man was killed and three other people injured when their car was hit by a train at a railway crossing in Wiang Sa district on Sunday night. Police said express train No 172, which departed Sungai Kolok at 11.30am for Bangkok, hit the Totoya Vios as it crossed the tracks in front of Ban Song temple in tambon Ban Song about 10.40pm.
Regular season over, playoff picture painted in St. John’s junior league
The playoff matchups are set in the St. John’s Junior Hockey League following completion of the regular season over the weekend. All eight teams are in the post season, with the first round featuring a best-of-five series.
Igor Mikhalkin Aims To Get Back in The Mix After PED Mess
Just like Alexander Povetkin, former European light heavyweight champion Igor Mikhalkin was connected with a meldonium case last year, being accused of taking forbidden drug and later disqualified for the violation of anti-doping rules and regulations. Unlike Povetkin, who is now fighting for his good name, Mikhalkin saw his disqualification lifted at the end of the last year, when he was cleared of the charges – since he had taken meldonium before its ban.
JSMM calls for strike across Sindh against CPEC today
Karachi [Pakistan], Feb. 20 : The Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz , a major separatist political party in Sindh, Pakistan, has given a call of strike across the province against China-Pakistan Economic Corridor today. Following this development, a grand operation had been started against JSMM since 48 hours and more than 150 workers and their relatives have been arrested.
Scuffles at Thai temple as police hunt for monk
Dhammakaya temple Buddhist monks scuffle with police after they defied police orders to leave the temple grounds to enable police to seek out their former abbot in Pathum Thani, Thailand February 20, 2017. Dhammakaya temple Buddhist monks scuffle with police after they defied police orders to leave the temple grounds to enable police to seek out their former abbot in Pathum Thani, Thailand February 20, 2017.
UP Polls: Filing of nominations for final phase ends today
New Delhi , Feb. 20 : Today is last date for withdrawal of nominations for the seventh and last phase of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. 40 constituencies in Eastern Uttar Pradesh will go to polls in this phase on the 8th of March.
Taiwan protests Spain’s deporting of 200 Taiwanese to China
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan’s foreign ministry has protested Spain’s decision to deport more than 200 Taiwanese telecom fraud suspects to China, in the latest instance of a government moving to deport citizens of the self-governing island to its rival. Scores of Taiwanese have been arrested around the world in the past year in connection with vast telecoms fraud scams targeting Chinese nationals.
Ex-cop says Duterte paid him, others to kill crime suspects
MANILA, Philippines – A retired Philippine police officer says President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was a city mayor, ordered and paid him and other members of a so-called liquidation squad to kill criminals and opponents, including a kidnapping suspect and his entire family and a critical radio commentator. Human rights lawyers who presented Arthur Lascanas at a news conference Monday said his allegations could be grounds for impeaching Duterte.
Iraq claims troops make early gains in operation to retake western Mosul
Iraqi forces, supported by the Popular Mobilization paramilitaries, prepare to advance towards the village of Sheikh Younis, south of Mosul, after the offensive to retake the western side of the city from Daesh commenced on February 19, 2017. Iraqi forces said on Sunday that they had regained territory from Daesh in the western part of Mosul, hours after the launch of an offensive to dislodge the extremist militia from its last key stronghold in the country.
Malaysia recalls ambassador to North Korea
Malaysia’s ambassador to North Korea has been recalled from Pyongyang amid rising tensions between the countries over the death in Kuala Lumpur of an estranged scion of North Korea’s ruling family. The Malaysian foreign ministry said in a Monday statement that it had recalled its ambassador “for consultations” and had summoned Kang Chol, North Korea’s ambassador to Kuala Lumpur, “to seek an explanation on the accusations he made against the Government of Malaysia.”
Seniors wanting more success
The seniors on the Mount Aloysius College mens’ tennis team have seen real transformations since their long-ago freshman year. Those same Mounties aim to continue building on that success.
Simply Wall St launches in New Zealand
Simply Wall St , a popular fintech startup aiming to replace human stock brokers, has announced it is launching its services in Canada and New Zealand, as addition to the currently covered markets of US, UK and Australia. Simply put, the platform is doing for investors everything that the best human stock broker would, but orders of magnitude cheaper and quicker.
How Ford made it work in Europe
If the world’s third-largest auto-maker fails to unload its Opel European division on PSA Group, it could look to its crosstown rival in Dearborn, Mich., for an example of how to right the ship. Ford Motor Co.