WORLD
Powerful typhoon approaches southern Japan, charts course for main island
Powerful typhoon approaches southern Japan, charts course fo...
TOKYO, Sept 29: A powerful typhoon brought heavy rain and high winds as it approached southern Japan on Saturday, leading to flight cancellations and power outages in several cities.
Sep 29, 2018
WORLD
India's Supreme Court lifts ban prohibiting women of menstruating age from entering Hindu...
India's Supreme Court lifts ban prohibiting women of menstru...
NEW DELHI, Sept 29: India's Supreme Court has nixed a ban which prohibited women from entering a prominent Hindu temple if they were of menstruating age. The temple's authorities say they will appeal the ruling.
Sep 29, 2018
Lifestyle
Marty Balin, founder of Jefferson Airplane, dies at 76
Marty Balin, founder of Jefferson Airplane, dies at 76
NEW YORK, Sept 29: Marty Balin, a patron of the 1960s “San Francisco Sound” both as founder and lead singer of the Jefferson Airplane and co-owner of the club where the Airplane and other Bay Area bands performed, has died. He was 76.
Sep 29, 2018
SOCIETY
51 year old neighbor rapes 5 year old child
51 year old neighbor rapes 5 year old child
DOLAKHA, Sept 29: Yet again, a child has become a victim of rape.
Sep 29, 2018
WORLD
Airline now says 1 missing after Pacific lagoon plane crash
Airline now says 1 missing after Pacific lagoon plane crash
WELLINGTON, Sept 29: The airline operating a flight that crashed into a Pacific lagoon on Friday in Micronesia now says one man is missing, after earlier saying all 47 passengers and crew had safely evacuated the sinking plane.
Sep 29, 2018
WORLD
Legal abortion services can prevent 47,000 women dying each year - UN
Legal abortion services can prevent 47,000 women dying each...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 29: “Unsafe abortions cause the deaths of some 47,000 women each year and a further five million suffer some form of temporary or permanent disability,” said the UN Human Rights Council Working group, on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice.
Sep 29, 2018
WORLD
7 Gazans, including 2 boys, killed by Israeli fire on border
7 Gazans, including 2 boys, killed by Israeli fire on border
GAZA CITY, Sept 29: Israeli troops killed seven Palestinians, two of them children, and wounded dozens more, Palestinian health officials said, in the deadliest day in recent weeks as Gaza’s Hamas rulers stepped up protests along the border fence.
Sep 29, 2018
Lifestyle
California signs bill banning sale of animal-tested cosmetics
California signs bill banning sale of animal-tested cosmetic...
CALIFORNIA, Sept 29: California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on Friday signed a bill banning the sale of cosmetics that undergo animal testing, making California the first state to approve such a ban.
Sep 29, 2018
Lifestyle
Facebook says 50M user accounts affected by security breach
Facebook says 50M user accounts affected by security breach
NEW YORK, Sept 29: Facebook reported a major security breach in which 50 million user accounts were accessed by unknown attackers.
Sep 29, 2018
SOCIETY
Solukhumbu District Court orders release of prisoners who slaughtered cow
Solukhumbu District Court orders release of prisoners who sl...
SOLUKHUMBU, Sept 29: The District Court, Solukhumbu has issued an order to release four people serving jail sentence for cow slaughter.
Sep 29, 2018