Minneapolis: The mother of a Minnesota girl whose videotaped arrest sparked an angry backlash on social media says her 13-year-old daughter has a mental illness and that officers were overly aggressive in handling her. ### Prosecutors filed a juvenile delinquency petition on Friday charging the girl with fourth-degree assault in connection with her arrest in…
Scrolling through my documents list in my laptop the other day I discovered a list that I had made about five or six years ago. It contained a number of wishes for myself as a person that I believed would somehow make me better or make me more valuable to others. You know the kind…
The promising youngster will remain in his homeland for the rest of the Superliga season before linking up with his new club Brighton have completed the signing of Argentine midfielder Alexis Mac Allister from Argentinos Juniors. The 20-year-old has signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with the Seagulls but will stay in the Superliga for the rest of the season. Argentinos…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday confirmed the death penalty to a man convicted of murder and rape of a two-year-old girl. ### The sentence was confirmed by 2:1 majority by a three-judge bench of Justices R. F. Nariman, Surya Kant and R.Subhash Reddy. ### The top court was hearing convict Ravi’s plea challenging…
NEW DELHI: The United States does not believe that India is eligible for the grant of a special trade privilege but is renegotiating its terms after revoking the status earlier this year, US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross told Reuters on Thursday. ### Citing lack of reciprocal market access, the United States stripped India from…
London: Out of favour Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh might have to announce his retirement from international cricket if any franchise in England’s ‘The Hundred’ picks him for the league which starts next year. ### According to a report in ESPNcricinfo, Singh – having his base price at 100,000 pounds – is one of the 25…
Upon reaching India in 1959, the Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. remarked, “To other countries I may go as a tourist, but to India I come as a pilgrim.” He added, “Perhaps, above all, India is the land where the techniques of nonviolent social change were developed that my people have used in Montgomery,…
Patna: An FIR was lodged in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district against celebrities including Bollywood actress Konkana Sen, director Maniratnam, Aparna Sen, Shayam Benegal, Ramchandra Guha and 45 others, who had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising concern over the growing incidents of mob lynching, police said on Friday. ### According to district…
Dubai: Dubai’s next big gold and jewellery destination will open for business in the second quarter of 2020, with retailers having already made “commitments” for more than 100 of the 295 outlets. The location, right next to the existing Deira Gold Souq, takes up the stretch from the Shindaga Tunnel to the edge of Hyatt…
Hong Kong: The potential benefit to Singapore from the turmoil in Hong Kong: $4 billion. ### That’s the upper end of an estimate from Goldman Sachs Group Inc of the money investors have moved to Singapore amid escalating political protests in the former British colony. The New York-based bank estimated that there has been a…