Новости за 12.04.2016

On Sunday morning, 34-year-old Swarup Mondal woke up to the news of the Kollam tragedy.A worker in the firecracker industry of Champahati, Mondal is among the thousands for whom the Kollam fire rang a warning bell.

State electoral officer Sunil Gupta could do little to ensure that outsiders didn't enter polling booths.Many booths were manned by state police despite repeated complaints from Congress leader Pradip Bhattacharya.

Warriors’ Marreese Speights puts shots in air, charge in team “There is a little whisper, then people start putting things down so that they can stand up,” Regina Glenn-Speights said. There are a lot of key components to the best regular-season team in NBA history, and reserve Warriors big man Marreese “Mo’ Buckets” Speights also happens to be one of the home fans’ favorite parts. [...] there definitely is some pressure to make it. “I know if I hit that first shot, there is going to be a buzz in the arena all night,” Speights said. Читать дальше...

CM Mamata Banerjee has set her sights on Delhi."We will not only form the government in Bengal in 2016, but also at the Centre in 2019," she said at an election rally in Islampur on Monday.

The regional health authority that serves the remote Ontario reserve says police officers brought in at least seven youth for treatment and assessment on Monday

Germany will weigh whether to prosecute a popular comedian for reading an obscene poem about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on national television, the government announced Monday.

On campaign trails, the politicians that voters meet are epitomes of humility, apparently dedicated to the well-being of residents.

The searing heatwave claimed the life of a resident of Marar village in Bishnupur assembly constituency on Monday, as the 57-year-old Hussain Bayen fell to the ground while waiting in the queue to vast his vote.

Thetragedy occurred at the 100-year-old Puttingal Devi Temple complex during an unauthorised display of fireworks early on Sunday morning.

Former Kolkata Port Trust chairman Raj Pal Singh Kahlon was granted bail by the Bankshall court on Monday - almost after a month following his arrest from a five-star hotel in the city on March 9.

SA’s top four lenders have cut ties with Oakbay Investments, but the group is planning to meet banking officials this week to try to restore relations.

A 38-year-old Ola cab driver was allegedly stabbed by a passenger after a disagreement late on Sunday, raising questions about the safety of the app-cab system, not only for passengers, but also for the drivers.

Fellow golfers are concerned that Jordan Spieth’s stunning collapse on the back nine at Augusta will leave some scar tissue.

Republican Donald Trump lashed out at the party’s delegate-selection rules after rival Ted Cruz swept all of Colorado's delegates.

Several leading Republicans said they will support Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe's plan to hide pharmacies' identities, but the amendment could throw the future of executions in the state in question.

Ena Ray Banerjee of the zoology department has also sought a forensic probe.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s political future is in jeopardy after a committee recommendation.

SPOILER ALERT! Don’t continue reading if you want to stay spoiler-free for this episode of DWTS! Dancing with the Stars Disney week just wrapped up on Monday evening (April 11) and the top nine dancers were just revealed. At the beginning of the night, the 10 remaining contestants included Antonio Brown, Nyle DiMarco, Kim Fields, [...]

Settlement talks in the high-profile Sumner Redstone mental competency case have fallen apart, and attorneys now are busy gearing up for another round in the dispute.

After the vice-chancellor of Calcutta University was "heckled" by agitating students and outsiders at Barisha Vivekananda College for Women last Tuesday, trouble returned to the varsity's College Street campus on Monday.

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For nearly three decades, the joys of board games and french fries have intersected every year for a brief, cheerful window. Since 1987, McDonald's has teamed up with the makers of the Monopoly board game to create McDonald's Monopoly, a promotion turns peeling stickers into a high-stakes game. By collecting playing pieces representing the different properties in a Monopoly game, people could win big. 

In the years since its inception, McDonald's Monopoly, running through April 25 this year... Читать дальше...

The state has decided not to merge the Medical Joint Entrance Examination with the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) even if the latter is held this year.

An IndiGo Airlines ground staff was grievously injured on Monday evening when a 10x7ft toughened glass panel, weighing over 100kg, of the building's facade crashed on him.