Day: October 28, 2019

“I have had the desire to write for a while,” he says, recounting what made him pen down his bestseller, KaalKoot – The Lost Himalayan Secret, that continues to fly off bookshelves across country.

Speaking at the White House, Trump said the ISIS leader spent his last moments “whimpering and crying and screaming” in a dead-end tunnel before he blew himself up, killing also his three children. Trump said the US Special Operations forces conducted the “daring and dangerous nighttime raid” and “accomplished their mission in grand style.”

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy has said his party would not try and dislodge the ruling BJP government like the saffron party had done to his coalition government and opined that he did not think that mid-term polls would be held.

Out of the total calls, no major fire incident has been reported in Delhi. But fire incidents were reported at dumping grounds. Besides, fire incidents were also reported from houses due to domestic items, those related to electric wires and transformers. “We have been receiving frequent calls from across the city. However, maximum calls have been received from west, northeast and southern parts of Delhi until now,” the official said.

At a time when many educational institutions are focussed on scoring marks and ignoring holistic development, it is the social set-ups like Gavel Club (chain of Toastmaster’s Club) that help children have a way with words and hone leadership skills.

The number of emergency calls made to the control room was reported at an all time low. According to sources, 43 calls were received in total, out of which the Deepavali related mishaps were just 27. In the city, many stations did not even get any emergency calls.

Private equity investments in the domestic real estate sector rose by 19 per cent to $3.8 billion during January-September 2019, mostly in commercial properties, according to Anarock. Private equity investments were over $3.2 billion in the year ago period, the consultant said in a statement.

Sources said India regrets Pakistan’s decision to yet again deny overflight clearance for the VVIP special flight which is otherwise granted routinely by any normal country. India has taken up the issue of denial of overflight clearance with the relevant international civil aviation body, they said.

Private sector lender ICICI Bank posted a 6.09 per cent decline in consolidated net profit for the September quarter at Rs 1,131.20 crore. It had reported a net profit of Rs 1,204.62 crore for the July-September period a year ago.

Washington and Beijing are making ‘headway’ on key issues in their ongoing trade dispute and discussions will continue, the US Trade Representative’s office said following a phone call between senior officials. President Donald Trump heralded a major win in his offensive against China two weeks ago, saying the economic powers were close to concluding a “substantial phase one deal.”