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198 Held for Drunk Driving in Mumbai Amid New Year Festivities

Over 40,000 police personnel are manning the streets and road blocks have been set up at over 100 locations to check traffic violations and drunk driving. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2MKye9M via Click here

Spin Comes into Play for England Ahead of Second South Africa Test

England are thinking of bringing a specialist spinner back into the line-up after going with an all-pace attack in their last two outings. from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2FgdjHv via Click here

Abducted Sri Lanka Journalist's Wife Accuses Military of Trying to Destroy Evidence, Intimidate Witnesses

Prageeth went missing in 2010 during the presidency of Mahinda Rajapaksa, the brother of current President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2MMuRPX via Click here

At Least 4,000 People Trapped, Property Destroyed as Raging wildfires Wreak Havoc in Australia

Australia's annual wildfire season, which peaks during the Southern Hemisphere summer, started early after an unusually warm and dry winter. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/39saMbf via Click here

US Agency Formalizes Border Medical Plan After Migrants Die on Mexican Border

At the height of the crisis, tens of thousands of migrant families crossed into the US and were held in cramped, overcrowded conditions. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2QyZedO via Click here

Two Injured in Shooting Outside a Walmart in Tennessee, Suspect Flees in a Car

One of the two victims is said to have suffered life-threatening injuries. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/36gd9Me via Click here

Two Years After Violence, Maharashtra Braces for 202nd Anniversary of Bhima-Koregaon War

Heavy security arrangements have been made at the historic Pune village which was rocked by violence on January 1, 2018 — the bicentennial of the Koregaon-Bhima war. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/36fhrUg via Click here

PM Modi, Vice President Naidu Extend New Year Greetings

Prime Minister Modi hoped that 2020 is filled with joy and prosperity. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2sB5EB3 via Click here

Google Doodle Rings in New Year with Froggy Pondering over Resolutions 2020

The New Year's special Google doodle has Froggy seated on a high-rise watching the skyline and the magnificent and symbolic sunrise signifying the dawn of a new morning. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2ZKHNuL via Click here

6 Killed as Lift Falls at Madhya Pradesh Business Tycoon's Farm House During New Year Party

The police said that a party was organised at the farm house on New Year's eve and the businessman along with his family members was present there. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2ZEOJcU via Click here

‘So Normal in Today’s India...’ Filmmaker Ronny Sen Attacked with Dagger for Protesting Against CAA

Ronny Sen, who suffered a minor injury in the alteration, said the attacker told him to refrain from posting against the CAA and the NRC. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Qyv3Dm via Click here

Of Nearly 4 Lakh Babies Born Across the World Today, 17% Will be Indian

India with 67,385 tops the list followed by China at 46,299, Nigeria -- 26,039, Pakistan -- 16,787, Indonesia -- 13,020, The US -- 10,452, The Democratic Republic of Congo -- 10,247 and Ethiopia -- 8,493. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2F971d1 via Click here

Mayank Agarwal to be Rested for Mumbai Ranji Trophy Game Ahead of New Zealand 'A' Tour

Mayank Agarwal will be rested for the Ranji Trophy game against Mumbai as part of workload management by the BCCI ahead of the A team's tour of New Zealand. from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/39vSLc0 via Click here

At Least 10 Inmates Feared Dead After Riot in Venezuela Jail, Says NGO

Venezuelan authorities have not said anything about a toll from the rioting, which the NGO said broke out at a jail which serves as a holding pen at a regional police headquarters. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2QwbITm via Click here

North Korea Ends Test Moratoriums on Nuclear Tests, Threatens 'New' Weapon

Analysts said the declaration, reported by state media on Wednesday, amounted to Kim putting a missile "to Donald Trump's head" -- but warned that escalation by Pyongyang would probably backfire. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/37r6PSe via Click here

New Year Fireworks, Smoke, Tear Gas and Water Cannons as Decade Begins With a Bang

Billions around the world cheered in 2020 after a tumultuous year dominated by demonstrations calling for political upheaval and action on climate change. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/39v8sjV via Click here

US Says North Korea Threat 'Deeply Disappointing' But 'Wants Peace'

In an interview shortly after state media quoted Kim as threatening a demonstration of a 'new strategic weapon' soon, Pompeo urged the North Korean leader to think again. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2QAJoPJ via Click here

US Rushes 750 Troops to Middle East After Protesters Attack Embassy in Iraq, Chant ‘Death to America’

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that more troops from a rapid response unit of the 82nd Airborne Division are prepared to deploy over the next several days. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/369KXL3 via Click here

'They Will Pay a Very Big Price': Donald Trump Warns Iran after Iraqi Protesters Storm US Embassy in Baghdad

The message came at the end of a day in which Washington officials appeared surprised and furious over the ease at which the protestors entered the Green Zone, reaching the US embassy compound for the first time in years. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Qd4GUp via Click here

'Terrorists' Behind US Embassy Attack in Iraq, Says Mike Pompeo

The tweet included photos that Mike Pompeo said showed all four men outside the US embassy, which was stormed Tuesday by pro-Iranian protesters enraged by US airstrikes against an Iranian backed militant group on Sunday. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Qcg4zW via Click here

From Pubs, Malls and Anti-CAA Protest Sites, Delhiites Bid Adieu to 2019

Security was beefed up across the national capital, especially in the vicinity of markets, malls, five-star hotels, restaurants, pubs and bars, in order to ensure orderly celebrations. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2SIqyZO via Click here

Citizenship Act Protests LIVE: Pinarayi Vijayan Should Get Better Advice, Says Prasad as Kerala Assembly Passes Resolution Against CAA

Citizenship Act Protests LIVE: After the Kerala Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the legislation is perfectly legal and constitutional. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Qbrl3E via Click here

At the Stroke of Midnight, Anti-CAA Protesters in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh Ring in 2020 With National Anthem

As the clock struck 12, the protesting crowd burst into a cheer to greet the fellow protesters the new year, and moments later broke into the national anthem in unison which was followed by the slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad'. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/36eilQF via Click here

Central and Western Railway to Run Special Late Night Services Today for New Year Revellers

These suburban special trains will stop at all stations. Of the four services, two will run on the main line and the rest on the Harbour line. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2QBXCA1 via Click here

CTET Result 2019 December Declared by CBSE at ctet.nic.in; Direct Link

The CTET candidates who qualified the exam will be awarded with the CTET Certificate and Marksheet. Only 5.42 lakh candidates have qualified the CBSE-conducted CTET exam that can be checked at ctet.nic.in. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2SzNGJB via Click here

It's Too Early to Say: Ganguly on ICC's Four-day Tests Proposal

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly on Monday said it's "too early" to comment on the ICC's proposal to make four-day Tests mandatory as part of the World Test Championship from 2023. from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2MHvZEo via Click here

Ashok Dinda Not Picked For Bengal's Ranji Squad Against Gujarat

Under-fire Ashok Dinda was kept away from Bengal's 16-member squad for their Elite Group A Ranji Trophy clash against Gujarat starting on Friday. from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/36fwBss via Click here

British Royals Worked an Average of 84.5 Days in 2019, Queen's Daughter Hardest-working at 167 Days

Heir to the throne Prince Charles came in second with 125 days of official duties. The 93-year-old queen Elizabeth herself worked 67 days, four more than in 2018. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2F9F2K9 via Click here

Tree-Climbing Gear, Full Dark Hair: Indian-American Ecologist Helps Refashion Barbie Dolls as Scientists

Nalini Nadkarni joined a team of female scientists advising Mattel as it made the line of dolls that includes a marine biologist, astrophysicist, photojournalist, conservationist and entomologist. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/36bAIWp via Click here

US McDonald's Denies Worker Wrote ‘Pig’ on Police Officer's Cup, Says it’s ‘Troubled by Accusation’

Dana Cook, the owner of a McDonald’s in Junction City, said the restaurant has security video that proves none of its employees wrote the words. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/39vgUzI via Click here

Washington Says Baghdad Failed to 'Protect' American Interests Amid Outrage over Air Strikes

At least 25 fighters were killed in Sunday night's attacks, which were in retaliation for the death last week of a US civilian contractor. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2QCUGTs via Click here

Declining Births, Increasing Deaths Lead to US' Slowest Growth Rate in a Century

The US grew from 2018 to 2019 by almost a half per cent, or about 1.5 million people, with the population standing at 328 million this year, according to population estimates released on Monday. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/37oQWfk via Click here

Al-Shabaab Militants Claim Mogadishu Bomb Attack that Killed 81

Saturday's attack hit a busy checkpoint in the southwest of the city, killing 81 people, including a dozen university students, in the country's deadliest assault in two years. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/35coGen via Click here

Famed Jesuit Priest With Ties to Mother Teresa Abused Boy 'More than 1,000 Times' Around World

Rev. Donald J. McGuire died in federal prison in 2017 while serving a 25-year sentence for molesting other boys who came under his sway. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/37tWOUF via Click here

Three People Feared Dead in Australian Bushfires: Report

A further four people are unaccounted for in the state of Victoria, the site of some of the fiercest recent fires, although authorities have not provided further information. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Qtt5nO via Click here

Texas Church Shooter Who Killed 2, Wore Wig and Fake Beard, Says Security Head Who Shot Him

The victims of Sunday's shooting, identified as Anton Wallace, 64, of Fort Worth and Richard White, 67, of River Oaks, were also members of the civilian security force at West Freeway Church of Christ, the state's attorney general said. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2SFkNMo via Click here

Facebook Fined $1.65 Million by Brazil for 'Abusive Practice'

That application collected personal data from millions of Facebook users worldwide, which were then transferred to British consultancy Cambridge Analytica and used without consent in political campaigns. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2F9ywms via Click here

Sudan to Send 29 Intelligence Agents to Gallows for Teacher's Killing in Detention

Prosecuting members of the intelligence services is seen as a test of how far Sudan's transitional government will go to erase Bashir's legacy and challenge the security apparatus. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2ZIUgiD via Click here

4,000 Holidaymakers, Locals Trapped on Australian Beach Encircled by Fire

Authorities had for days been warning up to 30,000 tourists enjoying Australia's summer holidays to leave the area, which is just one of the hundreds ravaged by this devastating bushfire season. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2ZCXKTE via Click here

US Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Given Clean Bill of Health After Heart Attack in October

Sanders' campaign released letters from his main doctor and two heart specialists, who all gave the 78-year-old White House hopeful a clean bill of health after physical exams, electrocardiogram monitoring and a treadmill stress test. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/36fCy8U via Click here

Al Qaeda Ally Claims Responsibility for Deadly Somalia Blast that Killed 90 People

The bombing was the deadliest in more than two years in a country wrecked by nearly three decades of Islamist violence and clan warfare. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/39rwEU2 via Click here

Amit Shah to Attend Pro-CAA Rally in Jodhpur on Jan 3

Amit Shah's visit comes as a strategic decision of the party as Jodhpur accommodates the highest number of Pak Hindu migrants who have been eagerly awaiting their citizenship while staying amid tough conditions here since years. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/37rBsqX via Click here

Pak Filmmaker Jami Accuses Dawn Newspaper CEO Hameed Haroon of Raping Him

In a series of tweets, Raza accused Dawn CEO Hameed Haroon of the assault and said his allegations were in no way related to the newspaper but to give strength to other victims of sexual assault. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/3583kP1 via Click here

ASI Suspended, Another Cop Booked for self-immolation of Man at Police Station in Delhi

On July 3, the man went to the police station and set himself afire alleging police inaction and harassment in a case pertaining to two persons beating him up. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2F9obXW via Click here

Four Medium Intensity Earthquakes Hit J&K, Andaman and Nicobar Islands; No Damage Reported

The first quake with a magnitude of 4.7 hit at 10:42 pm, followed by one measuring 5.5 six minutes later. The two occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2tgscHn via Click here

JNU Administration to Implement New Hostel Manual from Wednesday Amid Unrelenting Students' Strike

After a meeting of all the three Rectors, the university's Registrar, the Deans of Schools and Chairpersons of the Special Centres, a circular was also issued urging the students, who have completed their 'academic requirements of Monsoon semester 2019', to register for the new semester between Wednesday and January 5. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2ZBaN8a via Click here

62-Year Old Australian Man Missing After ‘Deliberately Jumping’ Off Cruise Liner

Three helicopters and two container ships searched unsuccessfully for several hours for the man before the search was called off because of deteriorating weather. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2u3gsZ7 via Click here

‘I’ve Been in Some Kind of Fight’: US Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Reveals He’s Got Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer

John Lewis, a 79-year-old Democrat who has repeatedly sparred with Donald Trump, announced his diagnosis on Sunday, adding he would seek treatment while continuing to represent his Georgia district. from Top World News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Q5wwSy via Click here

Red Sand Boa Snake Rescued in MP, 3 Minors Among 5 Detained

According to police, these rare non-poisonous snakes are used for making certain medicines, cosmetics and in black magic, and are in huge demand in the international market. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2SNrpsf via Click here

After Failing to Abduct Dalit Girl, Five Men Chop Off Her Nose, Thrash Family in Gurugram

According to police, Poonam Kumari was at home when fe men barged into her house with an alleged intention to kidnap her. from Top India News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2Zz3UEx via Click here