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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today visited the spot of the flyover collapse in Kokata in which 26 people were killed and said he had come to extend support to the victims and did not want to politicise the issue. Later Mr. Gandhi met the injured people in the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital and [...]

The infection has prompted the World Health Organization to declared a global health emergency due to the link to thousands of suspected cases of babies born with small brains – or microcephaly – in Brazil. But there are still many, crucial, unanswered questions. How many people have been infected in the Americas? The best estimate [...]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Riyadh on Saturday on his maiden two-day visit to the oil-rich Saudi kingdom as both countries are set to firm up a raft of pacts to bolster their strategic partnership besides exploring ways to enhance security and counter-terror cooperation. Combating threat of terrorism and radicalisation are expected to figure [...]

Last night, community members turned out to Encinitas City Hall in support of the city council’s consideration of seven recommendations around welcoming refugee and immigrant communities in Encinitas. The recommendations included exploration of Encinitas City officially joining the White House Task Force on New Americans’ Building Welcoming Communities Campaign. [Source:- PANA] [...]

People up and down the state are trying to crack the code on California’sdismal voter turnout, which reached a record low for general elections in 2014. Just 42.2 percent of registered voters cast ballots. Under a new law, the Department of Motor Vehicles is getting ready toregister drivers automatically to vote, and there’s talk of sending [...]

Get coding mentorship and help with community research projects. PANA is seeking 3 self-motivated people with technology experience to aid in: website content & social media campaigns data visualization for our upcoming report, and internal software projects. Technologies you will use include SPSS, Drupal, Weebly, and social media accounts. Internship 3-month goals are collaboratively developed [...]

Vijender Singh on Saturday invited Sachin Tendulkar for his WBO Asia title fight here and briefed the cricketer about the structure and future of professional boxing. The Beijing Olympics bronze medallist, who is a huge fan of Tendulkar, met him in Gurgaon and invited him for his first professional home bout scheduled in the capital [...]

Afghanistan stunned West Indies by 6 runs in the World T20 championship match in Mohali on Sunday. Chasing a target of 124, West Indies could manage only 117 for 8 . Despite this defeat, West Indies topped their group and will face India or Australia in the semifinals. England will face New Zealand in the [...]

Former Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad has refused to attend meetings of the fact-finding committee of the Cricket Board to probe into the national team’s poor performance in the Asia Cup and World T20. “Every time we do badly in a big tournament, the board carries out this charade of appointing a probe committee,” Miandad told [...]

The Pakistan cricket team, sans captain Shahid Afridi, returned to a hostile reception in Lahore and Karachi after its disastrous World Twenty20 campaign which also included a loss to arch-foes India. The team returned home in batches in Lahore and Karachi last night. Afridi, on the other hand, has decided to stay back in Dubai [...]

During the spring of 2013, sisters Molly and Harriet had an unusually productive cup of coffee. Knowing that their dream had always been to work together, this particular blend of Monmouth brought them to their senses and they finally decided to set up their own business. Their experiences in textiles, retail and marketing suggested something [...]

A furious Muhammad Hafeez on Sunday hit back at the critics who had alleged that he had faked injury to skip the last two matches of the ICC World T20, terming them as “mentally sick people“. The top-order batsman was ruled out due to knee injury in the matches against New Zealand and Australia. Pakistan [...]