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CPI candidate from Warisaliganj in Nawada district, Ram Kishore Sharma (74), asked voters on Monday not to vote for him. “Mere liye vote kar ke apna kimti vote barbad nahi karo, jisko marji hai de do (don’t waste your votes in my favour.

SA artists frequently push the limits of freedom of expression - and good taste.

Pharrell Williams knows which presidential candidate he’s voting for. Pharrell Williams, Publisher Donating Books to Children in Need The Voice judge stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show for Monday’s episode, during which he also performed “Freedom,” and endorsed Hillary Clinton for the White House. “It’s time for a woman to be in there,” he said. “Women think about things in a holistic way, it’s not so individual.

PM Narendra Modi (NaMo) on Monday dubbed the Sunday’s sacking of Bihar excise and prohibition minister Awadhesh Prasad Kushwaha as the Mahagathbandhan’s “tribute” to JP. Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) has no moral right to seek votes after the minister’s dismissal over bribe charges on the JP’s birth anniversary, he said and accused it of trying to stop him from holding election meetings. In a caustic remark against the JD(U) government, NaMo said it has lost all ‘sharm-haya (shame and ethics)’.

Host Russia defeated Montenegro 2-0 on Monday securing their place at the Euro-2016 tournament finals.

The Moneyologist Quentin Fottrell tackles a family inheritance issue involving a mother promising more funds to one sister than another. Photo: Getty

Polling went off peacefully in all the three Maoist-hit districts — Jamui, Banka and Munger — on Monday with people making a beeline for booths defying the poll boycott call given by the rebels. Unlike previous elections, not a single incident of Maoist violence was reported in the three districts.

[...] the incompatibility is also a weakness of the play that opened Saturday in its New Conservatory Theatre Center regional premiere. [...] his conservatism feeds into his self-hatred to the degree that, as much as he thrills to the game of covert pickups and enjoys pushing the limits of displaying his sexuality, he’s torn between resenting and agreeing with the opprobrium of the upper classes to which he yearns to belong. None of that bodes well for the love affair between Chauncey and Ned,... Читать дальше...

Susan Chapelle was drugged and assaulted as a young woman. Now, the Squamish, B.C., councillor is sounding the alarm about a lack of access to rape kits in many hospitals across Canada.

Stung by the sting operation in which excise and prohibition minister Awadhesh Kushwaha was allegedly caught accepting bribe, JD(U) state president Bashistha Narayan Singh told TOI that it was “part of a larger conspiracy” against Mahagathbandhan. Excerpts from the interview:

Two U.S. servicemembers were among five killed Sunday when a British helicopter crashed in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, the third mass-casualty event involving transport aircraft in the war-torn country in three months, coalition forces in Afghanistan said Monday.

This week, Steven Spielberg rolls out his crisply crafted spy thriller "Bridge Of Spies," but for those who prefer the director in blockbuster mode should fear not. Next year he'll drop the Roald Dahl adaptation "The BFG," and on deck is "Ready Player One." After that? Who knows? While the director always has a half dozen options on his plate, recent comments are raising alarms of excitement around the interwebs, as Spielberg has suggested he'll go one more round with a beloved franchise.  READ MORE... Читать дальше...

In this agro-based district where unemployment forces the youth to migrate, thousands of skilled weavers trained by the Centre are facing penury as the government and netas seem to have lost interest in them. Unable to cope with poverty, many of them have also taken to Left-wing extremism by joining hands with Maoist rebels who have a sizeable presence in the district, Incidentally, Aurangabad has the distinction of giving Bihar its first deputy chief minister-cum-finance minister Anugraha Narain... Читать дальше...

So Pete Peterson has funded yet another conference geared toward convincing people (in this case, college students) to... cut entitlement spending and balance the budget! (aka Austerity Stew for us, Rib Roast for the 1%.) Pretty much every Republican who appeared sounded the alarm on Social Security: "The sky is falling! The sky is falling!" (They're also pushing means testing and the rest of the usual wingnut agenda.)

It is as if the country were enacting Márquez’ ‘Chronicle of a Death Foretold’, writes Soli Ozel

Former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Monday demanded a CBI probe into separate sting operations in which a JD(U) minister and three RJD functionaries, including two poll candidates, were allegedly caught accepting money from a fake representative of a company. The trio allegedly took money as “advance” from the man promising that if Mahagathbandhan came to power in the state, they would lobby for awarding contracts to his company.

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SEOUL, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Kim Jong Un ordered North Korea's overseas sports ministry officials to make large sums of individual donations to the regime in Pyongyang.

In the wake of the Volkswagen scandal, the UK government has begun spot emissions checks for other car makers. All makes of vehicle could be tested.

Coke ovens and blast furnace are to close after receiver says no viable offers have been made