[h=3]Aamir flies off to the US to lose weight[/h] It’s a struggle
[h=3]Their father ill, minors write to PM Modi for aid, his office responds[/h] FACING acute financial crunch following prolonged illness of their father, two brothers from UP’s Kanpur district wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for help. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) responded to the letter by 13-year-old Sushant Mishra and his 8 year-old brother Tanmay and ensured the treatment of their father Saroj Mishra (50) at the district hospital. Mishra (50), a resident of Sanjay Gandhi Nagar locality, is suffering from acute asthma for the past two years and had not been able to take up his private job of tailoring for past six months.
[h=3]John Oliver rips apart Donald Trump, says he is America’s ‘back mole’[/h] When Donald J Trump, the billionaire Republican candidate vying for the Oval Office, ended up in second place in the Iowa caucus behind Ted Cruz, there was a fervent belief across sections of the US and the rest of the world that his campaign had lost steam and would eventually sputter to a stop. While he certainly seems to be winning big and attracting huge crowds, large sections of conservative Republican voters and activists have slammed Trump for his anti-Hispanic and anti-Muslim rants along with a distasteful vocabulary for those who stand up to him. Amidst this chaos, comes the hugely informative and entertaining take by John Oliver.
Parts of Great Barrier Reef face permanent destruction due to El Nino - scientists
[h=3]Construction ban: Mumbai corporators worried about revenue loss[/h] THE High Court’s order that all new construction work in the city be stalled until the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation complies with Solid Waste Management rules has left elected corporators worried about its impact on the BMC’s revenues. A discussion in the Standing Committee meeting Wednesday saw corporators from all parties unanimously criticising the civic body’s ‘incompetence’ that led to the HC order. Stating that the order would become a hurdle in the city’s development, Samajwadi Party corporator Rais Shaikh raised a point of order.
[h=3]Thane mass murder- Warekar was in financial crisis, had mortgaged family jewellery: Cops[/h] TWO days after 35-year-old Hasnain Warekar killed 14 family members in his Thane bungalow before hanging himself, it has emerged that he was facing a serious financial crisis after having taken loans to start an import business that he subsequently lost control of. Warekar had also mortgaged the family’s gold jewellery, police have found. An officer said it is now unclear if he even had a regular job for the last three months, though his brothers-in-law and other family members knew that he worked with various firms in the past. None of the family members knows where Warekar was currently working, beyond believing that he worked somewhere in Sanpada, Navi Mumbai.
[h=3]Madonna, Ritchie urged to settle custody battle over son[/h] By Marcus E. Howard NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge on Wednesday urged Madonna and her ex-husband Guy Ritchie to work together to resolve a custody dispute over their 15 year-old son, Rocco, who has refused to return to his mother's New York home. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Deborah Kaplan set a June 1 date for Madonna and Ritchie to come back to court following a conference call with attorneys for all three parties.
Nobel laureate Vargas Llosa calls Trump a "clown and a racist"
