Lies

Lyin' Donald: White House admits that Mexican president, Boy Scouts head never called Trump

The White House said that compliments Donald Trump described receiving from the Mexican president and the Boy Scouts of America happened, but not on the phone.

How to tell when an agent (insurance, loan) is lying to you

What do you do when there is endemic mis-selling, lies and deception in the financial system? Well, you could keep your money under the mattress, or you could learn a thing or two about lie spotting while handling financial agents.

Trial of re-opened Bhagalpur riots cases hit in Bihar

Patna, Feb 5 (IANS) The trial of the re-opened cases relating to the 1989 Bhagalpur communal riots in Bihar has been hit by an acute paucity of judges, a senior lawyer said Wednesday. "Trial of Bhagalpur riots cases has been badly hit as many posts of judges have been lying vacant for more than a year," Additional Special Public Prosecutor Atiullah said in a letter addressed to the Patna High Court chief justice. Atiullah said that vacant posts of judicial officers were delaying justice to hundreds of victims of the Bhagalpur riots

One more arrested for Delhi heist

New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) One more person was arrested for his involvement in the Rs.7.69-crore heist here, police said Wednesday. Sunil alias Kake was arrested from Nangloi area of west Delhi and Rs.25 lakh has been recovered from him. With the latest arrest, a total of seven people have been arrested so far and a juvenile, suspected to be the mastermind behind the heist, has been detained in the case

Fire at toy factory in Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) A major fire broke out in a toy factory here Wednesday evening, said an official of the Delhi Fire Service. However, no one was injured. The fire broke out around 4 p.m

Make rules to protect elderly: HC to UP

Lucknow, Feb 5 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court (HC) has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to expedite the formulation of rules for the safety of senior citizens in the state. Directing the government to make rules under the Senior Citizen Act and also to constitute a body to hear and redress problems being faced by the aged, the high court asked it to establish old age homes in every district

Preparations begin for Puri rath yatra

Bhubaneswar, Feb 5 (IANS) Priests performed purification rituals of three wooden logs as they began preparations to construct chariots for the annual rath yatra festival of Lord Jagannath June 29, an official said Wednesday. The rituals were performed Tuesday evening in front of the Jagannath temple, about 56 km from here, temple public relations officer Laxmidhar Pujapanda told IANS

Over 100 path tests made free in UP hospitals

Lucknow, Feb 5 (IANS) Patients in Uttar Pradesh can henceforth get more than 100 types of pathological tests done free of cost in government hospitals under a cabinet decision taken Wednesday. Only a few days back, the state cabinet cleared a scheme of free X-rays for patients in government hospitals across the state

Dalai Lama hopes China will solve Tibet issue

Shillong, Feb 5 (IANS) The Dalai Lama Wednesday hoped the Chinese regime would find a genuine solution to the Tibet issue. However, he was unsure of returning to his homeland which he left for exile in 1959.

Israeli pilots court-martialled over secret data on mobiles

Jerusalem, Feb 6 (IANS) Fourteen Israeli fighter pilots have been court-martialled for storing classified data on their smartphones, Israel's Army Radio reported Wednesday. The military launched an investigation after one of the pilots reported losing his mobile phone which contained sensitive maps and other documents related to military operations and training, Xinhua quoted the radio as saying in the report. Investigators retrieved the lost phone and found that 13 more pilots from the same fighter squadron had loaded similar data on their phones for the purpose of studying and memorising while off base