NEW DELHI: A woman in Delhi, India’s capital, reportedly committed suicide since her husband did not dine with her at home, Indian media reported on Wednesday.
According to police, the woman was disappointed after her husband did not join her for dinner. Investigation showed that the husband ate at her mother’s place after dropping her brother home, the report said.
More than this, the wife, Sangeeta, was even more reportedly infuriated because her husband, Ram Kishan, did not even eat from the tiffin that she prepared for lunch.
The quarrel started when her husband after reaching home told her that he won’t have dinner.
According to police, when Ram Kishan woke up on Monday morning, he saw his wife hanging in the kitchen.
No foul play has been found in the case, police said, according to reports. They have two children — a 5-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter.
Police is investigating the case. (Agencies)
NEW YORK: U.S. private sector has added a total of 129,000 jobs in March this year, a report by a payrolls processor showed.
This is below economists’ expectations and the lowest since September 2017, U.S. media reported.
The private payroll gains in March earlier were revised up to 197,000 from an originally reported 183,000 increase.
The figures come ahead of the U.S. Labor Department’s comprehensive non-farm payrolls report on Friday that included public and private-sector employment. (Agencies)
BRUSSELS: The European Commission has recommended a disbursement of around 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in a grant to Greece as part of its post-bailout program.
The move will boost Greece’s large cash buffers and make it easier for the country borrow at more favorable rates. The recommendation, however, has to be endorsed by euro zone finance ministers on Friday.
Greece exited its last bailout in August last year. (Agencies)
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Theresa May is likely to meet Jeremy Corbyn, opposition leader, later to work with Labor leader to break the Brexit deadlock.
PM Theresa hoped that she can hold talks with Corbyn to come up with a modified version of the deal with the EU, which can secure MPs backing.
Meanwhile, Corbyn said he wanted a customs union and workers’ rights to be the priorities.
Likewise, Tory Brexiteer Boris Johnson has accused PM Theresa of entrusting the final handling of Brexit to the Labour Party.
Another prominent Brexiteer, Jacob Rees-Mogg, termed the offer as unsatisfactory. He accused PM May of planning to work together with a known Marxist. (Agencies)
NEW DELHI: UPA Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi seemed upset with the cover page of the party’s manifesto unveiled on Tuesday in New Delhi, Indian media reported.
Sonia even denied to take any questions at the manifesto unveiling event, and looked upset throughout the event. She even refused to interact with the audience, according to the report.
Sources claimed that Sonia was marked making animated gestures at leader Rajeev Gowda, who tried to explain himself.
According to sources, Sonia was unimpressed with the cover image of the manifesto bearing a photograph of a huge crowd of people. Reports said the cover of the manifesto also has images of Congress’s hand symbol along with Rahul’s image at the bottom.
‘Congress will deliver’: the title of the manifesto’s title read. However, Sonia was disappointed with the ‘smaller size’ of Rahul’s image as well as the hand symbol. (Agencies)
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump took a step back from his threat to build a wall and close the U.S. southern border to fight illegal immigration, US media have reported.
Trump ‘stepped back’ as pressure mounted from several companies saying that a shutdown would cause chaos to supply chains.
On Friday, Trump threatened to close the border this week unless Mexico acted. The US President also reiterated the threat on Tuesday but said hastened on to add that he had not made a decision yet. “We will see what happens over the next few days.”
Closing the southern border could disrupt millions of legal crossings as well as billions of dollars in trade. Auto companies had earlier warned the White House ‘privately’ that it would lead to the idling of U.S. plants within days. (Agencies)
LITHUANIA: A Lithuanian man flying to Italy got a pleasant surprise when he boarded the plane. He was the only passenger on the Boeing 737-800.
Skirmantas Strimaitis, who was flying from capital Vilnius to the northern Italian city of Bergamo for a skiing holiday March 16, had the whole plane — which usually carries up to 188 people — to himself. The only others onboard were two pilots and five crew members.
The Novaturas travel agency said it had chartered the plane to fly a group home from Italy, and to avoid flying empty, one-way tickets were sold. Only one person bought one.
Strimaitis told Tuesday the flight, which lasted more than two hours, was “a once in the lifetime experience.”
NASA said India’s destruction of a satellite could threaten the International Space Station (ISS), international media reports said.
Terming it as ‘terrible’, NASA chief, Jim Bridenstine, said that the risk of debris colliding with the ISS rose by 44% over 10 days as a result of the test.
He, however, said that the ISS is still safe.
India on March 27 carried out a test — Mission Shakti — which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed it had established India as a “space power”. (Agencies)
YANGON: At least twenty people were killed with 113 others injured in traffic accidents on Myanmar’s Yangon-Mandalay highway in March, local media reported.
According to the Highway Police Office of Myanmar, there were a total of 51 road accident cases reported on the Myanmar’s busiest highway in March alone.
Officials said the highway accidents were usually caused by human errors such as over-speeding, negligent driving, and drowsy driving, reports said.
The highway police force have been urging people to comply with traffic laws.
In 2018, there were a total of 473 accidents, leaving 103 deaths and 877 injured on the 587-km long Yangon-Mandalay highway. (Agencies)
NEW DELHI: India’s main opposition Congress announced jobs program to guarantee 150 days of work a year to rural people as well as additional help to farmers, Indian media reported.
Unveiling its election manifesto, the party said since unemployment is the gravest challenge, and job creation is the highest priority, the party said that it has prioritized farm distress and security for women.
It should be noted that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act provides for 100 days of employment a year. (Agencies)