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Senate Advances Bill To Fund Government Into December
A bill to fund the federal government cleared a key Senate procedural hurdle Tuesday as lawmakers sought to accomplish the bare minimum before they depart Washington to campaign preventing a shutdown when the new fiscal year begins.
Changing Absentee Rules Leave South Carolina Voters Confused
A flurry of federal court rulings this month over whether South Carolinians need witnesses to sign their mailin ballots this November has left many confused and frustrated as voting registration deadlines approach, with absentee voting beginning in less t...
Bereft Of Scripted Shows, Opening Week Ratings Down For TV
The surest sign of how the coronavirus shutdown has devastated the television industry is the fourthplace finish of CBS in what was nominally the first week of a new fall season.
How The Dow And Other Stock Indexes Fared Tuesday
Stocks ended with moderate losses Tuesday as investors waited for the first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
Colombia: 94 Haitian Migrants Rescued At Sea
The Colombian Navy says 94 Haitian migrants who got stuck at sea while trying to make their way to Central America have been rescued.
United Airlines, Myovant Fall; FitBit, Beyond Meat Rise
Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Tuesday:
Former ComEd Vice President Pleads Guilty In Bribery Scheme
A former ComEd vice president pleaded guilty Tuesday to his role in what prosecutors say was a longrunning bribery conspiracy in which the energy utility sought legislative support from one of Illinois most powerful Democrats, House Speaker Michael Madiga...
Justice Ginsburg Buried At Arlington In Private Ceremony
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been buried in a private ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Ginsburg was laid to rest Tuesday beside her husband and near some of her former colleagues on the court.
Trump In Debate Prep Before Faceoff With Biden
Washington, Sep 29 (AP) President Donald Trump spent Tuesday morning in informal preparations for the first debate with Joe Biden. A longer, more formal preparation session was set for the afternoon once he arrives in Cleveland. Trump's prep team includ...
North Delhi Mayor Suspends LoP, Other AAP Councillors For 3 Months From House; Oppn Protests
North Delhi Mayor Jai Prakash said he has "suspended" all present AAP councillors of the BJP-led NDMC House for three months for allegedly "misbehaving and creating ruckus" during its proceedings on Tuesday. He said the AAP councillors wanted to have a di...
I-T Dept Issues Guidelines for Applicability of TCS Provision with Effect from October 1
he Finance Act, 2020 inserted a new section 194-O in the Income-tax Act 1961 which mandates that with effect from October 1,2020, an e-commerce operator shall deduct income tax at the rate of 1 per cent of the gross amount of sale of goods or provision of...
Kannada Development Authority Complains To Centre About 'Linguistic Discrimination'
The Kannada Development Authority (KDA) has lodged a strong protest with the Centre over the UGC-National Eligibility Test not being translated in Kannada, a facility it said was available to Hindi speaking candidates. KDA Chairman T S Nagabharana,...
Mamata Banerjee Announces Housing Programme for Tea Workers ahead of 2021 Bengal Assembly Polls
Banerjee, in another announcement said that her government will regularise all refugee colonies in West Bengal, including those on land belonging to the state and the central governments.
Hathras DM Announces Rs 10 Lakh Compensation For Family Of Dead Dalit Woman
The Hathras district administration on Tuesday announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the family of a Dalit woman, who died in a Delhi hospital while undergoing treatment after her alleged gang-rape and brutal physical assault in a village near here....
493 More Test Positive For COVID-19 In U'khand
With 493 fresh cases, the COVID-19 tally in Uttarakhand climbed to 47,955 on Tuesday, while 11 more people succumbed to the disease. Dehradun district reported the highest number of 174 positive cases, followed by Tehri (65), Udham Singh Nagar (60), Har...
French Arrest 29 In Cryptcurrency Scheme To Finance Jihadis
French police arrested 29 people around the country on Tuesday in a vast operation to break a complex scheme financing Islamist extremists in Syria through the use of cryptocurrencies.