Kolkata Rains: Schools get early Durga Puja vacation, exams postponed as torrential rain disrupts life
State Education Minister Bratya Basu announced that all government-run education institutions would remain closed on September 24 and 25 as heavy downpour brought the city to a near standstill.
Delhi residents, BEAWARE! Around 200 fall ill after consuming buckwheat flour during Navratri fasting
Officials said the suspected food poisoning triggered anxiety in the locality, especially as large numbers of people were observing fasting on the occasion of Navratri.
Railway Ministry proposes new Vande Bharat train connecting Firozpur to Delhi; 18km long Rajpura-Mohali line; check details
The Railway Ministry will start a new Rajpura-Mohali railway line in Punjab and a new Vande Bharat train connecting Firozpur Cantt, Bhatinda, Patiala, and Delhi.
Delhi CM Rekha Gupta takes BIG decision amid festive season, says, ‘Ramlila, Durga Puja to continue until…’
The relaxation applies from September 22 to October 3 and has been approved by Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena.
Kolkata rains: At least 10 dead, transportation system severely disrupted as 30 flights cancelled, CM Mamta Banerjee blames…
Amid the Durga puja celebrations, at least 10 people died in Kolkata, 9 due to electrocution as torrential rainfall causes severe flooding in Kolkata. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reports that the city received 251.4 mm of rainfall in less than 24 hours, marking the highest single-day rainfall in four decades and the sixth-highest in the last 137 years. The severe flooding led to waterlogging and disruptions in transport, with metro suspesions, train delays. Many educational instituions are also closed.
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Trump draws laughs from world leaders moments into UN speech
President Donald Trump drew laughs from world leaders within moments of taking the stage at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. Trump joked about a broken escalator in the UN building as well as the broken teleprompters right in front of him. “Thank you very much, I very much appreciate it,” he said to the applause as he took the stage. “And I don’t mind making this speech without a teleprompter because the teleprompter is not working,” he said as the leaders laughed. OPINION: THE UN IS A STAGE FOR HYPOCRISY: IT’S TIME FOR DEMOCRACIES TO EXIT “I feel very happy to be up here with you nevertheless, and that way you speak more from the heart. I can only say that whoever’s operating this teleprompter is in big trouble,” he added, drawing more laughter. Trump again drew laughs later on by recounting his dissatisfaction with the UN’s assistance in global conflicts. TRUMP MUST MAKE UN FUNDING CONDITIONAL ON REAL REFORMS, EX-DIPLOMAT URGES` “I ended seven wars, dealt with the leaders of these countries and never even received a phone call from the United Nations offering to help in finalizing the deal,” Trump said. “All I got from the United Nations was an escalator that on the way up stopped right in the middle.” “If the first lady wasn’t in great shape she would’ve fallen. But she’s in great shape, we’re both in good shape. We both stood,” he added, drawing more laughter. “These are the two things I got from the United Nations: a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter,” he said. Throughout his speech, Trump hailed efforts for peace and warned European nations against continuing to tolerate illegal immigration. Trump also blasted the global climate change agenda as a “con job.”
Trump slams UN for ‘creating new problems,’ questions its role in fiery UNGA speech
President Donald Trump slammed the United Nations for not aiding as he and his administration seek peace in conflicts around the globe and for “creating new problems” for the U.S. and member nations, while questioning its purpose and also offering “the hand of American leadership and friendship” to all countries in the body. The president, during his first address of his second administration to the United Nations General Assembly, highlighted renewed American strength while slamming the international body. TRUMP TO GIVE ‘TOUGH TALK’ ON GLOBALISM ‘FAILURES,’ WHILE HIGHLIGHTING ‘RETURN OF AMERICAN STRENGTH’ AT UNGA “Not only is the U.N. not solving the problems it should, it, too often, is actually creating new problems for us to solve,” the president said. “The best example is the number one political issue of our time: the crisis of uncontrolled migration. It is uncontrolled. Your countries are being ruined.” The president said the U.N. is “funding an assault on Western countries and their borders.” “The U.N. is supporting people that are illegally coming into the United States, and we have to get them out,” Trump said. “The U.N. also provided food, shelter, transportation and debit cards to illegal aliens.” He added: “The UN is supposed to stop invasions — not create them and not finance them.” Trump said illegal immigrants are also “pouring into Europe.” TRUMP’S FINAL CABINET PICK, MIKE WALTZ, CONFIRMED BY SENATE IN NARROW VOTE “It is not sustainable and because they choose to be politically correct, they are doing absolutely nothing about it,” Trump said, later adding: “Your countries are going to hell. In America, we’ve taken bold action to swiftly shut down uncontrolled migration.” “Once we started detaining and deporting everyone who crossed the border and removing illegal aliens from the United States they simply stop coming they’re not coming anymore,” Trump said, while thanking El Salvador for “receiving and jailing criminals” that entered the United States. During his address, the president highlighted his successful efforts to negotiate peace around the world—specifically, Armenia and Azerbaijan; Thailand and Cambodia; Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; among others. “I ended seven wars, and in all cases they were raging with countless, thousands of people being killed,” he said. “This includes Cambodia India, and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, the Congo and Rwanda, a vicious violent war that was Pakistan and India, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Armenia and Azerbaijan.” He added: “No President or Prime Minister, and for that matter, no other country has ever done anything close to that. And I did it in just seven months. It’s never happened before. There’s never been anything like that.” The president then took another swipe at the U.N. “I’m very honored to have done it. It’s too bad that I had to do these things instead of the United Nations doing them. And sadly in all cases the United Nations did not even try to help in any of them,” Trump continued. “I ended seven wars, dealt with the leaders of each and every one of these countries, and never even received a phone call from the United Nations offering to help in finalizing the deal.” “I didn’t think of it at the time because I was too busy working to save millions of lives — that is, saving and stopping of these wars,” Trump said. “But later, I realized that the United Nations wasn’t there for us. They weren’t there.” “That being the case, what is the purpose of the United Nations?” Trump asked. “The U.N. has such tremendous potential … But it’s not even coming close to living up to that potential. All they seem to do is write a really strongly worded letter and then never follow that letter up — it’s empty words.” Trump added: “Empty words don’t solve war. The only thing that solves war and wars is action.” Meanwhile, the president touted America under his leadership as having “the strongest economy, the strongest borders, the strongest military, the strongest friendships and the strongest spirit of any nation on the face of the earth.” “This is indeed the golden age of America,” Trump said. WALTZ TO ROOT OUT ANTISEMITISM, ELIMINATE ‘WOKE’ PROGRAMS, GET ‘BACK TO BASICS’ AT THE UNITED NATIONS The president added that the United States is “once again the best country on earth to do business.” “And many people in this room are investing in America, and it’s turned out to be an awfully good investment during this eight-month period,” he said. The president touted his visit to the Middle East in May to “rebuild our partnerships” in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. “My administration has negotiated one historic trade deal after another, including with the United Kingdom, the European Union, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and many, many others,” Trump said. The president also said that under his leadership, America is “respected again, like it has never been respected before.” INSIDE OPERATION MIDNIGHT HAMMER: B-2 COMMANDER REVEALS HOW US PULLED OFF SURPRISE STRIKES ON IRAN “At the NATO summit in June, virtually all NATO members formally committed to increased defense spending, at my request, from 2% to 5% of GDP, making our alliance far stronger and more powerful than it was ever before,” the president said. The president returned to his criticisms of the United Nations, questioning if the U.N. can “play a productive role” in peace around the world. “I’ve come here today to offer the hand of American leadership and friendship to any nation in this assembly that is willing to join us in in forging a safer, more prosperous world,” Trump said. “And it’s a world that will be much happier with a dramatically better futures within our reach. But to get there, we must reject the failed approaches of the past and work together to confront some of the greatest threats in history.” Trump said there is “no more serious danger to our planet today than the most powerful and destructive
Portland moves toward further cementing its sanctuary status
Portland is set to consider new legislation that would further strengthen the city’s sanctuary policies and limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The City Council’s Community and Public Safety Committee is set to review an ordinance on Tuesday that would codify Portland’s protections into binding city law. It would expand a 2017 resolution that declared Portland a sanctuary city. The draft ordinance prohibits the use of city resources to enforce federal immigration laws and bars employees, contractors and police from helping federal immigration officers looking to investigate or detain suspected illegal immigrants. PORTLAND RAMPS UP PRESSURE ON ICE BUILDING WITH LAND USE VIOLATION NOTICE It also blocks city agencies from collecting or sharing information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), unless compelled by a court order. “The City of Portland recognizes and values the diverse contributions of all individuals and affirms its commitment to treating all persons with dignity and respect, regardless of race, color, national origin, immigration or refugee status,” the ordinance reads in part. All city employees would be required to complete a training course covering sanctuary policies, the difference between administrative and judicial warrants and how to respond if immigration agents attempt to access city property or information. The city would also designate all municipal buildings as “Sanctuary City Safe Spaces” with signage in multiple languages clarifying public and restricted areas. PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS HOW TO BOOT ICE OUT OF CITY FACILITY Another provision requires the city to regularly file Freedom of Information Act requests with the Department of Homeland Security and ICE, and to release legally disclosable information — such as the names of those detained in Portland and the alleged offenses — to the mayor, council and the public at least once a year. Each bureau would also have to submit quarterly reports on training completion and immigration enforcement activity. Exceptions would apply only in cases where Portland police arrest someone formally charged with federal immigration crimes under a judicial warrant. Any such arrests must be disclosed in an annual report to the council, including the names of officials and federal agents involved. More than two dozen people have submitted written testimony on the issue, according to KATU. Only one of the written testimonies opposed the proposal. One of the supporters wrote, “I think it’s important to reflect our shared values in our city code and not rely on state policy.” The Portland City Council is made up of 12 members, all Democrats. The mayor is also a Democrat. Fox News Digital reached out to the Portland mayor’s office and the City Council for comment but did not immediately hear back.