Tim Peake comes back to Earth with a bump – Soyuz touchdown ends astronaut’s incredible journey

Edit The Observer 19 Jun 2016
Tim Peake returned to Earth yesterday at the end of his six-month stay on the International Space Station ... I’m looking forward to seeing the family now.” Peake described his 186-day stay on the space station as a “life-changing experience” then revealed he might treat himself to a “pizza and cold beer”. “I’m going to miss the view [from the space station] definitely,” he added....

Massive protest on Okinawa opposes US military after killing

Edit The Associated Press 19 Jun 2016
TOKYO (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Japanese are protesting the presence of U.S ... The killing set off outrage on Okinawa, where tensions periodically run high over crime....

Medal of Honor recipients share how lives shaped by service

Edit Stars and Stripes 19 Jun 2016
And the words they spoke solemnly Saturday carried weight and the wisdom of men who insist they did nothing but what they had to do ... With complete disregard for his own safety, Beikirch ran through enemy fire to give first aid to his fallen comrades and get them back to the medical aid station. Then, despite being wounded seriously by an exploding mortar shell, he rescued a wounded officer and carried him back to the aid station....

Accessing Alandur metro station no easy task for commuters

Edit The Times of India 19 Jun 2016
Alandur metro station is considered a hub for train change-overs, as it connects airport with the rest of the city. Though Alandur metro station is centrally located next to Kathipara intersection and has enough facilities inside the station, the existing facilities to reach the station like the bus stops and subways are in bad shape ... While there is an old subway on the other side, but it away from station towards Adambakkam....

Events Affecting CTA Service Beginning Weekend of 6/17 – 6/19 (CTS - Chicago Transit Authority)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Jun 2016
The Chicago Transit Authority is notifying customers of temporary changes to service, including a partial closure of the Loop elevated tracks this weekend due to construction on the Washington/Wabash station and a temporary weekend closure of the Addison Blue Line station as part of Your New Blue work ... The Addison Blue Line station will be temporarily closed beginning Friday, June 17 at 10 p.m....

Traffic awareness programme held

Edit The Times of India 19 Jun 2016
Nagegowda, inspector, KR traffic police station inaugurated the programme and explained students about traffic rules and safety measures to be taken while using roads....

Delhi fire chief identifies traffic jams as biggest challenge

Edit The Times of India 19 Jun 2016
New Delhi, June 19 () Contrary to the CAG's observation that lack of new fire stations is affecting its operations, Delhi Fire Brigade chief G C Mishra has identified traffic congestion as the biggest challenge confronting fire services, while playing down the need for new stations ... "Even if we come up with fire stations at a distance of 1 km, it will not reduce the response time to 3 minutes....

Railway projects hit by encroachment

Edit The Times of India 19 Jun 2016
With 164.5 hectares of railway land under encroachment and about 20,837 recorded cases of illegal occupation, especially in station and railway residential areas, the NF Railway (NFR) has said execution of railway expansion projects is getting hampered because of this problem....

School ‘did nothing’ when student threatened suicide

Edit New York Post 19 Jun 2016
The city Department of Education is investigating charges that top administrators at Medgar Evers College Preparatory School in Crown Heights — including principal Michael Wiltshire — failed to properly handle a sixth-grade student’s attempted suicide, The Post has learned ... Several days later, the boy tried to jump onto tracks at a nearby subway station, but was stopped by friends, who brought him back to the school, sources said....

Cops torture man for refusing to withdraw plaint

Edit The Times of India 19 Jun 2016
Two days after a man registered complaint of loot at Surajpole police station in Udaipur, the victim alleged that police forced him to take back his plaint and was badly beaten and tortured on Friday when he refused to do so ... Shah lodged a complaint in this regard at the Surajpole police station ... Next day the police called the victim at the station where, according to Shah, they asked him to withdraw the plaint....

38 more radars to be installed for better coastal security: Rajnath Singh

Edit DNA India 19 Jun 2016
Union home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi said the home ministry has notified 10 coastal police stations, which would reduce the burden on the Yellow Gate police station in Mumbai. Earlier, there was only one coastal police station for registering any offence at sea, and now, with every coastal state having one police station each, the offences at sea ......

Reverse journeys till ITO annoying metro-goers

Edit The Times of India 19 Jun 2016
New Delhi, Jun 19 () If you board the metro at ITO for Faridabad, chances are you will have to make the journey standing, despite the station being Violet Line's terminal station for the side ... Even announcements in the station and inside trains warning commuters of fine, ... ITO is the last station to have been launched individually in June 8 last year....

Combat crime against kids and Dalits, says home minister Gulab Chand Kataria

Edit The Times of India 19 Jun 2016
He added that effective monitoring by senior police officers has led to the decline in crime statistics in the state ... Kataria added that while police stations across the state have busted major inter-state gangs in last five months, the complaints regarding misbehaviour with common people coming to police stations are also rampant ... The minister said that all major temples in every police station should have CCTVs ... From around the web....
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