Disney World to take down ‘Sorcerer’s Hat’ display
LAKE BUENA VISA, Fla. (AP) — The sorcerer’s hat is coming down at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Central Florida. Disney officials say the giant Blue sorcerer’s hat display will be replaced in 2015.
Month: October 2014
Congress welcomes EC decision of holding polls on time in J-K
New Delhi, Oct.25 (ANI): Welcoming the Election Commission’s decision for holding the assembly elections on time in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday stated that his party will try its best to emerge as the single largest party and downplayed of any scope of the BJP forming government in the state.
BJP welcomes EC announcing poll dates for J-K, hopes people will elect them for good governance
New Delhi, Oct.25 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday welcomed the Election Commission’s decision to announce assembly poll dates for Jammu and Kashmir and also called upon the voters of the state to give BJP a chance if they wish to usher in good governance in the state.
Obama commends New Yorkers for calm reaction to Ebola threat
President Barack Obama on Saturday commended New Yorkers for their calm reaction to the city’s first case of Ebola and said that medical authorities were responding effectively to the threat from the deadly virus. “It’s important to remember that of the seven Americans treated so far for Ebola – the five who contracted it in West Africa, plus the two nurses from Dallas – all seven have survived,” Obama said. He did not refer to new 21-day quarantines implemented late on Friday by New York and New Jersey for medical workers returning from Ebola hotspots. The first person to be quarantined under the states’ new measures was a medical worker who arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday after treating Ebola victims in West Africa.
Missouri auditor revels in Hollywood, history
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — It’s just a few weeks before the election, and Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich is talking animatedly about a big success that’s been years in the making. The subject isn’t his re-election, which appears all but assured.
Singhvi says Chidambaram has said nothing negative about Gandhi’s
New Delhi, Oct.25 (ANI): Congress Party leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Saturday defended former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s statement that Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi must ‘speak more’.
Burdwan blast: Culprits should be brought to book at earliest, says NCP
New Delhi, Oct. 25 (ANI): The National Congress Party (NCP) on Saturday said the investigation into the Burdwan blast must be done properly and the culprits should be brought to book as early as possible.
BJP ready for polls in Jammu and Kashmir, says Jitendra Singh
New Delhi, Oct.25 (ANI): Minister of State for Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh on Saturday said that his party was ready for assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir.
RSS article row: Writer Gopalakrishnan claims he was misquoted
Thrissur (Kerala), Oct. 25 (ANI): Writer B. Gopalakrishnan, whose article on Nathuram Godse in the RSS mouthpiece ‘Kesari’ has created a political storm, defended his writing here on Saturday by saying that he had been misquoted by the Congress and the Left.
Authenticity of ADR report must be verified: Sitaram Yechury
New Delhi, Oct.25 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said the authenticity of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report, according to which the assets of NDA ministers has increased significantly after coming to power, must be verified.