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TRUMP BOWS TO PUBLIC PRESSURE US President Donald Trump — swayed by images of children — signed an executive order promising to ‘keep families together’ in diaspora migrant detentions
MIDWEST EDITION | EAST COAST EDITION | Volume 8 • Issue No. 467, JUNE 22, 2018 | THE COMMUNITY FIRST www.hiindia.com
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After the verdict, Pravin’s mother Pravin Varughese (L) who was murdered by Gaege Bethune (R). (Photo: IANS) Lovely Varughese The 19-year-old Pravin’s body But his family commissioned an told thein Chicago was found a forested area in a independent post-mortem which frozen condition in February 2014, found that he had died from a severe Tribune that ‘Pravin’s four days after the Southern Illinois blow to his head and had other day finally came. He injuries. University student went missing. The local coroner declared can rest in peace his Lovely Varughese held several death an accident caused by exposure to extreme cold.
news conferences and addressed vigils to draw attention to the finding.
Surinder Arora in car park row with Heathrow Airport IANS, LONDON
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n Indian-origin hotel tycoon in Britain is locked in a legal battle with Heathrow Airport over his plans to build a multistorey car park on land he owns at the facility. In a row that could have implications for expansion of the hub, Surinder Arora issued a UK
High Court claim against the west London airport over his plans to build a 2,077-space, nine-storey car park on land he owns at Heathrow, the Sunday Times reported. However, Heathrow Airport Ltd claims it alone is entitled to build these spaces. Under local planning rules, a maximum of 42,000 car parking spaces are allowed at the air-
Volunteers from Archangels of Justice, a retired law enforcement officials’ organization, researched the case and wrote a report that pointed to Bethune. The family’s campaign rallied the support of community, with over 500 people attending his death anniversary observance. Congressman Danny K. Davis took up the issue with the Justice Department and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, then-Congressman Bob Dold and former Illinois Lieutenant Governor Sheila Simon joined the demand for a proper investigation. Lovely Varughese also filed a case against Carbondale, its police department and O’Guin alleging negligence and seeking $5 million in damages. The local prosecutor, Michael Carr, who initially took up the case removed himself from it after failing to get a grand jury to charge Bethune.
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Indian woman gives birth in Bangladesh railway station DHAKA: An Indian woman gave birth to a baby inside the toilet of a railway station, a media report said. Roksana Akter (30) and the newborn have been admitted to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, bdnews24 reported. Yasin Faruq, the officer-incharge of the Kamalapur Railway Police Station where the incident took place, said the woman and the child were first taken to the Mugda Hospital after she had given birth. Roksana’s husband Abdul, a Bangladeshi citizen, was a furniture trader in India. After the wedding, Abdul took Roksana to his sister’s home in Narayananj but he fled after stealing her passport some days ago, the police officer said.
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