A Turkish prosecutor said Wednesday evidence indicates that slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled almost as soon as he walked into a consulate in Istanbul this month. Irfan Fidan, Istanbul’s chief prosecutor, said a Saudi “hit team” at the government building ultimately dismembered the dissident writer with a bone saw. Fidan […]
President Donald Trump on Wednesday told reporters his administration could send between 10,000 to 15,000 troops to the Southwest border, echoing Pentagon comments Tuesday that the Defense Department expects to send more than the 5,200 deployed this week. Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump denied suggestions that the […]
New Delhi : The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) is planning to give central contracts to its pugilists in the next six months, President Ajay Singh said Wednesday. If the plan sees the light of the day, BFI would be following in the footsteps of the BCCI and the […]
Thiruvananthapuram : India’s bowling coach Bharat Arun Wednesday said the team’s fast-bowling strength has never been more “exciting” with new find Khaleel Ahmed being the latest addition to the stocks. “We have a very good fast bowling quartet. And also, the bench strength is very exciting,” Arun said ahead […]
New Delhi : A Delhi court Wednesday granted bail to CBI DSP Devender Kumar arrested in connection with bribery allegations involving the agency’s Special Director Rakesh Asthana. Special CBI Judge Santosh Snehi Mann granted the relief to Kumar and asked him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000 […]
New Delhi : The government has cited the never-before-used power of issuing directions to RBI Governor to seek a resolution to differences with the central bank, sources with knowledge of the development said. The government has sent at least three letters on different issues under Section 7 (1) of […]
New Delhi : Buoyed by a 23-place jump on World Bank’s ease of doing business ranking, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Wednesday said India can crack into top 50 if it improves on time taken for registering real estate, starting business and enforcement of contracts. Addressing a news conference soon […]
Manila : An Australian nun who battled a government bid to expel her from the Philippines after she angered President Rodrigo Duterte, said Wednesday she will leave rather than face certain arrest and deportation. Sister Patricia Fox’s abrupt announcement came because immigration authorities refused hours earlier to extend her […]
New Delhi :Ahead of polls in BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh, the party’s think-tank released a study Wednesday, claiming the Modi government’s “bold decision” of note-ban broke the “backbone of left wing extremists” in the state and “unmasked urban naxals”. Elections in Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases on November […]
New Delhi : About 65,000 troops from various central and state police forces will be deployed for the first-phase of the assembly polls in naxal-hit Chhattisgarh, officials said Wednesday. Elections to the 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly will be held in two phases on November 12 and November 20. In two […]
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