Kabul, Jan 28: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said Monday the Taliban should “enter serious talks” with his government, after the insurgents and Washington both touted progress during unprecedented negotiations in Qatar last week. A months-long diplomatic push by the United States to get the Taliban to talk to Kabul […]
Raipur, Jan 28: Congress president Rahul Gandhi announced Monday that his party would ensure minimum income guarantee for every poor in the country if it returns to power after the Lok Sabha polls due in April-May He accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling BJP of trying to […]
LONDON — Pro-Brexit British lawmakers were mounting a campaign Monday to rescue Prime Minister Theresa May’s rejected European Union divorce deal in a parliamentary showdown this week. Lawmakers threw out May’s Brexit deal two weeks ago and will debate and vote Tuesday on competing plans for what to […]
BEIJING — Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was sentenced to 4½ years in prison on the charge of subversion of state power Monday, more than three years after he was detained in a sweeping crackdown on the legal profession. The No. 2 Intermediate Court in the […]
HAVANA — A tornado and pounding rains smashed into the eastern part of Cuba’s capital overnight, toppling trees, bending power poles and flinging shards of metal roofing through the air as the storm cut a path of destruction across eastern Havana. Power was cut to many areas and […]
BILLINGS : — As the Trump administration rolls back environmental and safety rules for the energy sector, government projections show billions of dollars in savings reaped by companies will come at a steep cost: more premature deaths and illnesses from air pollution, a jump in climate-warming emissions and […]
Mount Maunganui : Electing to bat, New Zealand were dismissed for 243 in the third one-dayer against India at the Bay Oval here Monday. Ross Taylor top-scored with a 106-ball 93, while Tom Latham hit a 64-ball 51. India are leading the five-ODI series 2-0. Brief Score: New Zealand: […]
Los Angeles : Actor Vanessa Hudgens has said like her “Rent: Live” character Maureen Johnson she ‘loves being the centre of attention’. The actor said she could relate to her character’s approach to life in the upcoming TV production of the Broadway musical. ‘It’s been so much fun finding […]
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Monday asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to specify by January 30 the date on which it wanted to interrogate Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, in the INX Media and the Aircel Maxis cases. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan […]
Mumbai : The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra government to give copies of the entire report of the Backward Class Commission on Maratha reservation to petitioners challenging the quota decision. A division bench of Justices Ranjit More and Bharati Dangre quelled fears of the state government […]
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