London : British lawmakers seized a measure of control over the stalled Brexit process from Prime Minister Theresa May’s foundering government Monday, setting up a series of votes that could dramatically alter the course of the UK’s departure from the European Union. The move came after May conceded that […]
Islamabad:In a relief to Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Supreme Court Tuesday granted bail to the jailed former prime minister for six weeks on medical grounds. Sharif, 69, is lodged in the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore since December last year, serving a 7-year imprisonment in the Al Azizia Steel […]
Washington : Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan said Monday he had authorized USD 1 billion to build part of the wall sought by President Donald Trump along the US-Mexico border. The Department of Homeland Security asked the Pentagon to build 92 kilometers of 5.5-meter fencing, build and improve roads, […]
Rameswaram (TN) : Eleven Tamil Nadu fishermen were Tuesday arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for fishing in the territorial waters of the island nation, official sources said. The fishermen from Jegadapattinam in Pudukottai district were detained when they were fishing near Neduntheevu near Sri Lanka, they said. Three […]
New Delhi : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested a defence agent from Delhi in the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP choppers deal case, officials said Tuesday. They said Sushen Mohan Gupta was arrested late Monday by agency sleuths under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Gupta, they said, has […]
Hyderabad : Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily said Tuesday opposition parties may not have come together to fight the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections in all states but would join hands post-poll to form government. The former union minister said he was not at all disappointed that […]
Raipur : The Congress brass, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, are among 40 star campaigners who will canvass for the party in Chhattisgarh, which will vote in three phases between April 11 and April 23. The Congress is hoping to end the poll […]
Jaipur : Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday promised a “surgical strike” on poverty and said his party had been working on how to eradicate it for the last six months. Addressing a rally in Suratgarh a day after declaring his party would roll out a minimum income guarantee […]
New Delhi : Union minister Harsh Vardhan claimed on Tuesday that the country’s image had improved at the international level under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was addressing the BJP’s ‘Vijay Sankalp Sabha’ (victory pledge meeting) in east Delhi and Chandni Chowk parliamentary constituencies. Vardhan said Modi’s is a […]
New Delhi : His side’s core team is the oldest in the IPL and Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni knows fully well that they cannot be a great fielding outfit but can make it up in batting and bowling. “We are well covered in other areas. We […]
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