Day: May 11, 2019

300 Himalayan yaks die of starvation in India’s northeast

GAUHATI, India — At least 300 rare Himalayan yaks have died of starvation in the high mountains in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim, close to the border with China, authorities said Saturday. A team of local administrators and veterinarians visiting the heights of Muguthang and Yumthang in […]

Self-impeach? Talk shifts toward Trump defiance of Congress

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has introduced a new concept into the debate over President Donald Trump’s actions: “self-impeaching.” As Trump all but goads Democrats into impeachment proceedings , viewing the showdown as potentially valuable for his 2020 re-election campaign , Democrats are trying to show restraint. Their investigations are both intensifying but also moving […]

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s fog of misinformation on trade

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump cast a fog of misinformation over the U.S. trade dispute with China, floating inaccurate numbers and skewed economic theories as big tariffs kicked in on Chinese goods. At stake in the rupture is a trading relationship between the world’s two largest economies that […]

Gunmen battle security forces in five-star hotel in Pakistan – officials

QUETTA, Pakistan – Three gunmen attacked a luxury hotel in Pakistan’s southwestern port city of Gwadar on Saturday, killing at least one guard and battling security forces from inside the building, security officials and the army said. Balochistan Home Minister Ziaullah Langove said most guests had been evacuated […]

U.S. warns merchant ships of possible Iranian attacks; cleric threatens U.S. fleet

LONDON/DUBAI – Iran could target U.S. commercial ships including oil tankers, the U.S. Maritime Administration said on Friday, as a senior Iranian cleric said a U.S. Navy fleet could be “destroyed with one missile.” In the latest tense exchange between Tehran and Washington, Iran’s hardline Revolutionary Guards separately […]

Islamic State claims ‘province’ in India for first time after clash in Kashmir

NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR, India – Islamic State (IS) claimed for the first time that it has established a “province” in India, after a clash between militants and security forces in the contested Kashmir region killed a militant with alleged ties to the group. IS’s Amaq News Agency late on […]

14 killed in bus-jeep collision

Amaravati, May 11: Fourteen people travelling in a jeep were killed when a speeding private bus collided with the vehicle in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh Saturday, police said. Another six passengers in the ill-fated jeep sustained injuries and have been hospitalised, police said. The victims, all related […]

As PMO wants quick disinvestment of its subsidiaries, AI asked to prepare FY19 financials

New Delhi, May 11: The civil aviation ministry has told Air India that it should prepare 2018-19 financials for itself and its subsidiaries by end of June as the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has decided to speed up the disinvestment process of three of its wings, according to an […]

World is saying BJP is dangerous for democracy: Akhilesh

Gorakhpur (UP), May 11:  Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Saturday said the world has now started saying the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is dangerous for democracy. “Today the world has started saying that the BJP is dangerous for democracy. The world’s biggest magazine has written that these are […]

Modi has hatred for my family, only love can defeat him: Rahul

Shujalpur (MP), May 11: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Saturday alleged that the BJP, RSS and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have hatred towards his family, but he does not harbour the same feelings for the PM He said that although Modi repeatedly attacked him, his father Rajiv Gandhi, grandmother Indira […]

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