Month: June 2019

Editors Guild condemns police action against journalists

New Delhi/Lucknow, Jun 9: The Editors Guild Sunday condemned the “arrest” of a journalist, and the editor and the head of a television channel over alleged objectionable content related to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, describing the police action as an “authoritarian misuse of laws” and an effort […]

Rahul doubts PM’s “Kerala dear to me” remark

Thiruvambady/Mukkam (Ker), Jun 9: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Sunday accused the Centre under Prime Minister Narendra Modi of according step-motherly treatment to the states not ruled by the BJP, which he dubbed as a party “blinded by hate and anger”. The Congress president made the allegations, doubting Modi’s remarks […]

PM Modi meets top Lankan leadership; describes terrorism as a ‘joint threat’

Colombo, Jun 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday for the second time within 10 days and the two leaders agreed that terrorism is a “joint threat” that needs collective and focussed action. Modi is the first foreign leader to visit Sri […]

Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger Schwarzenegger are married

Los Angeles, Jun 9: Actor Chris Pratt and author Katherine Schwarzenegger are a married couple. The duo exchanged vows on Saturday during an intimate ceremony in Montecito, California, sources told People magazine. “You can tell today is the happiest day for Katherine. She hasn’t stopped smiling. And Chris seems […]

PM Modi arrives in Sri Lanka on second leg of his first foreign visit

Colombo, Jun 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Sri Lanka Sunday on the second leg of his first foreign visit after re-election last month, reflecting the importance India attaches to its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy. Modi was received by his Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Bandaranaike International Airport […]

Got $50 million for a vacation? NASA to open space station to private citizens

WASHINGTON/SEATTLE – NASA will allow private citizens to stay at the International Space Station (ISS) for month-long getaways at a cost of about $35,000 per night, the U.S. space agency said on Friday. The shift reverses a long-standing prohibition against tourists and private interests at the orbiting research […]

Thousands begin gathering in Hong Kong for huge rally against extradition laws

HONG KONG – Thousands of people were gathering in Hong Kong on Sunday to protest against a proposed extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to China to face trial, with police bracing for the biggest march in the city in 15 years. Police chiefs called […]

Modi calls for global conference on terrorism

MALE, Maldives – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a global conference to tackle the threat of terrorism in the region and around the world. During a speech on his first foreign visit since winning re-election, he told the Maldivian parliament in Male that “terrorism is […]

Kamala Harris says prosecutor past will help defeat Trump

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democrat Kamala Harris played up her experience as a prosecutor on Saturday, telling a mostly black crowd in South Carolina that her prosecutorial credentials have given her a window in to helping improve the criminal justice system and also make her uniquely qualified to […]

Trump’s Mexico deal: a political win, even if it falls short

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s deal to avert his threatened tariffs on Mexico includes few new solutions to swiftly stem the surge of Central American migrants flowing over America’s southern border. But it delivers enough for Trump to claim a political win. The decision — announced by tweet […]

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