Day: August 22, 2019

Court sends Chidambaram into police custody

NEW DELHI – An Indian court on Thursday ordered former finance minister P. Chidambaram into police custody for questioning for four days, in a case stemming from government approval of foreign investment in a local media company, a judge said. The rare action against Chidambaram, a top leader […]

Danish ex-PM attacks Trump for comments on defense spending

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A former Danish prime minister on Thursday lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump for his tweet about military spending, saying defense willingness is not just about the amount of money spent. Lars Loekke Rasmussen’s comment is the latest in an escalating spat between the […]

Iran displays domestically built mobile missile defence system

DUBAI – Iran displayed what it described as a domestically built long-range, surface-to-air missile air defence system on Thursday, at a time of rising tension with the United States. Iran shot down a U.S. military surveillance drone in the Gulf with a surface-to-air missile in June. It says […]

Dwayne Johnson leads Forbes list of highest-paid actors

LOS ANGELES – Action movie hero Dwayne Johnson, star of the “Jumanji” and “Fast and Furious” franchises, topped the annual list of the world’s highest-paid actors, Forbes magazine reported on Wednesday. Johnson, the former wrestler once known as The Rock, pulled in $89.4 million from June 2018 to […]

Pakistan to take Kashmir dispute with India to World Court

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan said on Tuesday it would take its dispute with India over Kashmir to the International Court of Justice, after New Delhi revoked the special status of its part of the region earlier this month. Islamabad reacted with fury to that decision, cutting trade and transport […]

Undeclared Emergency more visible now, says Munde

Mumbai, Aug 22: NCP leader Dhananjay Munde on Thursday alleged that an “undeclared Emergency” has become more apparent in the country now with the summoning of MNS chief Raj Thackeray by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering probe. He further alleged that the ED summoned Thackeray, a […]

10 people convicted in murder of Dalit Christian Kevin

Kottayam (Ker), Aug 22: Ten people were on Thursday convicted by a court here in the sensational murder of 23-year-old Dalit Christian Kevin P Joseph in 2018. The Principal Sessions Court observed that the murder of Kevin, involving his wife’s relatives, was a case of honour killing. Those convicted […]

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