COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — No Rohingya Muslims staying in crowded refugee camps in Bangladesh turned up for a planned repatriation to Myanmar on Thursday because they want to be guaranteed safety and citizenship first, officials said. Bangladesh refugee commissioner Abul Kalam said none of the 295 families interviewed […]
NEW DELHI – With India’s auto sales declining for the ninth straight month in July, more automotive manufacturers are laying off workers and temporarily halting production to keep costs in check, according to sources and documents seen by Reuters. Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor and South Korea’s Hyundai Motor […]
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 […]
Patiala (Pb), Aug 22: The Punjab Excise and Taxation department on Thursday claimed to have detected a GST fraud of Rs 60 crore. A local iron and scrap trader, Subhash Chander, was arrested in connection with the fraud, an official of the department said here. Chander used to procure […]
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 […]
Mumbai, Aug 22: The rupee opened on a weak note and fell 17 paise to 71.71 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday amid foreign fund outflows and cautious opening in domestic equities. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened weak at 71.65 then fell to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
AURANGABAD/MUMBAI, India – Refused a loan by a state-run lender and desperate for funds to buy cotton seeds before the summer sowing season window closed, Indian farmer Babasaheb Mandlik ran out of choices – he pawned his wife’s gold jewelry. Mandlik, who owns an 8-acre cotton farm in […]
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