Day: September 25, 2019

Rescuers scramble to reach survivors as Pakistan quake toll climbs

Rescuers battled along badly damaged roads and combed through toppled buildings Wednesday to reach victims of an earthquake that killed at least 25 people and injured hundreds more in northeast Pakistan. Authorities were still trying to assess the quake’s impact in more remote parts of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, but […]

Trump says impeachment drive is a plus, yet tweets with fury

NEW YORK — Fifty-eight floors above Manhattan, President Donald Trump watched his legacy change and his political future grow more uncertain. The president, back in his hometown of New York for the U.N. General Assembly, was taking “executive time” at his Trump Tower penthouse late Tuesday afternoon when […]

Pakistan PM says Trump asked him to mediate with Iran

United Nations (US) Sep 25 : Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday Donald Trump had asked him to mediate with Iran to defuse tensions, though the US president later suggested it was Khan who approached him and nothing was final. Khan met Trump and Iranian President Hassan […]

UK lawmakers to return to Parliament amid political turmoil

LONDON — Lawmakers in Britain are returning to the House of Commons following a Supreme Court ruling that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had acted illegally by suspending Parliament. The prime minister is hurrying back to London after cutting short a trip to the U.N. General Assembly amid demands […]

Will be back stronger: asserts Bumrah

New Delhi, Sep 25: Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah on Wednesday said he will come back stronger after recovering from the lower back injury that has ruled him out of the Test series against South Africa. The 25-year-old was on Tuesday forced out owing to the injury that was […]

Head constable killed in road accident

Banda (UP), Sep 25 : A head constable was killed and three others were injured when their vehicle rammed into a stationary truck on the Naraini-Banda road on Wednesday morning, police said. A team of the transport department was returning after conducting checks when the accident took place near […]

AIADMK announces candidates for Oct 21 Assembly by-polls

Chennai, Sept 25 : The AIADMK on Wednesday announced its nominees for the October 21 Assembly bypolls to two seats in Tamil Nadu, which could well be a battle of pride for the ruling party. AIADMK Coordinator O Pannneerselvam and Joint Coordinator K Palaniswami announced the candidature of M […]

Unnao rape survivor discharged from AIIMS

New Delhi, Sep 19 : The Unnao rape survivor was discharged from the AIIMS in Delhi where she was admitted after she met with an accident, sources said on Wednesday. The woman was admitted in AIIMS following an accident on July 28 and the family is under the CRPF […]

Trump urges India’s Modi to improve ties with Pakistan amid Kashmir dispute

UNITED NATIONS – U.S. President Donald Trump urged India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to improve ties with Pakistan and “fulfil his promise to better the lives of the Kashmiri people,” the White House said in a statement after the pair met on the sidelines of the […]

Farmers interest limited to ads under BJP govt in UP: Priyanka

New Delhi, Sep 25 :Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday alleged that under the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh the issue of farmers interest was only limited to advertisements and billboards. Her scathing criticism came over a media report that a farmer’s son committed suicide in Saharanpur […]

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