Month: September 2019

DRDO chief urges for indigenous defence production

Shillong, Sep 28: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman G Satheesh Reddy on Saturday said the country must focus on more indigenous defence production to reduce import in the sector and should become self-reliant in technology. Indigenous produce in defence manufacturing is currently about 45-50 per cent only, […]

Three ultras eliminated, one Army jawan killed in ongoing operation in J-K’s Ramban

Ramban/Jammu, Sep 28: Three terrorists were eliminated while an Army jawan was killed in an ongoing operation in the Batote area along the Jammu-Kishtwar national highway on Saturday, an Army officer said, as the nearly nine-hour long search operation entered its final stage. The militants were encircled by the […]

Afghans vote for president amid Taliban attacks, fraud fears

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghans headed to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president amid fears that voter turnout would be badly hit by disorganized balloting and threats of violence by Taliban militants, who targeted polling stations in the country’s north and south, causing dozens of casualties. […]

Judge blocks Trump rules for detained migrant kids

LOS ANGELES — A U.S. judge on Friday blocked new Trump administration rules that would enable the government to keep immigrant children in detention facilities with their parents indefinitely. U.S. District Court Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles said the rules conflict with a 1997 settlement agreement that […]

US official: Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine has resigned

WASHINGTON — Kurt Volker, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO caught in the middle of a whistleblower complaint over the President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, resigned Friday from his post as special envoy to the Eastern European nation, according to a U.S. official. The official said Volker […]

Democrats move ahead with subpoenas, Trump impeachment

WASHINGTON — House Democrats took their first concrete steps in the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, issuing subpoenas demanding documents from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and scheduling legal depositions for other State Department officials.Full Coverage: Impeachment inquiry At the end of a stormy week of revelation and […]

I hope Trump gets impeached: Robert De Niro

New York, Sep 28: Hollywood veteran Robert De Niro says he hopes the impeachment probe on Donald Trump is followed through and the US President is shown the door. The 76-year-old actor, who is a vocal Trump critic, called the POTUS a person with “no ethics and morals”. “I […]

US relationship with India is critically important: Menendez

Washington, Sep 28: A top US senator has said that America’s relationship with India is critically important and it has made considerable strides in recent years. Senator Bob Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that “We need to continue growing this relationship, one that will […]

Nothing to worry, says Pawar after nephew Ajit meets him

Mumbai, Sep 28: NCP president Sharad Pawar on Saturday scotched perception of a family feud over resignation of his nephew Ajit Pawar as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly a day before. Earlier in the day, Ajit, who remained incommunicado after he resigned on Friday, met his uncle […]

Waterlogging at various places as heavy rains lash Jammu

Jammu, Sep 28: Normal life was disrupted here on Saturday morning as heavy rains lashed wide parts of the Jammu province, causing waterlogging and traffic jams at many places in the city. However, there was no report of any major damage in the rains which came as a relief […]

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