Month: October 2019

Bauernpräsident Rukwied unterstützt Forderungen der demonstrierenden Landwirte

Bauernpräsident Joachim Rukwied unterstützt die am Dienstag geplanten Demonstrationen von Landwirten gegen zu harte Auflagen für die Branche. “Es ist einfach zu viel, was die Politik den Bauernfamilien zumutet”, sagte Rukwied der “Passauer Neuen Presse” vom Dienstag. Als Beispiele nannte der Präsident des Deutschen Bauernverbands den Aktionsplan Insektenschutz, […]

SPD: Kramp-Karrenbauers Vorstoß zu Sicherheitszone war nicht abgestimmt

Bundesverteidigungsministerin Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) hat ihren Vorstoß für eine international kontrollierte Sicherheitszone nach Angaben der SPD nicht mit dem Koalitionspartner abgestimmt. Er sei “schon ein bisschen überrascht” von der Initiative der CDU-Chefin, sagte der verteidigungspolitische Sprecher der SPD, Fritz Felgentreu, am Dienstag im Deutschlandfunk. “Das war mit uns […]

Chiles Präsident strebt parteiübergreifendes Vorgehen gegen sozialen Aufruhr an

Angesichts der schweren Unruhen in Chile strebt Präsident Sebastián Piñera ein parteiübergreifendes Vorgehen an. Piñera kündigte am Montagabend (Ortszeit) in einer Rede an die Nation an, dass er sich am Dienstag mit Vertretern der Regierungs- und Oppositionsparteien zusammensetzen werde, um eine “soziale Übereinkunft” zur Überwindung der bestehenden Probleme […]

Gay marriage, abortion laws liberalised in N.Ireland

Same-sex marriage and abortion laws in Northern Ireland were liberalised on Monday in a landmark shift for the province aimed at bringing it into line with mainland Britain but which has stoked resentment. The relaxtion of the UK-ruled territory’s restrictive laws on the issues occurred at midnight (2300 […]

Chile orders new curfew as violent protests rage

Chile ordered an overnight curfew on Monday for the third day in a row as violent protests and looting that left 11 people dead over the weekend raged on into the working week. Protests originally against a hike in metro fares have turned into anger at the military […]

Dakshina Kannada, Udupi districts receive heavy rains

Mangaluru, Oct 22 (PTI) Interior parts of Dakshina Kannada (DK) and Udupi districts experienced moderate to heavy rains in the last three days even as north interior Karnataka including Belagavi and Shivamogga were badly affected by flooding, Met department sources said on Tuesday. Good showers were reported from a […]

Former Tripura PWD minister Badal Chowdhury arrested

Agartala, Oct 22 : CPI(M) central committee member Badal Chowdhury, accused of being involved in a Rs 630 crore scam that allegedly took place during his tenure as the PWD minister during the Left Front rule in Tripura, has been arrested, police said on Tuesday. West Tripura district Superintendent […]

Delhi roads to redesigned, landscaped: Kejriwal

New Delhi, Oct 22 : The Delhi government will redesign and landscape all roads in the city managed by the Public Works Department, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday. The government has selected nine roads in the first phase, the chief minister said at a press conference. He […]

PM Modi meets nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee

New Delhi, Oct 22 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee and held a “healthy and extensive” interaction on various subjects. Banerjee, an Indian-born American professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has won Nobel in economics, jointly with wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer […]

PMC Bank scam: Ex-director’s police remand extended

Mumbai, Oct 22 : A Mumbai court on Tuesday extended till October 24 the police remand of Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank’s former director Surjit Singh Arora, arrested in connection with the multi-crore scam in the bank. Arora was last week arrested by Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing […]

Headlines