WASHINGTON — A State Department official told impeachment investigators Friday that he overheard President Donald Trump talking with a U.S. ambassador about “investigations” in Ukraine, according to people familiar with the testimony. David Holmes, the political counsel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, said Trump was talking so […]
WASHINGTON — In chilling detail, ousted U.S. Ambassador to the Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch described to Trump impeachment investigators Friday how she felt threatened upon learning that President Donald Trump had promised Ukraine’s leader she was “going to go through some things.” Trump was unwilling to stay silent during […]
Dehradun, Nov 15: BJP working president JP Nadda on Friday asked party functionaries to expose the “blatant lie” of Congress leaders over the Rafale deal that has hurt the country’s image abroad. At a meeting with party leaders here, he asked them to go to people and “expose” the […]
Kolkata, Nov 16: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has put in place an action plan to tackle the air pollution in the city, an official said. The Air Quality Index in several automated air monitoring stations in the city had hovered between 200 and 350 (PM 2.5) […]
Panaji, Nov 16: Goa’s Director General of Police Pranab Nanda has died due to cardiac arrest, a senior police official said on Saturday. Nanda was on a visit to Delhi after attending official functions in Goa on Friday. He died late on Friday night, the official said. He was […]
Munger, Nov 16: The police has busted seven illegal mini gun factories and arrested four persons during a raid in Bihar’s Munger district, a senior police officer said on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided Herudiyara area of the district under Mufassil police station on Friday […]
Palghar, Nov 16: An offence has been registered against 16 doctors of a medical college here for allegedly ragging a student, police said on Saturday. A 23-year-old student of Dr M L Dhawale Memorial Homoeopathic Institute in Maharashtra’s Palghar district alleged that she was ragged by a group of […]
NEW DELHI – India is considering requests for financial relief from mobile carriers Vodafone Idea Ltd and Bharti Airtel Ltd, the finance minister said on Friday. Bharti and Vodafone Idea are due to pay the bulk of 920 billion rupees ($13 billion) in overdue levies and interest owed […]
MUMBAI/KOLKATA – India’s tax officials are facing a taxing issue. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government wants them to collect 17% more in direct taxes this year as New Delhi seeks to shore up revenues amid a sharp economic slowdown. The target has been maintained even though Modi recently […]
Israel launched fresh strikes against Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza early Friday in response to rocket fire, underscoring the fragility of a ceasefire agreed after an escalation that killed 34 Palestinians. The ceasefire began on Thursday morning following two days of fighting triggered by Israel’s targeted killing of […]
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