Author Archives

Parveen Kumar

Founder, C.E.O & Editor-in-Chief

Where do the investigations related to Trump stand?

WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? Trump is facing criminal investigations in Washington and New York. Special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia and whether the president obstructed the investigation. Trump also plays a central role in a separate case in New York, […]

Asian markets slip on fears of US slowdown

SINGAPORE — Asian markets were mostly lower on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said that there was “nothing new” in efforts to end the partial government shutdown over a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Traders had no fresh leads from Wall Street, which was closed on Christmas. U.S. stocks are […]

Wave of sexual abuse allegations shakes Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  — For months, Claudia Guebel could only tell family and friends about a traumatizing encounter with a colleague in Argentina’s Senate. At the beginning of this year, she said, Pedro Fiorda, a senator’s chief of staff, grabbed her violently by the arms like a “hunter […]

HC asks Delhi govt, authorities to work on plan to relocate illegal dairies, rescue cattle

New Delhi : The Delhi High Court has asked the AAP government and other local authorities to sit together and come out with a plan to relocate illegal dairies and rescue the cattle housed there, from various parts of the city to an appropriate area in the national capital. […]

HC convicts man let off in rape case 21 years ago

Mumbai :  The Bombay High Court has overturned a 1997 trial court order acquitting a 41-year-old man in a rape case of a minor girl in 1996. A division bench of Justices Indrajit Mahanty and V K Jadhav Saturday convicted Macchindra Sonawane (who was 19 years old at the […]

US says 2nd Guatemalan child dies in immigration custody

HOUSTON  — An 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died in government custody in New Mexico early Tuesday, U.S. immigration authorities said, marking the second death of an immigrant child in detention this month. The death came during an ongoing dispute over border security and with a partial government shutdown […]

HC extends deadline to apply for Delhi Judicial Service Exam till Dec 24

New Delhi :  The Delhi High Court has extended the deadline to apply for the Delhi Judicial Service Examination 2018 till December 24 night. A bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and A K Chawla said once the schedule for filling the online application form and last date had been […]

PIL in SC against govt’s move to authorise 10 agencies to intercept, monitor any computer

New Delhi :  A PIL was filed on Monday in the Supreme Court challenging the government’s notification authorising 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt any computer system. The petition filed by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma seeks quashing of the government’s December 20 notification. According to the government’s […]

White House: Trump would accept less money for border wall

Washington :  Both sides in the long-running fight over funding President Donald Trump’s US-Mexico border wall appear to have moved toward each other, but a shutdown of one-fourth of the federal government entered Christmas without a clear resolution in sight. In fact, a top White House official warned the […]

Death toll in Kabul attack rises to 43: health ministry

Kabul : An hours-long gun and suicide attack on a Kabul government compound killed at least 43 people, the health ministry said Tuesday, making it one of the deadliest assaults on the Afghan capital this year. No militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which caps a bloody […]

Headlines