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China hopes Biden will end Trump’s Cold War

China hopes Biden will end Trump’s Cold War

Hopes new Prez will follow sensible approach to restore ties

Beijing: As Joe Biden is set to assume power this month, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday hoped that the US President-elect would end the incumbent Donald Trump’s Cold War policy towards Beijing and return to a sensible approach by restoring normal ties. The Trump administration launched a broadside against China on all fronts, […]

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Exports fall 0.8 pc in Dec, trade deficit widens to USD 15.71 bn

New Delhi: Contracting for the third straight month, India’s exports slipped marginally by 0.8 per cent in December 2020 even as the trade deficit widened to USD 15.71 billion due to the rise in imports. Exports in December 2020 stood at USD 26.89 billion, as compared to USD 27.11 in the same month of 2019, […]

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LeT operations commander Lakhvi arrested in Pakistan

Lahore: Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was arrested on Saturday in Pakistan on terror financing charges, according to an official statement, amidst growing international pressure on Islamabad to bring to justice terrorists roaming free in the country. UN proscribed terrorist Lakhvi, who was on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai […]

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Farmers threaten tractor parade towards Delhi on Jan 26

Farmers threaten tractor parade towards Delhi on Jan 26

New Delhi: Hardening their position ahead of the next round of talks with the government, protesting farmer unions on Saturday said they will take out a tractor parade towards Delhi on January 26, when the country will celebrate Republic Day, if their demands are not met. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be in the […]

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Protesting farmer commits suicide

Ghaziabad: A 75-year-old farmer protesting against the Centre’s new agri laws allegedly hanged himself at the Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border in Ghazipur on Saturday morning. Sardar Kashmir Singh, a native of Bilaspur in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur district, hanged himself in a mobile toilet using a rope, police said. Deputy Superintendent of Police of Indirapuram Anshu Jain […]

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Eight people hurt in grenade attack in Tral

Srinagar: At least eight civilians were injured in a grenade attack by militants in the Tral area of Pulwama district in south and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. The militants lobbed a grenade towards security forces personnel at the Tral bus stand in the south Kashmir district, a police official said. He said the grenade […]

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Setback: Congress overrides Trump veto of defense bill

Setback: Congress overrides Trump veto of defense bill

Washington: Congress has overridden President Donald Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill, a first by lawmakers since he took office nearly four years ago. In an extraordinary New Year’s Day session, the Republican-controlled Senate easily turned aside the veto, dismissing Trump’s objections to the USD 740 billion bill and handing him a stinging rebuke […]

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Militant associate held in Kulgam

Srinagar: Security forces on Saturday arrested a militant associate and recovered arms and ammunition from his possession in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, the Army said. The militant associate was arrested during a search operation by the security forces in the Hattipura area of Kulgam in south Kashmir, an Army spokesman said. He said […]

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Pak Army shells areas along LoC in Rajouri

Jammu: The Pakistan Army opened heavy fire and shelled mortars at forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district on Saturday, prompting Indian troops to retaliate, officials said. “At about 1645 hours today, the Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and intense shelling with mortars along the […]

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Killing of Kashmir goldsmith attack on concept on One India, One Nation’: BJP

Jammu: The J&K BJP Saturday condemned the killing of a Hindu goldsmith in Srinagar days after he got his domicile certificate, terming it an assault on the ‘One India One Nation’ concept and a result of some parties raising the bogey of “demographic change” after the withdrawal the erstwhile state’s special status. J&K BJP Spokesperson […]