India set to lose preferential trade status with US
New Delhi says move won’t hurt much WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has announced plans to scrap the preferential trade treatment for India, claiming that New Delhi has failed to assure the US of “equitable and reasonable” access to its markets, a move India said will not have a “significant impact” on its exports to America. […]
Army Commander reviews security situation in Siachen
Srinagar: General Officer Commanding of strategic Fire & Fury Corps Lt General Y K Joshi visited the forward locations in Siachen glacier in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir to review the security situation and operational preparedness, a defence spokesman said Tuesday. “Lt Gen Joshi visited forward locations in the Siachen sector on March 4, […]
PM sacrificed national interest, not Congress: Former defence minister A K Antony
New Delhi: Former defence minister A K Antony on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of sacrificing national interests and urged him “not to politicise” the armed forces. The Congress leader also accused the prime minister of “ignoring” the report of a committee that had said there were irregularities in the selection of L-1 in […]
Amit Shah’s visit expected to galvanise BJP in Telangana
Hyderabad: BJP’s preparations for the coming Lok Sabha elections would get a boost in Telangana with party Chief Amit Shah scheduled to address a meeting of activists at Nizamabad on Wednesday. Shah will attend the cluster meeting of BJP functionaries from Nizamabad, Adilabad, Karimnagar and Medak (Lok Sabha constituencies), BJP MLC N Ramachander Rao told […]
Cong lowering morale of security forces for petty political gains: BJP
New Delhi: Accusing the Congress of trying to lower the morale of security forces for “petty political gains”, the BJP on Tuesday said comments by the opposition party’s leaders on the Balakot air strike are part of a “conspiracy” that has the blessings of Rahul Gandhi. BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad seized on Congress leader […]
Pak SC turns down Sharif’s appeal for early hearing in graft case
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal filed on behalf of ousted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for an early hearing of his petition seeking bail on medical grounds and to have his sentence suspended in the Al-Azizia corruption case. The apex court said on Monday that the case against the Islamabad High Court’s […]
China hikes defence budget by 7.5 per cent to USD 117.6 billion
Beijing: China, the world’s second largest military spender after the US, Tuesday announced a 7.5 per cent increase in its defence budget for this year, hiking it to a whopping USD 177.61 billion, over three times that of India. The 2019 defence budget will be 1.19 trillion yuan (about USD 177.61 billion), according to a […]
Turkey lambasts US move to end special trade status
Ankara: Turkey’s trade minister on Tuesday said US plans to end the preferential trade status granted to Turkey conflicted with the NATO allies’ push to increase commercial exchanges. “This decision contradicts our mutual objective of reaching bilateral trade volume of 75 billion… The decision will also negatively affect US small and medium-sized enterprises and manufacturers,” […]
Citizens group in Delhi seeks peaceful solution to Kashmir issue
New Delhi: A group of Delhiites Monday urged the governments of India and Pakistan to look for a peaceful solution to the Kashmir issue. Banding under the #citizensagainstwar, they gathered at Jantar Mantar and formed a human chain in protest of the airstrikes by India on Pakistan and the counter strikes by Pakistan. Holding the […]
