Avalanche hits Kashmir’s Gurez sector
Srinagar: An avalanche hit a village in Gurez sector of Kashmir’s Bandipora district, officials said on Friday. There were no reports of loss of life. “A snow avalanche hit village Khandiyal in Gurez last night (Thursday),” officials of the Disaster Management Department here said. They said many houses were damaged due to the avalanche. “However, […]
Arun Jaitley resumes charge as Finance Minister, attends CCS meet
New Delhi: Arun Jaitley, who returned from the US last week after undergoing medical treatment, resumed charge as Finance Minister on Friday. He is currently attending a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security to discuss the Pulwama attack that killed at least 37 CRPF personnel. In his absence, the charge of the Finance Ministry […]
Shah lambasts DMK-Congress combine, says its synonymous with
Ramanathapuram (TN): Tearing into the DMK-Congress combine, BJP president Amit Shah Friday reminded the country about the 2G spectrum and other scams during the previous UPA regime and sought to know how such an alliance can give good governance. He dared presidents of DMK M K Stalin and Congress Rahul Gandhi to give an account […]
Killings of Youth Cong activists ‘heinous’, guilty will face action: Vijayan
Kasaragod/Kottayam: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Friday termed as “heinous” the recent killings of two Youth Congress activists in Kasaragod and said stern action would be taken against the guilty. The Youth Congress workers, Kripesh (24) and Sarath Lal (21), were allegedly waylaid and hacked to death by unidentified assailants in Kasargod district late on […]
Cong will try to build Ram temple if elected to power: Rawat
Dehradun: Describing Congress as the only party which had taken serious steps in the past towards construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya, AICC general secretary Harish Rawat said Friday that the party will try its best to fulfill the demand if it comes to power at the Centre after the Lok Sabha polls. “My […]
Saudi crown prince meets Chinese president, bags oil deal
Beijing: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday and bagged a USD 10-billion oil deal, pressing on with his diplomatic charm offensive in Asia following a global outcry over the Khashoggi killing. Mohammed arrived in Beijing on Thursday following visits to Pakistan and India, showing the world that his […]
Vatican summit on sex abuse focuses calls for accountability
Vatican City: Cardinals attending Pope Francis’ summit on preventing clergy sex abuse called Friday for a new culture of accountability in the Catholic Church to punish bishops and religious superiors when they fail to protect their flocks from predator priests. On the second day of Francis’ extraordinary gathering of Catholic leaders, the focus of debate […]
Trump and Kim to have one-on-one meet in Hanoi
Washington: US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will meet one-on-one and spend substantial amount of time together next week when the two leaders meet in Hanoi, Vietnam, the White House said Thursday. Trump and Kim are meeting for their second summit on February 27 and 28. The first one was on […]
Congress attacks PM over India-Saudi statement
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister NarendraModi over the joint statement issued after his talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, saying the PM “forgot” to write the name of Pakistan in the document. The statement, issued hours after the Modi-Crown Prince talks, said the two leaders condemned the […]
‘Respond decisively’ to any Indian aggression, Imran tells Pak army
Islamabad: Pakistan’s top security body Thursday said the country was “not involved in any way” in the Pulwama “incident”, which was “conceived, planned and executed indigenously” as Prime Minister Imran Khan authorised the military to respond “decisively” to any Indian misadventure. In a statement issued after a key meeting of the National Security Council chaired […]
