New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) US President Donald Trump, accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, on Tuesday, visited Raj Ghat here and paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi. They also laid a wreath at the Gandhi samadhi. Trump also wrote in the visitor’s book at Raj Ghat. Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 25 (IANS) Actor Shahid Kapoor on Tuesday turned a year older, and it’s a working birthday for him. He will spend his special day on the sets of his upcoming film “Jersey”. “The film is very close to my heart and I feel happy and gratified to be[Read More…]
Lahore, Feb 25 (IANS) The Lahore High Court has issued notices to Pakistan’s federal and provincial governments on an application seeking a permanent ban on the upcoming ‘Aurat March’ for being “anti-state” and “un-Islamic”. on Monday, LHC Chief Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh issued the directives on a petition filed by[Read More…]
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Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) A new federal regulation that took effect throughout the US could make it more difficult for legal immigrants dependent on government assistance to obtain permanent residency permits, known as green cards. The so-called “public charge” rule, which went into effect on Monday, also applies to applicants[Read More…]
San Francisco, Feb 25 (IANS) Apple’s Tile-like “AirTags” item trackers will be completely waterproof and use similar magnetic wireless charging to that seen on the Apple Watch. Evidence of AirTags has been found in builds of iOS 13 and it appears the small item trackers will show up in the[Read More…]
New York, Feb 25 (IANS) Six-time NBA champion and global icon Michael Jordan has said that a part of him died when basketball legend Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash. “When Kobe Bryant died, a piece of me died,” Jordan was quoted as saying by the New York[Read More…]
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Canberra, Feb 25 (IANS) Threat from the far right was real and growing in Australia, which also faces the danger of unprecedented foreign espionage and interference, a top intelligence official said here. During this annual threat assessment here on Monday night, the head of the Australian Security and Intelligence Organization[Read More…]
Beijing, Feb 25 (IANS) Beijing has sentenced Swedish bookseller and activist Gui Minhai, owner of a publishing house specializing in books critical of the Communist Party of China, to 10 years in prison for illegally providing intelligence abroad. On Monday night, the Ningbo Intermediate People’s Court found the activist guilty,[Read More…]
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 25 (IANS) The government party led by Interim Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has rejected his resignation, urging him to continue leading it and the country, now shrouded in political uncertainty. During an extraordinary meeting held on Monday night, the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Bersatu) unanimously rejected[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Delhi Traffic Police, on Tuesday, issued advisory in view of the US President Donald Trump’s two-day India visit, owing it to security reasons. The Delhi Traffic police tweeted, “From forenoon till around 4 p.m. on February 25, traffic is likely to remain heavy in[Read More…]
Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) Dedicated to look deep beneath the Martian surface, NASA’s InSight lander has detected several “marsquakes” on the Red Planet, meaning Mars trembles more often, but also more mildly, than expected. The probe has found more than 450 seismic signals to date, the vast majority of which[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Violence in parts of northeast Delhi continued for the third day on Tuesday as reports of stone pelting in Maujpur and Babarpur areas were pouring in. According to the sources, violence continued throughout the night in the Maujpur area, where even the common people, who[Read More…]
Lucknow, Feb 25 (IANS) Expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar has been disqualified from the membership of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, following his conviction in the rape case by a Delhi sessions’ court in December. In a notification issued by the UP Vidhan Sabha, Sengar has been deemed disqualified[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Every 100 meters on the routes to be taken by US President Donald Trump and his family members on Tuesday here, as he enters the official leg of his two day visit, is manned by one armed and another unarmed police personnel. Trump is present[Read More…]
Dubai, Feb 25 (IANS) Novak Djokovic has extended his unbeaten start to the 2020 season by cruising past Tunisian wild card Malek Jaziri to make it to the second round of the Dubai Championships. Djokovic defeated Jaziri 6-1, 6-2 in what turned out to be a one-sided contest on Monday.[Read More…]
Montevideo (Uruguay), Feb 25 (IANS) Veteran midfielder Egidio Arevalo has returned to his native Uruguay to play with Sud America in the country’s second division, the Montevideo club has said. The 38-year-old had been a free agent after parting ways with Mexican first division outfit Tamaulipas in December, reports Xinhua[Read More…]
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Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) The White House has sent its $2.5-billion supplemental budget proposal for the country’s fight against the fast spreading novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The budget proposal was sent on Monday as the number of coronavirus cases in the US increased to 35, reports Xinhua news agency. According to[Read More…]
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New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Expressing concern over the ongoing violence in different parts of Delhi, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday called an urgent meeting of MLAs of his own party as well as the BJP to discuss the situation and work out solutions to ease the unrest. Urging[Read More…]
Lahore, Feb 25 (IANS) Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s thinking is “inclined towards negativity” and till the time he is in power in India, the relationship between the two hostile Asian neighbours cannot improve. “Till Modi is in power, I don’t think we[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Unprecedented security is in place at Delhi’s ITC Maurya hotel where US President Donald Trump and his family are lodged. According to sources five-layer security is in place at the hotel. First two layers are manned by personnel of American security agency and FBI while[Read More…]