United Nations, June 22 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the US and Iran to avoid further escalation of the situation, said his spokesman. “The Secretary-General’s message to all the parties involved is to avoid anything that would escalate the situation further. As he put it: to have nerves[Read More…]
Paris, June 22 (IANS) The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has warned Pakistan to improve its counter-terror financing operations in line with an internationally agreed action plan by October or face action, sources said. The FATF also expressed its concerns over Pakistan’s failure to complete the action plan first by[Read More…]
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) Days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee instructed party leaders to return to the public the cut money they took from them, angry local residents held demonstrations outside residences of several Trinamool Congress public representatives demanding they give back the amount they took for reaching[Read More…]
Hyderabad, June 22 (IANS) Mild tremors were felt in Adilabad and Nirmal districts of Telangana and parts of neighbouring Maharashtra late Friday night. The earth shook for couple of seconds, sending panic among people in parts of Adilabad and Nirmal districts. People ran out of their houses after they felt[Read More…]
Washington, June 22 (IANS) A senior journalist has accused US President Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her over 20 years ago. E. Jean Carroll, 75, a television show host and magazine columnist, made the accusation in an essay published on Friday in NY Magazine, the local media reported. She said[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) An inter-state gang involved in supplying ammunition to criminals in the city, western Uttar Pradesh, and other nearby regions has been busted with the arrest of two of its members by the Special Cell on Friday, the Delhi Police said. It is suspected that the[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Excess expenditure over and above the limit of one-third of the provisions in the vote-on-account by the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) has forced the Finance ministry to defer the salaries of Group A and B employees in the Department of Expenditures for the month[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Days after writing to the Prime Minister, former Managing Director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) E. Sreedharan wrote to Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia against the free ridership scheme of the AAP government, terming it as an “election gimmick.” The AAP later[Read More…]
Jammu, June 21 (IANS) Indian Army chief, Gen. Bipin Rawat on Friday reviewed the operational preparedness of troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. Defence Ministry spokesman, Lt Col Devender Anand said that Gen Rawat, accompanied by Northern Command chief, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh,[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a petition by a woman lawyer seeking security and safety for women lawyers in court premises in the wake of daylight murder UP’s first woman Bar Council President in Agra. A vacation bench comprising Justices Deepak Gupta[Read More…]
Yadgir (Karnataka), June 22 (IANS) Hundreds of people greeted Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on his visit to Chandraki village in Gurmitkal taluk in north Karnataka’s Yadgir district for an overnight stay in a state-run school, an official said. “A huge crowd welcomed Kumaraswamy when he alighted from Karnataka Express[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Led by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, 134 MPs performed yoga on the premises of Parliament on the occasion of International Yoga Day on Friday. The Members of Parliament were joined by officers of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariat and other dignitaries in[Read More…]
Gurugram June 21 (IANS) An SUV occupant allegedly assaulted a female toll employee in Gurugram’s Kherkidhaula toll plaza, located on Delhi-Gurugram expressway. Subhash Bokan, the PRO of Gurugram police, said the incident occurred on Friday around 8.50 a.m. at lane number 27 where a female was deployed as a toll[Read More…]
Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) Lashing out at those leaders taking “cut money” or commissions from beneficiaries of government schemes, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee warned her Trinamool Congress workers not to indulge such practices, party sources said on Friday. “During the review meeting with leaders of Nadia district, the[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a two-day, 14th G20 Summit in Osaka in Japan from June 28, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday. “For the sixth time, Modi will be participating in the G20 Summit. Apart from participating in the summit, PM[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Hours after two more bodies of children were taken out from a canal in Lucknow, taking to five the toll in Thursday’s accident, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday condoled the deaths and asked party workers to console the families. “The news of[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to provide yoga global recognition. He said yogas ambassadorial role and its contribution has enhanced India’s stature on the world stage. Shah was the chief guest at the Haryana state level function[Read More…]
Harare, June 21 (IANS) The board of Zimbabwe Cricket was on Friday suspended with immediate effect by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) which is a government parastatal and also the governing organisation of all registered sporting associations in the country. Zimbabwe Cricket’s acting Managing Director Givemore Makoni was also[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Union Cabinet Minister Smriti Irani has expressed anguish over attempted bullying of her daughter. Condemning bullying, she wrote a post on Instagram of her daughter on Friday attaching a selfie of her daughter. Smriti strongly claimed on the post: “She is Zoish Irani and I[Read More…]
Kolkata June 21 (IANS) A Kolkata court on Friday granted bail to the seven youths held for harassing former Miss India Universe Ushoshi Sengupta, a senior police officer said. The seven accused were granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 1,000. The seven youths were arrested on Tuesday by[Read More…]
Srinagar, June 21 (IANS) The sister of a wanted Lashkar-e-Taiba militant and her husband, abducted by unidentified gunmen from Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday, were shot and injured before being released on Friday. Police sources said the gunmen shot and injured Nusrat, brother of LeT militant Nasir Ahmad[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) A day after the four Rajya Sabha members of the Telugu Desam Party merged with the BJP, the Congress on Friday accused the Centre’s ruling party of “denigrating” the Constitution by its conduct. “As the flagbearer and nurturer of the Constitution, Congress strongly questions the[Read More…]
Srinagar, June 21 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Friday complimented security forces for “tremendous improvement” in the overall situation in the militancy-hit state during the last one year. Malik chaired the Unified Headquarters meeting in Srinagar and reviewed the security situation. The Unified Headquarters is the[Read More…]
Leeds, June 21 (IANS) Lasith Malinga starred with a four-wicket haul as Sri Lanka stunned pre-tournament favourites England by 20 runs in a thrilling World Cup game here at the Headingley Cricket Ground on Friday. Malinga (4/43) became the fourth bowler to pick 50-plus wickets in World Cup history as[Read More…]
Chandigarh, June 21 (IANS)) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday announced an all-party meeting would be called soon to evolve a broad consensus to comprehensively address the problem of depletion of groundwater in the state. The Chief Minister chaired a meeting of cabinet ministers, political leaders, senior officers, water[Read More…]
