London, June 18 (IANS) Visiting Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in a telephonic call with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed bilateral relations and regional peace and security, according to a statement by the Pakistan High Commission here. “Foreign Minister Qureshi briefed Secretary Pompeo about the measures being[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Congress leaders P. Chidambaram, K. Suresh, Anand Sharma, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Jairam Ramesh and Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary met at UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s residence on Tuesday to discuss the party’s strategy in Parliament during the Budget Session. Party President Rahul Gandhi was also expected to[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Experienced batsman Shoaib Malik, who is drawing flak after Pakistan’s embarrassing defeat to India, has lashed out at the country’s media for claiming that he and other players were out partying and smoking sheesha hours before the crucial encounter in Manchester. India hammered Pakistan by[Read More…]
Wellington, June 18 (IANS) A new Zealand court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 21 months in prison for sharing the livestream video of the March 15 attacks at the two Christchurch mosques in which 51 people were killed. Philip Arps, 44, owner of a Christchurch insulation company, which he[Read More…]
Birmingham, June 18 (IANS) Right-arm pacer Lungi Ngidi has confirmed that he is “100 per cent” fit for South Africa’s next World Cup game against New Zealand to be played at Edgbaston on Wednesday. Ngidi played just the opening two games of the ongoing tournament before suffering from a hamstring[Read More…]
Washington, June 18 (IANS) The US government will deploy about 1,000 additional troops to the Middle East amid the ongoing tensions with Iran, Acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan has announced. “I have authorized approximately 1,000 additional troops for defensive purposes to address air, naval, and ground-based threats in the Middle[Read More…]
Beijing, June 18 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and 125 others injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit China’s Sichuan province, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Tuesday. The earthquake hit Changning county at 10.55 p.m. Monday, Xinhua news agency reported. The epicenter, with a depth of 16[Read More…]
Taunton (England), June 18 (IANS) West Indies captain Jason Holder admitted that his side didn’t put enough runs and were probably 40-50 runs short against Bangladesh in the match which they lost by seven wickets on a batting-friendly wicket in Taunton. Put into bat, Windies came through from early struggles[Read More…]
Srinagar, June 18 (IANS) An Indian Army soldier and two militants were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police sources said. The soldier initially injured in the encounter between the security forces and militants in Waghama village, later succumbed. Two others soldiers have also[Read More…]
By Arul Louis New York, June 18 (IANS) US President Donald Trump will formally launch his re-election campaign on Tuesday, defiantly facing the threats of impeachment but hoping to float to office again on his steadfast voter base, a good economy and an opposition that has yet to coalesce around[Read More…]
Canberra, June 18 (IANS) Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp is working with Australian authorities to help locate a missing Belgian backpacker who disappeared in May, officials said on Tuesday. Theo Hayez, 18, disappeared while returning from a nightclub to his hostel in Byron Bay on the night of May 31, and[Read More…]
Hiroshima (Japan), June 18 (IANS) The Indian women’s hockey team, which started their campaign at the FIH Women’s Series Finals with two impressive victories against Uruguay and Poland in their opening two matches of the tournament, will now be playing Fiji in their last Pool A encounter on Tuesday. India,[Read More…]
United Nations, June 18 (IANS) The Earth will be home to some 9.7 billion people in 2050 and by 2100 the number will increase to 11 billion. India’s population will surpass China’s by 2027, and despite being one-third the size of the US will hold a population 10 times higher[Read More…]
Paris (France) June 18 (IANS) The International Paris Air Show, the largest event of its kind in the world, opened at Le Bourget, north of the French capital, on Monday with an advantage for European aircraft manufacturer Airbus over US rival Boeing, which is going through a difficult stretch amid[Read More…]
Srinagar, June 18 (IANS) A heart rending picture of a senior police officer breaking down while carrying the son of martyred inspector, Arshad Khan went viral on the social media in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. The picture taken during the wreath laying ceremony in district police lines Srinagar on[Read More…]
Srinagar, June 18 (IANS) A gunfight started on Tuesday between holed up militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Police sources said troops of Rashtriya Rifles and special operations group of state police started a cordon and search operation in Waghama village of Anantnag district today following[Read More…]
Beijing, June 18 (IANS) Six people were killed and another 75 were injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake rattled China’s Sichuan Province at 10:55 p.m. Monday (local time), according to local authorities. The epicentre, with a depth of 16 km, was monitored at 28.34 degrees north latitude and 104.90 degrees east[Read More…]
Washington, 18 June (IANS/AKI) Italy’s 2020 spending plans could be “Trumpian”, Deputy Premier Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday during a visit to Washington, referring to US President Donald Trump. “Could the next budget be Trumpian? Why not?” Salvini told reporters at the Italian ambassador’s residence after a meeting[Read More…]
Rome, June 18 (IANS/AKI) A 15 million euro European Union grant to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation will aid farmers in northern Iraq’s Nineveh province – once the country’s ‘breadbasket’ – recover from the damage to their livelihoods caused by devastating conflict and displacement, FAO said in a[Read More…]
Cairo, June 18 (IANS) Egypt’s former President Mohammed Morsi, ousted by the military in 2013 after one year in office, has collapsed in a courtroom and died, officials say. A top figure in the now-banned Islamist movement Muslim Brotherhood, Morsi had just addressed the court from a cage at a[Read More…]
Washington, June 18 (IANS/AKI) Italy is the “biggest” European country that the US could want dialogue with, far-right interior minister and Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini told reporters during a visit to Washington on Monday. “Italy is the biggest European country with which the US could and wants to have dialogue[Read More…]
Panaji, June 18 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said the crucial three ‘M’s — Mining, Mopa and Mhadei — will remain priority issues for the state government. Speaking to reporters in Panaji, Sawant also said that he had referred about the issue of lifting of the mining[Read More…]
Jammu, June 18 (IANS) A special police officer (SPO) committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle after killing his wife in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, the police said. Police said SPO Dheeraj Raj who was a member of a village defence committee first killed his wife Urmila[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday advised six shop-owners whose establishments fell on Varanasi’s proposed Kashi Vishwanath Corridor, an ambitious project of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and were to be demolished, to engage with the Uttar Pradesh government for adequate compensation. The six shop-owners, having total[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pitch for simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections has been strongly backed by the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), while some other opposition parties termed the suggestion as “impractical”. Modi has called a meeting of Presidents of all political parties represented in[Read More…]
