Washington, March 8 (IANS) Paul Manafort, US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, was sentenced to 47 months in federal prison for tax and bank fraud on Thursday, much shorter than expected. Prosecutors had recommended…
Washington, March 8 (IANS) The US House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a broad resolution condemning racism, anti-Semitism and bigotry amid tensions stemming from a Democratic lawmaker’s Israel-related remarks. The vote for the resolution,…
Islamabad, March 8 (IANS) Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has assured Pakistani leaders of his country’s “cooperation for peaceful solution to all problems,” Pakistani officials said. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and the top…
London, March 8 (IANS) UK Prime Minister Theresa May will urge the European Union (EU) to help get her Brexit deal through the Commons by agreeing legally binding changes to the controversial backstop. On Friday,…
Washington, March 8 (IANS) The White House has been quietly pressuring Republicans in recent days not to buck US President Donald Trump and vote in favour of a resolution that would overturn his national emergency…
Washington, March 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen is suing the Trump Organization, arguing it owes him millions in legal fees and costs. The company is allegedly reneging on a payment…
London, March 8 (IANS) Thirty-six countries have signed an open letter criticising Saudi Arabia’s human rights record, media reported. The letter, read on Thursday at a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC),…
Ahmedabad, March 8 (IANS) Firebrand Patidar leader Hardik Patel is set to join the Congress and even contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, informed sources said on Thursday. Sources in his Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from his traditional Amethi seat and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi from her Rae Bareli, according to Congress’s first list…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) With the Election Commission expected to announce the schedule of Lok Sabha elections soon, the Narendra Modi government has been taking a flurry of decisions at the meetings of Union…
Amaravati, March 7 (IANS) In a tit-for-tat, the Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday set up Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe data theft case against Telangana, a day after the neighbouring state constituted a SIT…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Inspired by late NASA astronaut Kalpana Chawla, Flight Lieutenant Avani Chaturvedi created history in 2016 when she became the first Indian woman to fly an IAF combat jet. Two years…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday talked to J&K governor Satyapal Malik over phone and took stock of situation in the state where one person was killed and 30…
Birmingham, March 7 (IANS) Indian stars Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth entered the quarter-finals of the women’s and men’s singles categories respectively at the All England Championship badminton tournament here on Thursday. Saina defeated Line…
Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) The four men of a rightwing fringe outfit, who assaulted two Kashmiri dry fruit sellers here on Wednesday after calling them “stone-pelters”, have been arrested, police said on Thursday. Briefing the…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator has been booked for raping a woman who approached him seeking help in connection with a pension-related matter, a police officer said on Thursday….
Hyderabad, March 7 (IANS) The city bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Thursday clarified that a 51 per cent vote of the Committee of Creditors (CoC) was enough to initiate a forensic…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, March 7 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was detained under the harsh Public Safety Act (PSA) on Thursday and shifted to a jail outside the…
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New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is likely be inducted at 15 new undertakings this year, including three airports in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, its Director General Rajesh…