President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is “very seriously” considering the idea of establishing a permanent military base in Poland, adding upon welcoming Polish President Andrzej Duda to the White House that Warsaw would be ready to pay “more than $2 billion” to ensure
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday sought the National Assembly’s advice for granting citizenship to Pakistan-born children of Afghan and Bangladeshi migrants. Addressing a session of the country’s lower house, the prime minister said that he wants to take this decision on humanitarian grounds as
A day after Congress workers were lathicharged in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district, party President Rahul Gandhi attacked the Narendra Modi government saying that dictatorship has become a “profession” and the attack would be remembered as an act of “political atrocity”. “Under Narendra Modi’s regime, dictatorship has
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed an agreement at the end of their summit talks here on Wednesday. The agreement was signed at a ceremony held at the North’s state guesthouse Paekhwawon and broadcast live in Seoul. Details of
Tech tycoon Jack Ma has told investors to hunker down for a drawn out trade war between the US and China that can last for upto 20 years. “It’s going to last long, it’s going to be a mess,” Ma, the founder and executive chairman
A Congress delegation on Wednesday met the Comptroller and Auditor General to seek a probe into the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets by the Narendra Modi government. The delegation consisting of senior party leaders A.K. Antony, Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, Mukul
The Kerala Police on Wednesday started questioning Bishop Franco Mulakkal accused of raping a nun, as a top police officer said there is no restriction on his arrest. Ahead of the questioning, top police officers — Inspector General Vijay Sakhre, Kottayam Superintendent Harishankar and his
Operations of the Israeli air force are undertaken in violation of Syria’s sovereignty, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by phone on Tuesday. Putin made the remarks after the Russian Defence Ministry said earlier in the day its Il-20 surveillance plane
In a first, a total for 51,796 poll centres in Rajasthan will use EVM-M3 electronic voting machines with VVPATs in 200 Assembly constituencies, which will help conduct Assembly election in a smooth and transparent manner, a top Election Commission official, said on Tuesday. “The EVMs
Consequent upon the approval given by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) during its meeting chaired the PM Modi, all previously sanctioned work of electrification of Indian Railway track has got the required thrust. However, At present Indian Railway has about 13,675 km of
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