Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Monday ridiculed the Narendra Modi government for refusing a probe into the Rafale deal after Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley discredited former French President Francois Hollande’s revelation on the choice of an offset partner. “Truth cannot have two versions’ says Finance Minister (Jaitley). Absolutely correct. Since, according to the Finance […]
Blaming Pakistan for the killing of security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir and accusing it of glorifying terrorism, India on Friday called off talks between the two foreign ministers in New York in a move termed by Pakistan as “unfortunate” and “taken under internal pressure”. External Affairs Ministers Sushma Swaraj and her Pakistani counterpart Shah […]
The Congress on Friday appointed Somen Mitra as President of its West Bengal unit, replacing Adhir Ranajan Chowdhury who was bitterly anti-Trinamool Congress and pro-Left. Chowdhury will be the Chairman of the campaign committee. Immediately after the announcement, Mitra said he would work to strengthen the party in the state ahead of the 2019 general […]
India dished out another comprehensive performance to thrash Bangladesh by seven wickets in a Super Four stage match of the Asia Cup at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here on Friday. Skipper Rohit Sharma led India from the front with a fluent unbeaten half-century to overhaul the paltry target of 174 with more than 13 […]
The US State Department said on Friday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had spoken over phone with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono to discuss the denuclearization of North Korea. According to a statement issued State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert, Pompeo and Kono on Thursday discussed “the ongoing pressure campaign to achieve the final, fully […]
Pakistan on Friday expressed deep disappointment at India’s decision to cancel a meeting between Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi that was scheduled to be held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) session next week. “The government of Pakistan is deeply disappointed at the announcement […]
The UN Security Council has reiterated the importance of protecting civilians in armed conflict and requested the secretary-general to report on this matter every 12 months. In a statement on Friday, the council expressed outrage that civilians continue to account for the vast majority of casualties in situations of armed conflict, Xinhua news agency reported. […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the UN and Kofi Annan (the late former UN secretary-general) were inseparable and it is impossible to say where one ended and the other began. Guterres on Friday led a list of diplomats, staff and family members speaking in the UN General Assembly Hall at a memorial tribute to […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned that the Trump administration will take “a serious of actions” against the Venezuelan government in the coming days. Speaking at an interview on Friday with Fox News, Pompeo said that “I think you’ll see in the coming days a series of actions that continue to increase the […]
After facing a backlash over reports in July that third-party app developers can read your Gmail, Google has once again defended its policy to allow third-party apps to access and share data from Gmail accounts. According to a CNNMoney report on Thursday, Gmail lets third-party developers integrate services into its email platform. “Developers may share […]