NEW DELHI: A controversial project that requires the cutting of 17,000 trees in Delhi to make way for government officers’ houses and a commercial complex was put on hold by the High Court today. “Has the tree-cutting been approved by the green tribunal,” the court questioned as it put off the project till July 4, the … Read more
Trying to stanch the flow of tens of thousands of migrants from Central America and Mexico arriving at the southern border every month, Trump in early May had ordered that all adults crossing illegally would be arrested, and their children held separately as a result. After images of children in chain-link enclosures sparked domestic and … Read more
Homeland Security Secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen said, “”DHS (Department of Homeland Security) is not separating families legitimately seeking asylum at ports of entry. If an adult enters at a port of entry and claims asylum, they will not face prosecution for illegal entry. They have not committed a crime by coming to the port of entry. DHS … Read more
Donald Trump would invite the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un, to the White House if next week’s summit in Singapore is successful, the US president said on Thursday. “Certainly if it goes well, and I think it would be well received, I think he would look at it very favourably, so I think that could … Read more
While interacting with the young entrepreneurs through NaMo app, PM Modi said that adequate capital, courage and connecting with people are required for excelling in the start-up sector. Prime Minister Modi said that now start-ups are no longer only in big cities. He said that this government has initiated to help expanding vibrant start-up centres … Read more
“I am going to visit the DPRK and meet HE Kim Jong Un. The world welcomes the remarkable events in the Korean peninsula brought about recently by the outstanding political calibre and wise leadership of HE Kim Jong Un,” Assad said on May 30, North Korea’s KCNA news agency reported, using the initials of the … Read more
Trump was speaking with reporters on the White House lawn after meeting with a senior North Korean official in the Oval Office. Trump first told reporters the letter from Kim was “a very nice letter … a very interesting letter” but then said he had not opened it. Trump appeared to significantly lower expectations for the outcome of … Read more
Sanchez won Friday’s no-confidence motion with 180 votes in favour, 169 against and 1 abstention. “I am going to face all our country’s challenges with humility and commitment and, above all, with a lot of determination first, to transform and modernise our country which is what the Socialist Party has always done when we have … Read more
Making the remarks in a meeting with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Kim added he hoped North Korea-U.S. relations and denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula would both be solved on a “stage-by-stage” basis, KRT said. The report also said Kim and Lavrov agreed to boost exchanges and cooperation between North Korea and Russia, with … Read more
The US has accused North Korea of launching a slew of malicious cyber activity in recent years. But this warning comes just as the Trump administration is trying to start denuclearization talks with Pyongyang. The latest warning about malware, called Joanap and Brambul, was issued as North Korea leader Kim Jong Un dispatched one of his … Read more
In an interaction with the scheme’s beneficiaries, he underlined his government’s pro-Dalit credentials by comparing benefits given to the community under it against what they received under the Congress-led UPA government. While Dalits got 445 petrol pumps under 2010-14 during the UPA rule, more than 1200 of them got it during 2014-18 in his government’s … Read more
In an interaction with the scheme’s beneficiaries, he underlined his government’s pro-Dalit credentials by comparing benefits given to the community under it against what they received under the Congress-led UPA government. While Dalits got 445 petrol pumps under 2010-14 during the UPA rule, more than 1200 of them got it during 2014-18 in his government’s … Read more
In an interaction with the scheme’s beneficiaries, he underlined his government’s pro-Dalit credentials by comparing benefits given to the community under it against what they received under the Congress-led UPA government. While Dalits got 445 petrol pumps under 2010-14 during the UPA rule, more than 1200 of them got it during 2014-18 in his government’s … Read more
Speaking to the media at the White House, Trump said his meeting with Kim “could even be the 12th (of June),” adding that both the DPRK and the United States want the meeting to happen. Trump said Washington and Pyongyang are maintaining contact and that both sides are “very much” want to meet. The canceled meeting had been … Read more
“The abrupt announcement of the cancellation of the meeting is unexpected for us and we cannot but find it extremely regrettable,” Kim Kye Gwan, North Korea’s First Vice Foreign Minister, said in a statement carried by the state-run KCNA news agency. “We again state to the US our willingness to sit face-to-face at any time … Read more
NEW DELHI: Ahead of his government’s fourth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today highlighted the achievements of a programme to deliver services at the doorsteps of the rural populace, saying fruits of development have reached the poorest of the poor. In a series of tweets, he shared details of the ‘Gram Swaraj Abhiyan’, terming it as … Read more
WASHINGTON: India needs to be central to what the Trump administration does in South and Central Asia, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the lawmakers on Friday, asserting that India “ought to be” one of America’s closet partners. “For scores of reasons, India needs to be central to what we do. Specific issues South Central Asia issues, … Read more
“The abrupt announcement of the cancellation of the meeting is unexpected for us and we cannot but find it extremely regrettable,” Kim Kye Gwan, North Korea’s First Vice Foreign Minister, said in a statement carried by the state-run KCNA news agency. “We again state to the US our willingness to sit face-to-face at any time … Read more