Day: May 14, 2019

Curtains come down on Pooram festival

9:48 pm May 14, 2019

Thrissur: The curtains came down on the famed Pooram rituals this afternoon after the presiding deities from Paramekkavu and Thiruvambady Devi temples ‘bid farewell’ to Lord Vadkkumnathan, promising that they would meet him next year for Pooram. A scintillating fireworks display in the wee hours Tuesday enthralled thousands of people who had gathered at Thekkinkadu […]

Jet Airways insolvency resolution professional seeks fresh EoI for defunct airline

Now, Jet Airways CEO Vinay Dube quits

9:44 pm May 14, 2019

Mumbai: Grounded carrier Jet Airways Chief Executive Officer Vinay Dube has resigned from the post Tuesday, a day after its deputy chief executive and chief financial officer Amit Agarwal quit the company. An Indian-American, Dube had joined Jet Airways in August 2017 after serving various roles at Delta Airlines, Sabre Inc and American Airlines in […]

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Putin meets Pompeo as US seeks ‘a way forward’ in ties

9:40 pm May 14, 2019

Sochi (Russia): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday meets US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the highest-level talks between the rival powers in nearly a year as they see if they can make headway on a raft of disagreements from Venezuela to Iran to arms control. Pompeo will visit Putin in the Black Sea […]

Voices critical of CPEC being suppressed in Pakistan, US lawmakers told

9:37 pm May 14, 2019

Washington: People and the media in Pakistan are “scared” of speaking against the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as those critical of it are being suppressed, treated as anti-national or branded as terrorists, a former official in the Obama administration has told US lawmakers. The USD 60 billion CPEC, which connects Gwadar Port in Pakistan’s […]

Iran agrees de-escalation 'only solution' to solve crisis with US

Iran too ‘great’ to be intimidated: Rouhani

9:32 pm May 14, 2019

Tehran: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has pledged the Islamic republic is “too great to be intimidated by anyone” in a late night meeting with clerics. “God willing we will pass this difficult period with glory and our heads held high, and defeat the enemy,” Rouhani said late Monday as he met Sunni clerics to mark […]