Day: May 15, 2019

Priyanka’s Varanasi roadshow gathers crowds

10:46 pm May 15, 2019

Varanasi (UP): In a big show of strength in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra started her roadshow here Wednesday evening. Accompanied by Congress candidate for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat against Modi, Priyanka Gandhi began by garlanding the statue of Madan Mohan Malviya at the gates of the Banaras […]

Khamenei: Mass Ramadan events in Iran may stop over virus

Iran’s supreme leader makes uranium enrichment threat

7:02 pm May 15, 2019

Dubai: Iran’s supreme leader issued a veiled threat in the same speech in which he stated that “no one is seeking war,” saying it wouldn’t be difficult for the Islamic Republic to enrich uranium to weapons-grade levels amid rising tensions with the US, state media reported Wednesday. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s comments late Tuesday came after […]

I am not going to get into politics: George Clooney

6:58 pm May 15, 2019

London: George Clooney has ruled himself out of the 2020 US presidential race, saying he does not have the appropriate “skill” for politics. The actor-activist’s frequent and public criticism of US President Donald Trump ever since he assumed the post in 2016 had led people to believe he could run for office in the 2020 […]

Modi to address BJP workers of Varanasi on Oct 24

Congress has fielded two batsmen to take blame for poll

6:52 pm May 15, 2019

Deoghar (Jharkhand): Asserting that the Congress will be losing the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday claimed that the party has fielded “two batsmen” to defend the “naamdar” (dynast). In a veiled dig at Congress leaders Mani Shankar Aiyar and Sam Pitroda, Modi said they were tasked by the party to take responsibility […]

Pakistan's counter-terrorism steps important but not irreversible: US

Hafiz Saeed’s brother-in-law arrested in Pakistan

6:48 pm May 15, 2019

Lahore: Outlawed Jamaat-ud-Dawa’s top leader and Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s brother-in-law Hafiz Abdur Rehman Makki has been arrested for hate speech and criticising the Pakistan government, police said on Wednesday. Makki, head of JuD’s political and international affairs wing and in-charge of its charity Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF), was arrested during a government crackdown against […]