Day: June 22, 2019

Will run our offices from outside Delhi CM's residence from Monday: Mayors

Make process for new water connections simpler: Kejriwal to DJB

9:10 pm June 22, 2019

New Delhi: Chief Minister and Delhi Jal Board chairman Arvind Kejriwal Saturday directed officials to make the process for getting new water connections “as simple as possible” and to restart more than 100 “non-functional” tubewells in Malviya Nagar to ensure adequate water supply in the area. At a meeting, attended by DJB CEO Nikhil Kumar […]

Hong Kong protesters end blockade of police headquarters

9:04 pm June 22, 2019

Hong Kong: Protesters in Hong Kong ended their overnight siege of police headquarters peacefully Saturday, disappointed that their demands for the territory’s leader to formally withdraw a contentious extradition bill and police to apologize for heavy handed tactics have gone unmet. By daybreak, police had cleared the streets of barriers set up by protesters to […]

Accused arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari bail in UK extradition case extended to April 9

CBI books alleged arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, others in Pilatus aircraft deal

9:03 pm June 22, 2019

New Delhi: The CBI has booked controversial arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari and others in connection with the alleged corruption in the Rs 2895 crore deal of 75 Pilatus basic trainer aircraft for the Indian Air Force in 2009, officials said Saturday. The agency has carried out searches at nine locations in Delhi-NCR including at the […]

Iran says it begins 20% uranium enrichment amid US tensions

Iran warns US attack would imperil interests across Mideast

8:56 pm June 22, 2019

Tehran: Tehran warned Washington Saturday that any attack would see its interests across the Middle East go up in flames after US President Donald Trump said he called off a strike at the 11th hour. The aborted US military action was to have been in response to Iran’s downing of a US reconnaissance drone, which […]

Crowded in camps, Rohingya refugees vulnerable to virus

Malaysia calls for “justice” and citizenship for Rohingya Muslims

8:55 pm June 22, 2019

Bangkok: Malaysia on Saturday said the perpetrators of violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya minority must “be brought to justice”, in sharp comments delivered at a normally tame regional summit. Myanmar does not recognise the Rohingya as citizens, instead officially labelling them “Bengalis”, short-hand for illegal immigrants from neighbouring Bangladesh. A military crackdown in 2017 drove more […]