Day: July 18, 2019

Coronavirus: Mallya asks FM to consider his offer to repay Kingfisher Airlines' dues

Mallya’s UK High Court extradition appeal to be heard in February 2020

7:04 pm July 18, 2019

London: Embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya’s appeal in the UK High Court against his extradition order has been listed for a three-day hearing from February 11 next year, the UK court said on Thursday. The 63-year-old former Kingfisher Airlines boss had won a reprieve earlier this month when a two-judge panel at the Royal Courts […]

Trump's counter to Democratic convention? Swing state trips

Trump supporters ridicule non-white Democrat lawmaker criticised by him

7:01 pm July 18, 2019

Washington: Ardent supporters of US President Donald Trump in a rally raised slogans against one of the four non-white Democrat Congresswomen, whom he criticised in a series of alleged “racist tweets”, chanting “send her back.” Trump, during a rally on Wednesday in North Carolina, defended his remarks against Democratic lawmakers Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Asylum ban may further strain immigrant detention facilities

6:57 pm July 18, 2019

San Diego: A new policy to deny asylum to anyone who shows up on the Mexican border after travelling through another country threatens to exacerbate overcrowding at severely strained U.S. immigration detention centers and makeshift holding areas. Photos and video of Vice President Mike Pence’s visit Friday to McAllen, Texas, showing men crammed behind chain-link […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

President Trump “walked the talk” in maintaining pressure on Pak to end terrorism: Amb Shringla

6:54 pm July 18, 2019

New York: President Donald Trump has “walked the talk” in maintaining pressure on Pakistan to end terrorism emanating from its soil, India’s envoy to the US has said, insisting that Islamabad’s actions against terror outfits should be “irreversible” and not a “revolving door” where terror masterminds are arrested from one door and taken out through […]

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan

Pak increases land allotted to Kartarpur Gurdwara from 3 to 42 acres

6:52 pm July 18, 2019

Lahore: Pakistan will allot 42 acres of land for the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, up 14 times, Punjab governor has announced while indicating that 80 per cent of the work on the landmark Kartarpur Corridor has been completed, according to a media report. The corridor will connect Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur with Dera […]