Day: August 3, 2019

Judge blocks Trump asylum restriction: reports

3:15 pm August 3, 2019

Washington: A judge on Friday blocked a move by US President Donald Trump’s administration to stop migrants from claiming asylum unless they had entered the country at an official border crossing, news outlets reported. The policy, enacted by Trump last year, is among a host of measures his government has taken against the movement of hundreds of […]

US announces new sanctions against Russia over Skripal affair: State dept

3:10 pm August 3, 2019

Washington: A fresh round of sanctions were imposed on Moscow Saturday by the United States over the 2018 poisoning of former double-agent Sergei Skripal in the United Kingdom. Russian agents have been blamed for the poisoning of Skripal and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury in March last year using the Soviet-developed nerve […]

Car driven by IAS officer mows down journalist in Kerala

2:59 pm August 3, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: A young journalist of a local newspaper was killed early Saturday when a car driven by an IAS officer, allegedly in an inebriated state, mowed him down. The 33-year-old IAS officer, Sreeram Venkitaraman, who was appointed Survey Director by the state cabinet on Thursday, was behind the wheel when the accident occurred, a senior […]

Rajasthan, UP blocks finalised for cash transfer, replacing ration from anganwadis

2:53 pm August 3, 2019

New Delhi: Two block areas each in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have been finalised for pilot launch of the conditional cash transfer scheme, which seeks to replace the take-home ration for pregnant women and lactating mothers and children below the age of 6, sources have said. In Rajasthan, Chaksu block in Jaipur district and Kishanganj […]

Guv assured us no move to repeal Article 35-A, 370; want statement in Parliament: Omar

2:50 pm August 3, 2019

Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Saturday said Jammu and Kashmir Governor S P Malik has assured his party that no moves are planned on repealing Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution, or the state’s trifurcation. However, the former J&K chief minister said he wants an assurance on these issues from the Centre […]