Day: February 15, 2020

Portuguese president arrives in Goa on 2-day visit

7:20 pm February 15, 2020

Panaji: President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of Portugal arrived in Goa on Saturday on a two-day visit, during which his country and the state government will sign an MoU on augmenting water supply and sewerage management. He was welcomed at the international airport here by troupes performing traditional dances, and feted at Chicalim and Sirodao […]

Woman head constable strangled to death

7:12 pm February 15, 2020

Ghaziabad: A 15-year-old girl, along with her lover, strangled her head constable mother to death in Brij Vihar Colony here, police said on Saturday. The incident took place on Friday night around 1 pm and a complaint in this regard was lodged by the victim’s husband, SP (City) Maneesh Mishra said. The SP said Shashi […]

‘Stranger Things’ season four teaser reveals Jim Hopper’s return

7:07 pm February 15, 2020

Los Angeles: “Stranger Things” fans rejoice as David Harbour’s Jim Hopper will return for the fourth season of the hit Netflix series. The character had seemingly died towards the end of the last episode of the third season, which premiered in July 2019. However, a post-credit scene had hinted that Hopper might be alive. On […]

Uttarakhand flood:French President Macron expresses solidarity with India

Russia will ‘keep trying to destabilise’ Western democracies: Macron

7:03 pm February 15, 2020

Munich: French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday warned that Russia would continue to try to “destabilise” Western democracies through election interference, social media manipulation and other acts of cyber warfare. “I think that Russia will keep trying to destabilise, either through private actors, directly through its agencies, or through proxies,” Macron said at the Munich […]

Pentagon orders shutdown of Stars and Stripes newspaper

Esper says Taliban deal is promising but not without risk

7:00 pm February 15, 2020

Munich: US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday that a truce agreement between the United States and the Taliban that could lead to the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan is not without risk but “looks very promising.” Ahead of a formal announcement of the seven-day “reduction in violence” deal, Esper said it was time […]