Day: June 13, 2020

Treasury chief refusing to disclose recipients of virus aid

3:57 pm June 13, 2020

Washington: Building ramparts of secrecy around a 600 billion-plus coronavirus aid program for small businesses, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has moved from delay to denial in refusing outright to disclose the recipients of taxpayer-funded loans. Mnuchin told Congress at a hearing this week that the names of loan recipients and the amounts are proprietary information. […]

Trump tweets video with 'white power' chant, then deletes it

Trump may be stuck with awkwardly worded GOP platform

3:51 pm June 13, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump said Friday he wants a new and updated Republican Party platform after the Republican National Committee voted this week to carry over the 2016 document. But Trump may be stuck with the old platform, which is peppered with jeremiads about the current administration that were originally written about President Barack Obama. […]

580 Indians stranded in Kuwait return home

3:46 pm June 13, 2020

Chennai: Nearly 600 Indian nationals stuck in Kuwait returned home on Saturday by two special flights operated by the gulf nation, airport officials here said. As many as 580 passengers who arrived here hailed from different parts of Andhra Pradesh including Nellore and were later taken in special buses arranged by the AP government after […]

Physically-challenged girl ‘raped’ by father in Tripura

3:43 pm June 13, 2020

Agartala: A 14-year old physically-challenged girl has been allegedly raped by her father in Tripura, police said on Saturday. The incident took place in Lalcherra village in North Tripura district on Tuesday when the victim’s mother was not at home, officer-in-charge of Kadamtala police station, Krishnadhan Sarkar said. “The girl narrated the incident to her […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

12 held for thrashing Dalits in UP village

3:39 pm June 13, 2020

Azamgarh: Twelve people were arrested for allegedly thrashing Dalits in Sikandarpur Aima village under Maharajganj Police Station here, police said on Saturday. Action is being initiated against them under the stringent National Security Act (NSA), a senior officer said, adding that the SHO of Maharajganj Police Station, Arvind Pandey, was suspended for laxity in duty. […]