Day: June 28, 2020

Trump tweets video with ‘white power’ chant, then deletes it

11:36 pm June 28, 2020

Washington DC: President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power,” a racist slogan associated with white supremacists. He later deleted the tweet and the White House said the president had not heard “the one statement” on the video. The video appeared to have been taken at The Villages, […]

Priti Patel unveils campaign to counter UK's Windrush immigration scandal

Priti Patel hits back at Opposition MPs for ‘racist’ attack

10:12 pm June 28, 2020

London: UK Home Secretary Priti Patel on Sunday hit back at MPs from the Opposition Labour Party for being “racist” in their treatment of her. The row emerged after a group of ethnic minority Labour MPs, including Indian-origin MPs Virendra Sharma, Tan Dhesi, Preet Kaur Gill, Valerie Vaz, Seema Malhotra and Nadia Whittome, wrote to the Indian-origin Cabinet minister earlier this month accusing her of trying to suppress the anti-racism […]

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

UP govt deceiving people with promise of jobs: Lallu

10:09 pm June 28, 2020

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Congress on Sunday accused the Yogi Adityanath government of deceiving people with a promise to provide 1.25 crore jobs and said its claims are “false” and not synonymous with the ground reality. UP Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu said the government promise of providing 1.25 crore jobs “is false, and cheating (thagi)”. He alleged the government is claiming that […]

DCB Bank plans to raise up to Rs 1,000 cr via equity, debt instruments

10:06 pm June 28, 2020

New Delhi: DCB Bank is planning to raise up to Rs 1,000 crore through equity and debt instruments, and will seek shareholders’ approval in its ensuing annual general meeting (AGM) next month. The private sector lender’s AGM will take place on July 11 through video conferencing (VC) and other audio-visual means, DCB Bank said in its annual […]

Documentary series on Demi Lovato greenlit at YouTube

9:59 pm June 28, 2020

Los Angeles: Anew documentary on the life and career of pop singer Demi Lovato is in the works at YouTube. According to Deadline, the four-part documentary series will be directed by Michael D Ratner, who helmed the recent “&Music” series for shortform streaming platform Quibi. The yet-to-be-titled project will see Lovato returning to share her personal and musical […]