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Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Fight over witnesses could delay Trump trial conclusion

10:57 pm February 13, 2021

Washington: Senators have voted to consider hearing from witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. The vote could potentially extend proceedings that had been expected to end with a vote on Saturday. A last-minute fight over calling witnesses threatened to slow the speedy conclusion of Donald Trump’s historic impeachment trial Saturday as the Senate moved closer to a […]

Rishi Sunak sees ‘signs of resilience’ as UK economy suffers biggest drop since 1709

11:10 pm February 12, 2021

London: UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak on Friday pointed to signs of resilience and indicated further support measures in his Budget statement next month as latest statistics showed the British economy, devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, suffered its biggest decline in more than 300 years in 2020. As most businesses, shops and restaurants continue to struggle through the coronavirus-induced […]

Provision to double councillors’ fund; restart Atal Aahar Yojana: LoH on SDMC Budget

12:08 am February 12, 2021

New Delhi: The Leader of House in the BJP-led SDMC while finalising the civic body’s annual budget on Thursday said provisions have been made to restart Atal Jan Aahar scheme and double the councillors’ development fund. South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) Commissioner Gyanesh Bharati had presented revised budget estimates for 2020-21 and budget estimates for 2021-22 at the Civic Centre here in December last […]

PM appeals to farmers to end agitation against farm laws

7:32 pm February 8, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday appealed to protesting farmers to end their agitation against the new farm laws even as he questioned opposition parties for their sudden ”U-turn” on the agriculture sector reforms. The prime minister also hit out at those behind the protests, saying a new ”breed” of agitators called ”andolan jeevi” has […]

Cases over ‘Jallikatttu’ protests will be withdrawn: TN CM

10:24 pm February 5, 2021

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Friday announced in the Assembly that cases registered by police in 2017 over protests seeking permission to hold bull taming sport ‘Jallikattu’ would be withdrawn. All cases, except those filed over ”undesirable incidents” like assault on policemen and arson, would be taken back after consultation with legal […]