Politics

Hong Kong police watchdog unequipped to probe protest response: Experts

Hong Kong protests force companies to choose: Their employees or China

3:04 pm August 26, 2019

Hong Kong: On the eve of an anti government protest by accountants in Hong Kong, a Price water house Coopers executive warned his staff not to do anything that could put the firm in a bad light. “It is important we do not misrepresent or compromise the firm through individual actions,” Raymund Chao, PwC’s chairman […]

Wrestlers Mahavir, Babita Phogat joins BJP

1:17 pm August 12, 2019

Chandigarh: Wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and his medal-winning daughter Babita Phogat, who inspired the Bollywood film ‘Dangal’, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday. Mahavir Phogat, who was chief of the Jannayak Janata Party’s sports cell, switched sides from the JJP, which was floated last year by former Hisar MP Dushyant Chautala following a vertical […]

US concerned by China's ongoing attempts to 'intimidate' neighbours: White House

Trump administration moves to enforce abortion restriction

3:26 am August 10, 2019

Washington: Moving ahead despite objections, the Trump administration has set a timetable for federally funded family clinics to comply with a new rule that bars them from referring women for abortions. The action is part of a series of efforts to remake government policy on reproductive health to please conservatives who are a key part […]

UK PM Johnson’s Parliament majority down to one after by-election

10:05 pm August 2, 2019

London: Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s already slim parliamentary majority has been cut down further to just one with the loss of an MP to the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrat party in a by-election in Wales. In one of his first major election clashes since taking over from Theresa May last month, Johnson’s Conservative Party […]

Trump slams Clinton for 'Russian asset' jab at Gabbard

Trump not behaving like a patriot: US Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard

8:09 pm August 1, 2019

Washington: Pledging to bring the “unifying spirit of love for the country”, Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard Wednesday night alleged that President Donald Trump was not behaving like a patriot. Appearing on a CNN Democratic presidential debate in Detroit, Gabbard is the first Hindu to ever run for the presidency of the United States said she knew what patriotism […]