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PM ensures every project sets new benchmarks: Shah

Modi meets Shah ahead of government formation

1:33 pm May 30, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a final round of consultations with BJP president Amit Shah and is learnt to have given shape to his council of ministers ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of his new government in the evening. The list of union ministers is likely to be sent to the […]

8 in the fray to replace Theresa May as British PM

4:24 pm May 26, 2019

London: At least eight candidates have joined the fray to battle it out to take over the reins from British Prime Minister Theresa May as the UK’s ruling Conservative Party leadership contest gets underway. May had announced her resignation earlier this week and is set to formally step down as Tory leader and PM on […]

3 suspects held over killing of BJP worker in Amethi

Smriti Irani aide in Amethi shot dead

4:18 pm May 26, 2019

Amethi: In the first incident of post-poll violence in Uttar Pradesh, a close aide of Smriti Irani, the newly elected MP from Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, was shot dead by two men, with police not ruling out the possibility of it being a “political murder”. Surendra Singh (50), a former head of Baraulia village, was […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

Trump moves to escalate the investigation of intel agencies

11:00 pm May 24, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump has directed the US intelligence community to “quickly and fully cooperate” with Attorney General William Barr’s investigation of the origins of the multiyear probe of whether his 2016 campaign colluded with Russia. The move Thursday marked an escalation in Trump’s efforts to “investigate the investigators,” as he continues to try to […]

Indian-American judge orders Trump accounting firm to hand over records to Congress

2:06 pm May 22, 2019

Washington: An Indian-American judge has rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to block House Democrats from getting his financial records, dealing an early setback to his administration in its legal battle with Congress. Judge Amit Mehta of the DC District Court on Monday decisively ruled in favour of the House Oversight Committee, whose chair, Elijah Cummings […]