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Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi meet Bangladesh PM

3:54 pm October 6, 2019

New Delhi: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday and discussed issues concerning the two countries. Congress leader Anand Sharma and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were also present in the meeting that lasted around half-an-hour. After meeting Hasina, Priyanka Gandhi tweeted, “An […]

EU presses UK to resubmit Brexit plan as end-game looms

3:42 pm October 6, 2019

Brussels: With the resumption of crunch Brexit talks on Monday looming large, European leaders piled pressure on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to revise his offer — and to do so quickly. On Saturday Johnson started phoning his EU counterparts to sell his proposals for a managed withdrawal from the bloc, after the latest plans […]

Baghdad curfew lifted but Iraq on alert for new protests

9:29 pm October 5, 2019

Baghdad: A curfew was lifted in Baghdad on Saturday following days of protests which have left nearly 100 dead, but tensions remained after firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr demanded the government quit. The largely spontaneous protests over chronic unemployment and poor public services that erupted in the capital on Tuesday have escalated into a broader movement […]

PM announces relief for accident victims’ kin

8:50 pm October 4, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced relief in the form of ex-gratia payment to the kin of those killed and people injured in recent road accidents in Gujarat, Haryana and Rajasthan. In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said Modi had announced to extend a monetary support of Rs […]

Pak’s parliament blocks bill allowing non-Muslims to become PM, Prez

12:44 pm October 4, 2019

Islamabad: Pakistan’s parliament has blocked a bill seeking an amendment in the Constitution to allow non-Muslims to become Prime Minister and President of the country. Dr Naveed Aamir Jeeva, a Christian lawmaker from the Pakistan Peoples Party, wanted to move a bill on Wednesday to amend article 41 and 91 of the constitution to allow […]