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  • Meghalaya: GSI North Eastern Region installed geological display boards at Mawmluh cave, Therriaghat

    In Meghalaya, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) North Eastern Region (NER) yesterday installed two geological display boards at two important geological sites in the State with geo-scientific information which will help in creating awareness among visiting tourists, students and the general public. The boards are unvieled at Mawmluh cave and Therriaghat, Sobhar in East […]

    Asaram’s son Narayan Sai gets life sentence in rape case

    Narayan Sai, the son of rape convict Asaram, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by Gujarat’s Surat sessions court on Tuesday. He was convicted by the court in a rape case on April 26. Narayan Sai was arrested in 2013 in a rape case of a Surat-based woman, who was a disciple of his father […]

    US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein submits his resignation

    US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Special Counsel Robert Mueller to investigate links between Russia and Donald Trump’s campaign in the Presidential elections, has submitted his resignation. In a letter to Mr Trump, Rosenstein said, he will leave his post on the 11th of next month. Attorney General William Barr confirmed in a […]

    Pentagon to send 320 more troops to US-Mexico border

    The US Defence Department has announced that it would deploy around 320 additional troops to the southern border with Mexico to support immigration officials. The troops, set to deploy until the end of September, will add to around 2,900 active duty military and 2,000 National Guard members currently posted to the border. The Pentagon spokesman […]

    US: Joe Biden accuses President Trump of abusing powers of his office

    In the United States, Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden has accused President Donald Trump of abusing the powers of his office and ignoring everyone but his political base. In his first public rally as a Presidential candidate in Pennsylvania, Mr Biden called Mr Trump the only President who has decided not […]

    European Union extends ban on selling arms to Myanmar

    The European Union has extended a ban on selling arms to Myanmar and prolonged sanctions against high-ranking officials till 30th April 2020, over their role in the Rohingya crisis. The EU said in a statement that the sanctions include an embargo on arms and equipment that can be used for internal repression, an export ban […]

    Benjamin Netanyahu sworn-in as Israel’s PM

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was among the 120 newly-elected members who were sworn-into country’s new Parliament on Tuesday, three weeks after his victory in national election. Ahead of the swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin delivered a message of national unity to the 120 members of Parliament. He called upon the new […]

    Afghanistan: 19 militants affiliated withe Taliban group killed

    In Afghanistan, atleast 19 militants affiliated with the Taliban group have been killed and four others wounded, in a series of air strikes in country’s western Badghis province. An army statement released today said the air raids were conducted late yesterday in Ab Kamari district of the province, where a joint Afghan and coalition forces […]

    National Crisis Management Committee meets on preparedness for cyclone ‘Fani’

    The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) under the chairmanship of PK Sinha, Cabinet Secretary, met in New Delhi on Tuesday for the second time in as many days and reviewed the preparedness with the concerned States and Departments of Government of India, to deal with the situation arising out of the Cyclonic Storm ‘Fani’. The […]

    SC seeks EC’s reply on MCC violations by PM Modi, Amit Shah

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the response of the Election Commission on a plea alleging Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violations by Senior BJP leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah. The plea, filed by a Congress leader Sushmita Dev accused both the BJP leaders of hate speeches and using […]