Trump to declare national emergency to build border wall
US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order declaring a national emergency, which will empower him to fund the construction of a massive wall along the US-Mexico border to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the country and curb drug smuggling.
Theresa May suffers embarrassing defeat on Brexit strategy
British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered an embarrassing defeat by lawmakers Thursday in a vote that left her bid to secure a European Union divorce deal stuck between an intransigent EU and a resistant U.K. Parliament with Brexit just six weeks away.
U.S. lawmakers, U.N. Secretary General condemn Pulwama terror attack
The United States has condemned, “in the strongest terms” the terrorist attack on the Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Death toll in J&K suicide attack rises to 37
At least 37 CRPF personnel were killed on Thursday when a convoy in which they were travelling was attacked by a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) suicide bomber, who rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into one of the convoy’s buses near Awantipora on the Srinagar-Jammu highway.
Resurgent Jaish poses new challenge to security apparatus
The Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant outfit, with a cadre strength of zero in 2015 and six in 2016, is regrouping in Kashmir again and has carried more attacks on the security forces than the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM)outfits in the past two months, according to the police data.
Mamata for national pre-poll tie-up
Pitching the forthcoming Lok Sabha election as a battle between the BJP and a united opposition with the sole motive to oust the Narendra Modi government, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress President Mamata Banerjee said irrespective of the political differences in the State, there has to be a pre-poll alliance at the national level.
Sportstar Aces Lifetime Achievement Award for Prakash Padukone
Prakash Padukone was honoured for Lifetime Achievement while Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah shared the Sportsman of the Year (cricket) accolade at the Sportstar Aces Awards ceremony here on Thursday. It was to warm, heartfelt applause that Padukone received his award, before an audience of stars on a grand evening.
French govt. responsible for price, delivery in IGA: envoy
There is nothing stronger than an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) to guarantee a deal, French Ambassador in India Alexandre Ziegler said on Thursday, allaying concerns on the 36 jet Rafale deal between the two countries.
CCTVs will join the fight to curb lecherous babus
Around 11.45 on Thursday morning, Justice S.M. Subramaniam of the Madras High Court retired to his chambers for a short break before delivering his order on a batch of cases. A large number of lawyers, intelligence personnel, and journalists waited with bated breath for him to return.
CAG pulls up IAF for helicopter deal
The Comptroller and Auditor General in its report has pulled up the Indian Air Force (IAF) for framing its service specifications in the tenders for heavy lift and attack helicopters to suit “products of a particular vendor.” The IAF had chosen Chinook and Apache helicopters of Boeing from an evaluation process. The deliveries will begin this year.
