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Donald Trump wins Nevada’s Republican caucuses

Donald Trump wins Nevada’s Republican caucuses

world February 24, 2016 at 6:40 pm 0 comments

Las Vegas, February 24 Donald Trump on Wednesday scored decisive victory in Nevada’s crucial Caucuses, a third consecutive win that brightened the controversial real estate tycoon’s prospects to secure the Republican presidential nomination. The 69-year-old billionaire reality TV star trounced his Republican rivals with a resounding victory which sent shockwavesRead More

Iran imposes new $600,000 fatwa on Rushdie

Iran imposes new $600,000 fatwa on Rushdie

world February 24, 2016 at 6:39 pm 0 comments

London, February 24 Hardline Iranian news media outlets have raised USD 600,000 to add to a bounty for the killing of Salman Rushdie, it emerged on Wednesday, 27 years after a death fatwa was issued by Iran’s former supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini over one of the India-born author’s controversial novels.Read More

China ‘deploys fighter jets’ to contested island in South China Sea

China ‘deploys fighter jets’ to contested island in South China Sea

world February 24, 2016 at 6:36 pm 0 comments

Washington, February 24 China has deployed fighter jets to the same contested island in the South China Sea to which it also has sent surface-to-air missiles, US officials said on Tuesday. Citing two unnamed US officials, Fox News said US intelligence services had spotted Chinese Shenyang J-11 and Xian JH-7Read More

Migrant flow to Europe tops 100,000 this year: UN body

Migrant flow to Europe tops 100,000 this year: UN body

world February 24, 2016 at 6:35 pm 0 comments

Geneva, February 24 More than 110,000 migrants and refugees have crossed the Mediterranean to Greece and Italy so far this year, and 413 have lost their lives trying, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said today. As of today, 102,547 people had arrived in Greece, while another 7,507 had arrivedRead More

Trump adds India to list of nations he says poaching US jobs

Trump adds India to list of nations he says poaching US jobs

world February 24, 2016 at 6:31 pm 0 comments

Las Vegas, February 24 Donald Trump, the controversial Republican presidential front-runner, has added India to the list of countries that he says are ripping off jobs from the US and has pledged to bring them back if elected president. “What I did on June 16, we came out and weRead More

Ramon Castro, Cuban leader’s brother, dies at 91

world February 24, 2016 at 6:29 pm 0 comments

Havana, February 24 Ramon Castro, a lifelong rancher and farmer who bore a strong physical resemblance to younger brother Fidel Castro, has died, state media has announced. He was 91, Cuban state media reported yesterday. Widely known by his nickname “Mongo,” the white-bearded Ramon Castro preferred tending crops and livestockRead More

Obama lists plan to shut Gitmo

Obama lists plan to shut Gitmo

world February 24, 2016 at 6:27 pm 0 comments

Washington: The Obama administration on Tuesday released its long-awaited plan to close the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer remaining detainees to a facility in the US. But the proposal ducks the question of where the facility would be located and whether President Barack Obama could complete theRead More

‘Scared’ govt won’t let me speak in House: Rahul

‘Scared’ govt won’t let me speak in House: Rahul

India February 24, 2016 at 6:25 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, February 24 Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the government was “scared” and will try to muzzle his voice in Parliament on the JNU issue even as sparks flew in the Lok Sabha as the raging JNU row and suicide of Dalit student Rohith Vemula was takenRead More

Rail Budget: Prabhu on tightrope walk to balance finances with aspirations

Rail Budget: Prabhu on tightrope walk to balance finances with aspirations

India February 24, 2016 at 6:23 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, February 24 Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu faces a stiff dilemma on whether to raise fares and freight rates in his second Rail Budget tomorrow as railway finances come under tremendous strain. While the falling revenue collection and increasing demand for funding various capacity augmentation projects as well asRead More

Country can’t be held to ransom during agitations: SC

Country can’t be held to ransom during agitations: SC

India February 24, 2016 at 6:17 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, February 24 Expressing concern over damage to public and private properties during violent protests, the Supreme Court today said it would lay down “parameters” to fix accountability for losses on organisers as the country cannot be held to “ransom”. “The country must know what are the consequences. NoRead More