Speaking on India’s S-400 defence missile deal with Russia, a senior State Department official said in a conference call on Friday that this was the time when the US will be encouraging India to look at alternatives. Ahead of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to India next week, …
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Relief from intense heatwave as monsoon arrives in Bihar, triggers rainfall
After triggering rainfall in Bihar’s Purnia, the monsoon is expected to arrive in Patna tomorrow. PATNA: In a big relief to people in Bihar, where intense heatwave and the outbreak of brain fever has claimed so many lives, the southwest monsoon arrived here on Friday triggering rainfall in some parts …
Read More »Death toll due to AES reaches 165, Muzaffarpur remains worst hit
The death toll in the Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH) reached 107 and that in Kejriwal hospital was 20. The Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) has claimed the lives of 165 children in Bihar till Saturday morning, plunging the state in a grim crisis. The deadly outbreak of the …
Read More »Mike Pompeo likely to press India for oil sanctions compliance amid US-Iran conflict: State official
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be visiting India from June 25 to June 27. Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is scheduled to visit India next week to deepen and broaden the bilateral relationship, is unlikely to offer any relief to New Delhi from sanctions on …
Read More »Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy shares a meal with school children, sleeps on floor during village stay
Hundreds of people greeted Kumaraswamy upon his arrival in Chandraki village in Gurmitkal taluk in north Karnataka’s Yadgir district. Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has earned praise for having dinner with the school children and sleeping on the floor during a visit to Chandraki village in the Yadgir district …
Read More »BJP delegation to visit violence-hit Bhatpara today, submit report to Home Minister Amit Shah
Internet services have been suspended and Section 144 has been imposed in the area after violence. KOLKATA: A three-member BJP central delegation will visit trouble-torn Bhatpara in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Saturday, where two persons were killed and several others injured in clashes between two groups suspected …
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