Prasad was questioned by the Narcotics Control Bureau in a drugs case related to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. By Rohini Chatterji Film producer and a former executive producer of Dharmatic Entertainment, Kshitij Prasad told the Bombay High Court on Sunday that he was forced to “falsely implicate” filmmaker Karan Johar and others […]
Donald Trump paid just $750 (£587) in federal income tax both in 2016, the year he ran for the US presidency, and in his first year in the White House, The New York Times says. The newspaper – which says it obtained tax records for Mr Trump and his companies over two decades – also says […]
TikTok has avoided a government-ordered block on new downloads in the US after a judge issued a temporary injunction. The video-sharing app had faced being removed from Apple’s App Store and Android’s Google Play marketplace at midnight local time in Washington DC. Existing US-based users would have been able to have continued using it. But […]
By Neha Arora, Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s president on Sunday approved three controversial agricultural bills amid nationwide protests by farmers who say the new laws will stunt their bargaining power and instead allow large retailers to have control over pricing. Farmers’ organisations say one of the three laws could lead to the government […]
By Nvard Hovhannisyan, Nailia Bagirova YEREVAN/BAKU (Reuters) – At least 16 military and several civilians were killed on Sunday in the heaviest clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan since 2016, reigniting concern about stability in the South Caucasus, a corridor for pipelines carrying oil and gas to world markets. The clashes between the two former Soviet republics, which […]
By Reuters Staff SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping said levels of happiness among all ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang are rising and that China plans to keep teaching its residents a “correct” outlook on China, Xinhua news agency reported late on Saturday. China has come under scrutiny over its treatment of […]
By Reuters Staff WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, said on Sunday she thinks a deal can be reached with the White House on a coronavirus relief package and that talks were continuing. “We are having our conversations. And when I have a conversation with the administration, it […]
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats are urging U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett to recuse herself from any election-related cases because of President Donald Trump’s comments that he expects the justices to potentially decide the outcome, but there is no way to force her to do so. Although U.S. law requires justices […]
WORLD Several people were injured after water cannons were fired and more than ten people had been taken into custody. Reuters WORLD Minsk: Belarusian security forces began detaining people and fired water cannon to disperse crowds as thousands took to the streets of Minsk in protest against the abrupt inauguration of veteran President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday. Ignoring calls for an end […]
ANALYSIS GOVERNMENT Far more Bills were sent to select committees for review under the two UPA regimes headed by Manmohan Singh. The Wire Analysis GOVERNMENT New Delhi: On September 22, eight opposition MPs of the Rajya Sabha spent the night by the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the lawns of parliament, the country’s highest law-making body. […]
