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Eastern Libyan forces hand El Sharara oilfield to oil guards
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Eastern Libyan forces handed over control of the El Sharara oilfield to an oil security force, officials said on Tuesday, in a bid to encourage state oil firm NOC to restart production that has been halted since December.
Rahul appoints secretaries to assist Priyanka, Scindia in UP
As part of efforts to ramp up the party organisation in Uttar Pradesh ahead of Lok Sabha elections, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday appointed six AICC secretaries to assist party general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Telangana Government allocates portfolios to new ministers
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Tuesday allocated ministries to ten new members in the state cabinet.Senior TRS leader Etela Rajender has been given the charge of Medical and Health and Family Welfare ministry and A Indrakaran Reddy was allocated with Endowments, Law, Forest and Environment, Science and Technology ministry.Another second time minister, Talasani Srinivas Yadav was made minister for Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Dairy Development and Cinematography whereas G Jagadish Reddy got Education.First-time minister S Niranjan Reddy has been put in charge of minister for Agriculture, Cooperation, Marketing, Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs.Among other members of the Telangana cabinet, V Prashanth Reddy has been given the charge for Transport, Roads and Buildings, Legislative Affairs and Housing and Koppula Eshwar has been allocated with Scheduled Castes Development, Tribal Welfare, BC Welfare, Minority Welfare, Disabled Welfare and Senior Citizens ...
Trump snubs California for failed Fast train Project
United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched a scathing attack against California, who was among 16 states that sued the President for declaring a national emergency, and said that the state has wasted billions of dollars on a failed Fast Train project."As I predicted, 16 states, led mostly by Open Border Democrats and the Radical Left, have filed a lawsuit in, of course, the 9th Circuit! California, the state that has wasted billions of dollars on their out of control Fast Train, with no hope of completion, seems in charge!" he tweeted..
German halt in Saudi arms sales hurting UK industry: Hunt
BERLIN (Reuters) - Britain has urged Germany to exempt big defence projects from its efforts to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia or face damage to its commercial credibility, the German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Tuesday.
India, Spain express support for rules-based free trade, multilateralism
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Spanish counterpart Josep Borrell on Tuesday agreed, following a bilateral meeting in the Spanish capital, that both countries supported the promotion of multilateralism and a rules-based concept of free trade.
Meghalaya Congress women chief demands recall of Governor Roy
Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy on Tuesday supported a call for boycott of "everything Kashmiri" following the terror attack at Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF troopers on Thursday.
Pakistan welcomes economic lifeline from Saudi
Pakistan hopes to apply oil to its stuttering economy in the form of a $20 billion investment pledged by the Saudi crown prince during his visit to the south Asian nation, where he was received with pomp and ceremony.
Italian Senate to vote within 60 days if Minister to face trial in migrant case
Rome, Feb 20 (IANS/AKI) After a committee of Italy's Senate on Tuesday blocked a request for hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini to stand trial over 177 migrants he left stranded off Sicily on a rescue ship for ten days last August, the full upper house of parliament will be called to vote on the issue within 60 days.
U.S. wants pledge for stable Chinese yuan as talks resume: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is seeking to secure a pledge from China it will not devalue its yuan as part of an agreement intended to end the countries' trade war, Bloomberg reported on Monday.
Demographic changes in Assam, Bengal, J&K, Kerala aided rise of fundamentalist forces: Himanta
Indicating that the activities of fundamentalist forces are growing in Assam, state Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that major demographic changes in the state provided a fertile ground for the rise of these forces.
JNU prof says Mufti ordered removal of barriers that led to Pulwama attack; PDP to take legal action
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday termed a JNU professor as "diabolical and ignorant" after the latter alleged that vehicle checking on the Jammu-Srinagar highway, where a terror attack killed 40 CRPF personnel, was relaxed by the former chief minister. Amita Singh, a professor of law, governance and disaster studies at the JNU, also asked the PDP chief to give "40 people for public execution" if she really was hurt by the deaths of the paramilitary personnel in last week's terror attack in Pulwama. "The RDX filled vehicle could not be checked as the 3 check barriers were removed by mehbooba mufti. Governor pl. reinstate everything removed by her. Mehbooba Mf. Should now hand over her 40 people for public execution if she really feels hurt for our 40 soldiers.culpability," Singh had tweeted on February 16. Responding to the tweet, the PDP tagged the Delhi Police and called for legal action against her. "This is a professor at #JNU making up concocted stories & ridiculous ...
Pulwama terror attack: All Indian Cine Workers Association ask for visa cancellation, deportation of Pakistani artistes
The All Indian Cine Workers Association today wrote a letter to the Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, asking for Pakistani artistes to be deported and their visas cancelled following the Pulwama terror attack.The Association had earlier announced a blanket ban on Pakistani actors and artistes working in the Indian film industry following the attack in Jammu and Kashmir that left 40 CRPF jawans dead.In the letter, AICWA said that they strongly condemn the attack and express their deepest condolences to the families of the slain soldiers.Stating that they stand united, AICWA wrote that the attack was a "cowardly, shameful and most disgraceful act of Pakistan."The letter elaborated, "All Indian Cine Workers Association request smt Sushma swaraj ji and our hon prime minister to kindly cancelled visas of Pakistani artists and deport them to Pakistan with immediate effect.""There is an end point now to stop Pakistanis to earn commercial remuneration Indians by injuncting them from
Divide Pakistan into 3 parts and merge PoK with India: Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev
There is a need to divide Pakistan into three parts and merge Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) with India, said Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev here on Tuesday."On the occasion of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti, I urge India to divide Pakistan into three regions. Provide economic and military support to secessionist groups in Balochistan for its separation from Pakistan, and make efforts to merge PoK with India," Ramdev told ANI here.He also called Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan "a puppet" of Pakistan Army and terrorist organisations. Reacting to Khan's statement where he asked India to provide "actionable evidence" to prove the role of Pakistan in February 14 terror attack, Ramdev said: "Imran Khan is only a puppet of the army and terrorist organisation. His country has no democracy."In a televised address on Tuesday, Khan asked India to provide "actionable evidence" about Pakistani links to February 14 attack in south Kashmir, promising that his government will "take action."Ramdev .
Congress opts for positive campaigning for LS polls with stress on solution to problems: Sources
The Congress party's Publicity Committee met on Tuesday and decided to adopt a 'bottom to top' approach for publicity in view of the coming Lok Sabha elections, sources said.Anand Sharma is the chairman of the Publicity Committee, while Pawan Khera serves as its convenor. Besides them, the meeting was also attended by heads of various state-level publicity committees of the party.The party has decided to move forward with a positive approach and highlight the NDA government's failures with an alternate solution to them, according to party sources.The meeting also decided to create "publicity war rooms" in each state, said sources. The party is said to have decided to give more reliance on the Congress workers and Panchayat leaders than private firms for publicity campaigns.Sources said the Congress president Rahul Gandhi has directed that fewer firms will be engaged for the publicity work."Coordination teams are being set up to connect Panchayat-district-state teams to central teams ..
US envoy tells Pakistan to end support to terror groups
Condemning the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district that had left 40 CRPF troopers dead, US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster on Tuesday urged Pakistan to end support to terror groups operating on its soil.
Rahul appoints 6 AICC secretaries for UP
Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday appointed six AICC secretaries for Uttar Pradesh --three each attached to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Jyotiraditya Scindia. Priyanka Gandhi and Jyotiraditya Scindia were appointed AICC general secretary in-charge of UP east and UP west respectively in January and took charge earlier this month. Zubair Khan, Kumar Ashish, and Bajirao Khade were named as AICC secretaries attached to Priyanka Gandhi, a party statement said. It said Rana Goswami, Dhiraj Gurjar, and Rohit Chaudhary were namedas AICC secretaries attached to Scindia. Prakash Joshi and Naseeb Singh were relieved from their duties as AICC secretaries, the statement said. Priyanka Gandhi and Scindia held a series of discussions with party workers last week in Lucknow, with at least one session lasting through the night. The Congress is trying to revive itself in the state where it faces a challenge from the Bharatiya Janata Party as well as from the alliance of Samajwadi Party and Bahujan ..
German halt in Saudi arms sales hurting UK industry - Hunt
BERLIN (Reuters) - Britain has urged Germany to exempt big defence projects from its efforts to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia or face damage to its commercial credibility, the German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Tuesday.
BJP government opts against ordinance on Citizenship bill
Facing stiff opposition from its own allies in the northeast, the Modi government has opted against an ordinance on the Citizenship Amendment Bill even as it approved four other ordinances at a meeting of the Union Cabinet on Tuesday.
Pak army violates ceasefire in J-K's Rajouri sector
Pakistani army on Tuesday evening violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district in the bordering state of Jammu and Kashmir.The violation took place at around 7 pm. No casualties have been reported so far. According to sources, the Indian Army is retaliating strongly and effectively.More details are awaited. This comes close on the heels of a terror attack on CRPF convoy in Pulwama district on February 14 in which as many as 40 jawans were killed, and many others were injured.Only recently, India had summoned Pakistan High Commission official and had lodged a strong protest at the unprovoked firings along the LoC in the Valley.