Trump has 81 percent of delegates needed to win nomination
April 29, 2016
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has picked up two more delegates in Rhode Island, giving him 81 percent of the delegates needed to clinch the nomination and avoid a contested convention.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses his supporters during a rally April 27 in Indianapolis.
China bars US warship from Hong Kong
April 29, 2016
The USS John C. Stennis, seen earlier this year in South Korea, is a nuclear-powered supercarrier capable of holding up to 90 aircraft
China has denied a US aircraft carrier permission to make a port visit to Hong Kong, the US state department says.
Agusta deal: Govt rejects charge that PM Modi struck deal with...
April 29, 2016
NEW DELHI – The government on Friday rebutted charges that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had struck a deal with Italy on Agusta Westland case and said the central issue was corruption and any other effort to divert from it was “misleading”.
Roll back sarkar: Five decisions that Modi govt went back on
April 29, 2016
The Centre rolled back on Friday a decision to lower the interest to 8.7% on the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and said deposits will earn 8.8% interest for 2015-16 as originally recommended by the Central Board of Trustees, EPFO’s apex decision-making body.
The decision is the newest in a series of multiple roll backs made by the NDA government.
‘I am in forced exile,’ says Vijay Mallya
April 29, 2016
LONDON: Vijay Mallya, the boisterous Indian beer and spirits tycoon, now cuts a chastened figure.
Vijay Mallya, former chairman of United Breweries Group, which owns the Kingfisher brand. Photographed in the Dorchester Hotel, London
Why India is Talking to the Wrong Sharif in Pakistan
April 28, 2016
ISLAMABAD – If there is any doubt on who calls the shots in Pakistan - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif or Chief of Army Staff Raheel Sharif - this incident dispels it.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff Raheel Sharif. (File Photo/Getty)
Make Modi’s educational qualifications public: Delhi CM Kejriwal to CIC
April 28, 2016
NEW DELHI – Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asked the Central Information Commission (CIC) on Thursday why it was not making the educational qualification of Prime Minister Narendra Modi public.
2016 IPL T20 Cricket: Pollard and Rohit’s fire and ice act...
April 28, 2016
Brief Scorecard: Mumbai Indians 178 for 4 (Rohit 68*, Pollard 51*, Narine 2-22) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 174 for 5 (Gambhir 59, Uthappa 36, Southee 2-38) by six wickets
Indian PM Modi Invited to Address US Congress During Visit in...
April 28, 2016
Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited to address a joint meeting of the US Congress on June 8 during his visit, Speaker of the US House of Representative Paul Ryan said on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama. (File Photo/Reuters)
Former US House Speaker Boehner Uncorks on ‘Lucifer’ Cruz, Says He...
April 28, 2016
Former House Speaker John Boehner said he'd vote for Donald Trump in the general election if he were the Republican presidential nominee, but he wouldn’t vote for Ted Cruz.
