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Madikeri, Aug 25: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who paid a visit to Karnataka’s flood-hit Kodagu yesterday to review the army's relief operations, lost her cool at a press conference and blasted district in-charge minister Sa Ra Mahesh publicly. The union minister got upset after the Karnataka minister asked her to wind up the press conference at the district commissioner PI Sreevidya’s

Jerusalem, Aug 25: The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees suggested that the US slashed his budget early this year to punish the Palestinians for their criticism of the American recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, but he warned that the Palestinian refugee issue will not go away. The comments by Pierre Kraehenbuehl came amid signs that the US, with Israeli support, is aiming

Washington, Aug 25: The Trump administration has decided to cut more than $200 million in bilateral aid to the Palestinians, following a review of the funding for projects in the West Bank and Gaza, the State Department said Friday. The department notified Congress of the decision in a brief, three-paragraph notice sent first to lawmakers and then to reporters. It said the administration will

Washington, Aug 25: US President Donald Trump on Friday pulled the plug on his top diplomat's upcoming trip to North Korea -- and took a swipe at China over stalled efforts to disarm Kim Jong Un's regime. "I have asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo not to go to North Korea, at this time, because I feel we are not making sufficient progress with respect to the denuclearization of the Korean

Ajmer, Aug 24: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, his son and Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy along with their family members recently under took a pilgrimage to two holy places in Rajasthan. The family travelled along with their palmist. The family conducted a special ritual for two hours in a closed room at Brahma temple in Pushkar on Thursday. In the evening, they also went to Ajmer

New Delhi, Aug 24: WhatsApp has rejected India's demand for a solution to track the origin of messages on its platform, saying building traceability will undermine end-to-end encryption and affect privacy protection for users. Emphasising that people use its platform for all kinds of "sensitive conversations", the Facebook-owned company said the focus is on educating people about misinformation

Washington, Aug 24: Pakistan has been playing a dubious role in Afghanistan while dealing with the Taliban and other terror outfits, alleged a veteran United States army colonel, Lawrence Sellin. Sellin, who has served in Afghanistan, northern Iraq and a humanitarian mission of West Africa, wrote in The Daily Caller that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) provided arms and ammunition to

New Delhi, Aug 24: While his party binds the people of India, the BJP-RSS divides them and spreads hatred, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has said. Addressing the Indian diaspora at a function organised by the Indian Overseas Congress in Berlin on Thursday night, he said the Congress's thought of "unity in diversity" came from the times of Guru Nanak Dev. Taking on the BJP-led NDA government in

Kochi, Aug 24: Thomas Mar Athanasios, Metropolitan of the Chengannur diocese of Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church, died after he fell from a moving train here on Friday morning. Mar Athanasios, 80, was on his way back to Ernakulam from Baroda. Reports said he was standing near the door to alight at the Ernakulam Junction railway station when it slammed shut, throwing him to the track near Pullepady

Islamabad, Aug 24: Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said Pakistan stands ready to provide any humanitarian assistance to flood-ravaged Kerala as he sent best wishes to those affected by the devastating deluge. Incessant rains have claimed over 230 lives in Kerala since August 8. At least 10.10 lakh people are still lodged in camps. Khan, who took the oath as Pakistan's Prime