Category: Events

Home Events
Post

Trump hikes tariffs on South Korea to 25%; cites legislative delay in enacting ‘historic’ trade deal

Image: IANS, AP US president Donald Trump announced on Monday that he is raising tariffs on South Korean imports of autos, lumber and pharmaceuticals to 25 per cent, accusing the ally’s legislature of failing to uphold its trade agreement with the United States.Trump added that South Korea’s legislature has not approved the trade deal he...

Post

‘United for Kerala elections’: Congress leaders likely to meet Shashi Tharoor to settle issues

NEW DELHI: The Congress leadership is likely to meet senior party member Shashi Tharoor after his absence from a brainstorming session on Kerala elections last week triggered a row, suggesting he was unhappy with the party.Sources said the party brass is thinking of inviting Tharoor for a discussion to address his grievances.Tharoor set tongues wagging...

Post

Kolkata: At least 7 killed, 21 missing in massive warehouse fire; probe underway

PTI file photo KOLKATA: At least seven people were killed and 21 others reported missing after a massive fire tore through a warehouse complex in eastern Kolkata early Monday, trapping workers who had been sleeping inside units packed with flammable materials. The complex housed a decorators’ unit and a factory supplying a popular momo chain.Police...

Post

Woman arrested in alleged Trump assassination plot; recruited people on social media

A woman in West Virginia was arrested after she allegedly tried to recruit people to assassinate President Donald Trump, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said. The woman has been identified as Morgan Morrow, 39, and was charged with one count of terroristic threats. Deputies said Morrow was recruiting individuals to “pursue and assassinate” Trump, and...

Post

‘Crimes against humanity’: Bangladesh sentences ex-Dhaka police chief, 2 officers to death

DHAKA: Former Dhaka police commissioner and two other ex-police officers were on Monday sentenced to death by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for “crimes against humanity” during the 2024 violent protests that led to then PM Sheikh Hasina‘s ouster. A case in which death penalty was handed down to Hasina and then home minister Asaduzzaman...

× Free India Logo
Welcome! Free India