Washington, Feb 27 (IANS) A Republican lawmaker has introduced legislation in the US House of Representatives to authorise the death penalty for individuals convicted of raping children under federal law, declaring there would be “zero mercy for child rapists” and that those who prey on minors should face “the harshest consequence we can deliver.”Unveiling the Death Penalty for Child Rapists Act, Congresswoman Nancy Mace said the proposal would send “an unmistakable message: Child rapi…
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Washington, Feb 24 (IANS) President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday night (early Wednesday morning local India time) and he said it will be lengthy.“It is going to be a long speech because we have so much to talk about,” Trump said at an event in the East Room of the White House.The speech comes at a tense moment in Washington. The Supreme Court has struck down most of Trump’s global tariff programme. The ruling has revived debate over presidential trade…
Mumbai, Feb 21 (IANS) The Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (SS-UBT) on Saturday criticised the Union government, saying that as global investigations into the Jeffrey Epstein scandal intensify, a sharp contrast has emerged between the judicial accountability displayed in the United Kingdom and the “perceived political shielding of officials” in India.While Britain justifies its title of “Great Britain” through concrete judicial action, India’s “self-proclaimed” status as “Vishwaguru” (Worl…
Washington, Feb 20 (IANS) President Donald Trump declined to outline any potential US military strategy on Taiwan or Iran, while setting what he described as a short deadline for Tehran and weighing in on fresh controversy surrounding Britain’s royal family.Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, on his way to Georgia on Thursday, Trump criticised a political rival’s response to a question on Taiwan, saying: “You don’t talk about military strategy, you could have taken an easy pass on …
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) Amid raging controversy for equating Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Tipu Sultan, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Tuesday expressed his regret and apologised to the Shivaji devotees for the misuse of his words, saying that it was never his intention to hurt anyone’s feelings. He also condemned the BJP for allegedly twisting his stamens and said that due to the latter’s filthy mischief, the sentiments of Shivaji devotees have been …
Washington, Feb 17 (IANS) American President Donald Trump said he would be “involved in those talks indirectly” as US and Iranian officials prepare to meet in Geneva, expressing hope for a breakthrough while warning of consequences if diplomacy fails.“Typically, Iran’s a very tough negotiator,” Trump told reporters abroad Air Force One on his way back from Florida. “I hope, I hope they be more reasonable. They want to make a deal.”He added, “I don’t think they want the consequences…
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned twice on Friday due to continued protests and uproar by opposition members over various issues and will reconvene after a three-week recess on March 9. The first part of the Budget Session, since it began in the first week of February, witnessed repeated chaos and disruption, noisy scenes, government-opposition confrontation over a host of issues ranging from the India-US trade deal, unpublished memoirs of Former Army Chief General M.M. Narava…
Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) Actress Bhumi Pednekar is over the moon after getting a brand-new haircut and couldn’t wait to share her excitement on social media. The actress took to her Instagram handle to unveil her fresh look, flaunting her chic haircut in a series of pictures.“Am so happy that I got bangs,” she wrote as the caption.Recently, Bhumi celebrated two years of the crime thriller “Bhakshak” .Reflecting on the journey of the hard-hitting film, Bhumi shared that when Bhakshak was r…
Washington, Feb 11 (IANS) The White House pushed back on renewed questions about President Donald Trump’s past ties to Jeffrey Epstein and said the administration stands firmly behind Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump had long distanced himself from Epstein.“The president has always remained consistent and that he kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club at Mar-a-Lago because, frankly, Jeffrey Epstein was a creep,” she said.She added that Trump “…
New York, Feb 11 (IANS) US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admitted that he and his family had lunch with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on the latter’s private island in 2012.”I did have lunch with him, as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation,” Lutnick said during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Tuesday. “And we had lunch on the island, that is true, for an hour.””I did not have any relationship with him. I barely had anything to do with that person,” …