Trump plans tariffs on Mexico, Canada for Tuesday, while doubling existing 10% tariffs on China

Washington: President Donald Trump says he plans to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting Tuesday, in addition to doubling the 10 per cent universal tariff charged on imports from China. Posting on Truth Social Thursday, Trump said that illicit drugs such as fentanyl are being smuggled into the United States at “unacceptable levels" and that import taxes would force other countries to crackdown on the trafficking. “We cannot allow this...

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Pune bus rape: Police announce Rs1lakh reward for tip about accused; drones deployed for manhunt

Pune bus rape: Police announce Rs1lakh reward for tip about accused; drones deployed for manhunt

Mumbai/Pune: Police Thursday announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for information about the history-sheeter who allegedly raped a 26-year-old woman inside a bus at Pune's Swargate bus station and deployed drones as part of their manhunt, officials said. Amid the frantic police efforts to make a breakthrough, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut drew parallels between the crime and the 2012 Delhi gang rape and targeted Pune guardian minister Ajit...

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Rescue operation intensified in Telangana tunnel

Rescue operation intensified in Telangana tunnel

Hyderabad: Rescue teams intensified operation to rescue eight persons trapped in the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district Thursday, the sixth day after the partial collapse of the under-construction tunnel. Teams of the Army, the Navy, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and rat hole miners were removing silt and debris from the tunnel with the target of completing the rescue operation in two days. The rescue...

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Pakistan’s Champions Trophy campaign ends on winless note

Pakistan's Champions Trophy campaign ends on winless note

Rawalpindi: Pakistan's campaign in the Champions Trophy ended on a winless note after their match against Bangladesh was called off without a ball being bowled due to incessant rain here Thursday. The match was effectively a dead-rubber, with both teams already out of contention after failing to secure a win in their two previous matches. Pakistan, hosting an ICC tournament for the first time in 29 years, had hoped for a...

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Nadda begins 2-day Odisha visit, to attend NHM event

Bhubaneswar: Union Health and Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda Thursday began his two-day Odisha visit, during which he is scheduled to attend a programme of the National Health Mission (NHM) being held in Puri February 28. Nadda, who is also the BJP's national president, reached the Biju Patnaik International Airport here. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Odisha...

Plan to promote livestock farming flops in Dhamnagar

Odisha govt to provide free treatment, vaccination for livestock

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to provide free treatment and vaccination for livestock from March 1, Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Minister Gokulananda Mallik said Thursday. The government has taken a path-breaking step in respecting the request of the people of the state. Fees have been exempted from the treatment and vaccination of animals like cattle,...

Suspected car ramming attack in Israel wounds at least eight

Suspected car ramming attack in Israel wounds at least eight

Tel Aviv: Israeli police are investigating an episode in which a driver rammed his car into people at a highway bus stop, wounding at least eight Thursday in what authorities believed was a militant attack. Police said they had “neutralised” the suspect, who they described as a 53-year-old Palestinian from the northern West Bank who lived in...

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