Government's big step on Uniform Civil Code, formation of GoM, responsibility assigned to 4 ministers
An informal GoM has been constituted on UCC. The team has been formed under the leadership of Kiren Rijiju. The names of G Kishan Reddy, Smriti Irani are also included in this.
Jul 06, 2023, 11:48 AM ISTUS Secretary Antony Blinken urges countries to hold Taliban accountable on counterterrorism
US Secretary Blinken urged unity in mitigating a potential humanitarian crisis and on holding the Taliban accountable on counterterrorism.
Sep 09, 2021, 12:21 PM ISTTrump terms Tillerson's ouster as Fake News
Quashing the speculation that the White House was hatching a plan to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, United States President Donald Trump has said that `he is not leaving`.
Dec 02, 2017, 07:49 AM ISTWhite House has plan to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA chief: US official
The White House has developed a plan to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with Mike Pompeo, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, within weeks, a senior Trump administration official said on Thursday.
Nov 30, 2017, 21:16 PM ISTNikki Haley denies designs on secretary of state job
US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley tried to scotch speculation Thursday that she is gunning to become secretary of state, saying she is not interested in the role.
Sep 22, 2017, 08:35 AM ISTBy preventing terrorism, Pak can be 'important partner': United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has issued a statement on Pakistan saying that the nation has suffered greatly from terrorism and can be an "important partner" in U.S.' shared goals of peace and stability, hours after President Donald Trump addressed America at the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall and presented his military strategy on Afghanistan.
Aug 22, 2017, 13:30 PM ISTDonald Trump's eldest son met Russian lawyer over damaging information on Hillary Clinton
The meeting between Donald Trump Jr and Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya was also attended by the President's campaign chairman at the time, Paul J Manafort, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, three advisers to the White House briefed on the meeting and two others with knowledge of it told The New York Times on Sunday.
Jul 10, 2017, 11:51 AM ISTDonald Trump gets his secretary of state but other fights loom
US President Donald Trump notched a victory Wednesday with Rex Tillerson anointed as his secretary of state.
Feb 02, 2017, 09:13 AM ISTRudy Giuliani up for secretary of state as Trump, Pence meet
Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani has emerged as a "serious" contender to become the next US secretary of state, a top aide to President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday, amid reports of intense infighting over key posts in the new administration.
Nov 16, 2016, 00:03 AM ISTIn jab at Donald Trump, John Kerry denounces torture
In an apparent jab at presidential challengers Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday the United States must never again resort to torture.
Apr 14, 2016, 01:41 AM IST