Rumsfeld on unannounced post-election visit to Iraq
US Defense Secretary said training the Iraqi security forces was the crucial task that lies ahead.
By Agence France-Presse | PTI, Mosul, Iraq
PUBLISHED ON FEB 11, 2005 07:07 PM IST
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Friday made a surprise visit to US troops in the turbulent northern Iraqi city of Mosul, saying they could "go home with honour" once Iraqi forces were able to defeat insurgents.
Rumsfeld, the highest ranking administration official to visit Iraq since the country's historic elections on January 30, said training the Iraqi security forces was the crucial task that lies ahead.
He told several hundred soldiers, including some Iraqi forces gathered at Mosul's airport, that it would "take some time" but the Iraqis must prepare themselves.
"Because it is the Iraqis who are going to have to, over time, defeat the insurgents. It is their country. It is their responsibility."
"Once they have confidence and capacity and capability, our forces, coalition forces, will be able to go home. And go home with the honour you will have earned," he said.
His first stop in Mosul after arriving from a NATO meeting in Nice, France was at a combat surgical hospital where he visited a US soldier wounded by a sniper earlier this week, earning him his second purple heart medal in two months.
‘No teeth’: SC wants stricter OTT rules
By Utkarsh Anand, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 04:25 AM IST
- Giving two weeks to the government to come back with its response, the bench then formally recorded in its order that one of the issues that has caught its attention is “uncontrolled and unscreened viewing of films” on Amazon Prime Video and other OTT platforms.
Widen network, say experts as India aims to boost drive
By Rhythma Kaul, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 06, 2021 04:19 AM IST
- The roughly 20,000 centres being used for the vaccine drive at the moment are hospitals, private as well as public, while many primary and secondary health centres at present are kept out of the programme.
New Delhi rejects report as ‘misleading, misplaced’
By HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 03:30 AM IST
- The external affairs ministry, which too rejected Freedom House’s report, also took exception to the depiction of Jammu and Kashmir in the map used in the document.
OCIs need nod for Tablighi, journalistic work: Centre
By HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 03:23 AM IST
- A home ministry spokesperson said these rules prepared by the Foreigners’ Division were part of a brochure issued on November 15, 2019. The rules were consolidated and notified on Thursday.
K’taka ministers move court against airing of ‘defamatory content’
By Sharan Poovanna, Hindustan Times, Bengaluru
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 03:18 AM IST
- After the allegations on Jarkiholi, there were unverified reports of several similar videos and other sex scandals against other cabinet ministers.
India set to achieve Paris pact targets before deadline: PM Modi
By Rajeev Jayaswal, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 03:11 AM IST
- India is a signatory to the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
CM in 1st list; DMK-Cong hit stalemate
By Divya Chandrababu, Hindustan Times, Chennai
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 03:02 AM IST
- On the other hand, the DMK’s stalemate continued with its main and long standing ally, the Congress, on seat sharing.
EC orders removal of PM’s images from vaccine certificates: Officials
By Deeksha Bhardwaj
UPDATED ON MAR 06, 2021 04:33 AM IST
- The person said it was imperative that the photographs are removed from certificates distributed in the poll bound states, adding that the system can continue in other states.
PM to head committee, Sonia and Tendulkar among 259 members
By HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 02:39 AM IST
- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, former President Pratibha Patil, economist Amartya Sen, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, spiritual leader Baba Ramdev, chief ministers of states and senior political leaders are among those included in the panel.
NIA probes Jamaat-e-Islami’s J&K chapter
By Neeraj Chauhan, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 01:21 AM IST
- According to Indian agencies, the JeI has maintained that J&K is a disputed territory.
YSRC bags all 6 MLC seats unopposed; silent on abolition of legislative council
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 01:18 AM IST
- Interestingly, the election of the six YSRC members comes at a time when a resolution adopted by the Jagan Mohan Reddy government in the state assembly in January 2020, seeking abolition of the legislative council, is still pending with the Union home ministry.
Andhra CM Jagan Reddy urges SC to restart Amravati land scam probe
By Abraham Thomas
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 01:05 AM IST
- When the matter came up before a bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy on Friday, the bench adjourned it to April 7 as it had no time for a full fledged hearing.
6 new cases of UK’s Covid-19 strain found in Indore, warning issued
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 12:51 AM IST
- Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also held a review meeting on Friday to discuss with the divisional commissioners the steps being taken to contain the spread of the infection.
Container Corporation of India to push production, end dependency on China
By HT Correspondent, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 06, 2021 12:30 AM IST
- There is a cost difference of about 25-30 per cent in containers made in India and abroad.
India pushes China for disengagement at remaining friction points on LAC
By Rezaul H Laskar, Sutirtho Patranobis
PUBLISHED ON MAR 06, 2021 12:18 AM IST
- After an agreement last month on pulling back frontline troops along with armoured vehicles and artillery from strategic heights around Pangong Lake, the two sides have been unable to make progress on disengagement at other friction points such as Depsang, Hot Springs and Gogra.