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US Foreign Relations Committee Chair Ben Cardin calls alleged failed plot
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Regarding the US Justice Department's indictment of an Indian national for his alleged involvement in a failed assassination plot, US Senator and Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, Ben Cardin raised concerns and said that he will be chairing a Senate hearing on the issue.
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US Defence Secy, Blinken urge joint passage of Israel, Ukraine funding; ci
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Blinken, Austin, and several lawmakers highlighted the ties between the Middle East and Ukraine conflicts, emphasising Iran's role in arming Russia.
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439 Americans still stuck in Afghanistan, says Pentagon
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 27 (ANI): The Pentagon during a Senate hearing on Tuesday said that there are still 439 Americans trapped in Afghanistan and the US is in contact with most of them, a media report said.
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Facebook products 'harm' children, stoke division, weaken democracy: Whist
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US] October 6 (ANI): Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen on Tuesday (local time) argued at a Senate hearing that Congress needs to require more transparency from the social networking giant.
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No payments made to Taliban during evacuations: US
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 29 (ANI): US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and said they were not aware of any payments made to the Taliban by the US at any time during last month's evacuation.
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US lawmakers demand action against Pak for 'double dealing in Afghanistan'
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): For the second day, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Tuesday confronted a barrage of questions from US lawmakers about last month's withdrawal from Afghanistan and the attempts to rescue people and deal with a future Taliban government.
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White supremacists involved in US Capitol riots, say security officials
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 24 (ANI): White supremacists were involved in the January 6 insurrection, said top Capitol security officials on Tuesday (local time) during the Senate hearing on the intelligence and security failures at the Capitol.
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Trump impeachment : McConnell not ruling out calling witnesses for trial
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 24 (ANI): US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday said that he was not ruling out calling witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial - but indicated he was in no hurry to seek new testimony either - as politicians remain at an impasse over
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'iPhones made by different company', replies Pichai after US Congressman r
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 13 (ANI): A United States Congressman was left red-faced after asking a question to Google CEO Sundar Pichai pertaining to an iPhone issue during a Senate hearing.
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Will ensure fair elections take place in India: Zuckerberg at senate heari
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [U.S.A.], Apr. 11 (ANI): Testifying before US senators in the wake of Facebook's data breach scandal and foreign interference in election, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told them that his company will do everything to ensure fair polling takes place in India and other countries
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Data breach: Before senate hearing, Zuckerberg posts a Facebook message
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 11 (ANI): In the wake of Facebook's data breach scandal, its embattled CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a message on his page on the social networking website just an hour before he headed into the joint committee hearing at the Capitol Hill in Washington, United States of
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You're making me nervous: Jeff Sessions to Senator Kamala Harris
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], June. 14 (ANI): Things got intense between Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) during the Senate hearing, as the latter interrupted Sessions several times to press him on his responses and ask follow-up questions.
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