Tag: Us Lawmakers

Washington:  A train carrying dozens of US lawmakers, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, to their legislative retreat in West Virginia has crashed, leaving one person dead, media reports said. The train carrying several Republican members of the Congress hit a truck in Crozet, Virginia, outside Charlottesville at 11.20 a.m. on Wednesday, Amtrak said in a statement. […]

Washington: A group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill in the senate that would impose tighter sanctions against Iran over its ballistic missile programme. If approved, the sanctions would affect all people involved in the programme and those with terror links to the Revolutionary Guards, Efe news reported. The legislation would also require […]

Washington: Two US lawmakers have expressed concerns over the human rights situation in Kashmir, and urged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to press India to immediately end the communication blockade and release those who have been detained. In a letter to Pompeo dated September 11, Pramila Jayapal, the first and the only Indian-American Congresswoman in […]

Washington: A group of American lawmakers have expressed concern over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and urged the US envoys in India and Pakistan to facilitate de-escalation of tension between the two countries as it presents “tremendous danger” to global peace and a clear national security risk for the US. In a letter to […]

Dharamsala: Reaffirming Washington’s continued support to the Tibetan cause, US lawmakers want sanctions against China for interfering with the selection of a new Dalai Lama. Also, they favoured establishing a diplomatic office in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, to monitor the brutal tactics of the Chinese government towards religion, culture and language. The current Dalai […]

Washington: The United States on Thursday sought from India a “roadmap” to political and economic normalcy in Kashmir and immediate release of all political detainees as it asked Pakistan to take “sustained and irreversible” steps against militants and terrorists in its territory. Most of the top-level and second-rung separatist politicians of Jammu and Kashmir have […]

Washington: The violence over the amended citizenship act in India’s capital New Delhi drew sharp reactions from US lawmakers with the mainstream media prominently reporting it along with the just-concluded visit of President Donald Trump. Reacting to the violence that has claimed at least 13 lives in the past a couple of days, US Congresswoman […]