Washington: President Donald Trump has revoked Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a senior White House officialFriday. Former vice presidents typically get federal government protection for six months after leaving office, while ex-presidents do so for life. But another person...
New Delhi: Poll authorities in Bihar have issued notices to nearly three lakh electors with "doubtful citizenship", officials said Friday. The three lakh electors are among the 7.24 crore people who have found their names in the draft electoral rolls published August 1 as part...
Dehradun: Five people were killed and eleven others went missing as heavy rains and a series of cloudbursts wreaked havoc in various districts of Uttarakhand early Friday, triggering landslides that damaged houses and left people buried under mounds of rubble, officials said. Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Tehri,...
Tokyo: Japan Friday set an investment target of 10 trillion yen in India over a decade and the two sides firmed up a mega roadmap to bolster cooperation in several key areas such as critical minerals, defence and technology, in decisions that came amid economic...
Tokyo: Terming it as "crucial" for a multi-polar Asia and a multi-polar world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said that stable, predictable and amicable ties between India and China can have a positive impact on regional, global peace and prosperity. In an interview with Japan's...
Tokyo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba Friday participated in the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit being held at Kantei, the official residence of PM of Japan. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, India's Ambassador to Japan Sibi...
New Delhi: Despite repeated allegations of "vote theft" and "voter list manipulation" from the Opposition parties, the Election Commission of India (ECI) Friday revealed that only 117 claims and objections were received from political parties during the period from August 1-29. This contrasts sharply with...
New Delhi: Opposition-ruled states Friday said the Centre's proposal for GST rate rejig could result in a revenue loss of about Rs 1.5 crore to Rs 2 lakh crore and demanded compensation for the losses incurred by them. Finance ministers from eight states -- Himachal...
New Delhi: India plans to set up 3D-printed dwellings on Mars and launch precursor missions to land humans on the Red Planet in the next four decades, according to a roadmap for the future drawn up by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The roadmap...
New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah Friday launched a blistering attack on Rahul Gandhi, Congress and its allies for ‘facilitating’ abusive and offensive sloganeering against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Mahagathbandhan’s ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar’s Darbhanga. The Home Minister, speaking at an event...
By Aakar Patel Next week, on 3 November, America will have its midterm election. It is so called because it...
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By Dilip Cherian Five extensions in three months, including those of Cabinet Secretary T.V. Somanathan and Home Secretary Govind Mohan,...
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United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s second visit to India has ruffled quite a few feathers in New Delhi....
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By Aakar Patel The three democratic tools available to us are the vote, the court and protest. The only one...
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