Washington: President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he plans to place tariffs of over 10 per cent on smaller countries, including nations in Africa and the Caribbean. "We'll probably set one tariff for all of them," Trump said, adding that it could be "a...
Jalandhar: The Punjab Police Wednesday arrested the man allegedly responsible for the hit-and-run incident that led to the death of 114-year-old marathon legend Fauja Singh on the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway. The accused, Amritpal Singh Dhillon, a 26-year-old non-resident Indian (NRI) originally from Kartarpur in Jalandhar, was...
New Delhi: Children who obtained Aadhaar when they were below the age of five need to mandatorily update their biometrics after crossing the age of seven, else they will have to face risk of deactivation of their unique id, according to an official statement. The...
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court Tuesday stayed the arrest of cricketer Yash Dayal in connection with an FIR against him for allegedly sexually exploiting a woman. A bench comprising Justices Siddhartha Varma and Anil Kumar passed the order on Dayal's petition challenging the FIR. Staying...
New Delhi: Political parties relying on caste considerations are equally dangerous for the country, the Supreme Court observed Tuesday as it refused to entertain a plea seeking cancellation of the registration of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) as a political party. A bench of...
New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh said Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who returned to Earth Tuesday after an 18-day stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), is expected to arrive in India by August 17 following a series of post-mission procedures. "There are certain SOPs...
Pune: The Juvenile Justice Board Tuesday rejected the Pune police's plea seeking that a 17-year-old boy accused of driving a Porsche car in an inebriated state and mowing down two persons last year be treated as an adult for the trial in the case. The...
Bengaluru: In a shocking incident, a college girl was allegedly raped by her two lecturers and their friend in Bengaluru, police said Tuesday. The Marathahalli Police have arrested all three accused in connection with the case. The matter was referred to the police by the...
Tianjin: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar Tuesday held discussions with the Foreign Ministers of Russia and Iran on the sidelines of the SCO Foreign Ministers Council meeting in China's Tianjin. "Reviewed our bilateral cooperation and global developments with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov of Russia...
New Delhi: Waving and smiling to cameras, Shubhanshu Shukla and three other Axiom-4 mission astronauts emerged from the Dragon Grace spacecraft Tuesday, taking their first breath of fresh air after completing their 20-day space sojourn. The 39-year-old Shukla, commander Peggy Whitson and mission specialists Slawosz...
More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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By Dilip Cherian The litany of extensions continues. The latest is Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, whose tenure the Modi...
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