New Delhi: Employees and workers affiliated with 10 central trade unions went on a day-long strike Wednesday, but essential services remained unaffected. There were reports of the strike impacting a select few services in Kerala, Jharkhand, and Puducherry. The forum has claimed that 25 crore...
New York: US President Donald Trump doubled down on his threat to charge BRICS members an additional 10 per cent tariff and alleged that the group was “set up to degenerate our dollar”. Speaking to reporters as he presided over a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Trump...
Taipei: China imposed export controls Wednesday on eight companies tied to Taiwan's military as the self-ruled island started annual military exercises. China's Commerce Ministry added eight Taiwan-based firms including aerospace and shipbuilding companies, to an export control list, citing national and regional security concerns. The...
Mumbai: Hindi movie actress Alia Bhatt’s former secretary Vedika Shetty has been arrested for allegedly cheating the actress of Rs. 77 lakh. As per a statement by the Mumbai Police, Alia’s former secretary Vedika Shetty has been arrested by Mumbai’s Juhu Police in connection with...
New York/Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that under President Donald Trump's leadership, America “prevented and ended” a war between India and Pakistan. “Just going through a list here Mr President…and all these achievements that have happened domestically.…Under your leadership, we've prevented and...
New York/Washington: President Donald Trump Tuesday claimed that BRICS was established to “hurt" the US and "degenerate" the dollar as he warned that the member countries of the bloc would face a 10 per cent tariff. Trump made the remarks while talking to reporters at...
New Delhi: The Centre Tuesday rejected Elon Musk-run X's claims that it had directed the social media platform to block 2,355 accounts within the country, including Reuters, July 3. According to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), no such fresh blocking order or...
New Delhi: As Opposition parties join hands to hit out at the Election Commission over intensive revision of Bihar's voters' list, poll authority officials said Tuesday that the exercise is "inclusive". The Opposition has increased its intensity of attack on the EC for the electoral...
New Delhi: Calling out Pakistan’s malicious campaign, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Tuesday issued a Fact Check report on a ‘fake’ letter circulated on social media over the purported recall of an Indian defence official from the Embassy in Jakarta. “A #fake letter falsely...
New Delhi: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has submitted its preliminary report on the Air India 171 crash to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and other relevant authorities. This report, based on initial assessments and early findings, is expected to be made public later...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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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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