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New Delhi: The BJP flayed Rahul Gandhi Thursday for ‘echoing’ US President Donald Trump's ‘dead economy’ jibe at India, calling it a ‘shameful’ insult to the aspirations, achievements and well-being of the people of the country as it asked the Congress leader why he "repeats"...

New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday said it has finalised the Electoral College for the vice presidential election, necessitated due to the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar from the post. The vice president of India is elected by an Electoral College comprising the elected members and...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet Thursday approved a Rs 2,000 crore grant-in-aid to National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) for four years, a move that will help the organisation to mobilise more funds for lending. The decision in this regard was taken in the meeting of...

New Delhi: The BJP said Thursday that the Congress manufactured the theory of "Hindu terror" when in power to stop the rise of Narendra Modi, the then Gujarat chief minister, and to appease its Muslim voters, as it welcomed the acquittal of seven accused in...

Mumbai: Hours after a Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court acquitted all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case in which six people were killed and over 100 were injured, the victims and the families of the deceased Thursday expressed deep disappointment with...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday said everybody except Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman knows that India is a “dead economy”, as he alleged that the BJP-led government has destroyed India's economic, defence and foreign policies. Speaking with reporters in...

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump Wednesday announced the imposition of a 25 per cent additional import duty plus penalty on goods imported from India. The duty will come into effect from August 1. The unspecified penalty was imposed on India for purchasing crude oil...

New Delhi: Citing India's higher tariffs on American goods, US President Donald Trump has declared a 25 per cent tariff on Indian imports. However, shipments worth over $25 billion, primarily of smartphones and pharmaceuticals, are currently exempted from these higher tariffs. Pharmaceuticals and electronics (primarily...

Mumbai: Nearly 17 years after the Malegaon blast claimed six lives, a special court Thursday acquitted all seven accused, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit, noting there was "no reliable and cogent evidence" against them. No religion teaches violence,...

Chennai: Security officials at Chennai International Airport detained an American student early Thursday after he was found in possession of a satellite phone, a device banned in India for security reasons. The incident took place as a Scoot Airlines flight bound for Singapore was preparing...