International

New York/Washington: The Ukraine conflict is “Modi's war”, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has alleged, saying the “road to peace” runs partly “right through New Delhi”. Navarro, President Donald Trump's Senior Counsellor for Trade and Manufacturing, in an interview to Bloomberg Wednesday claimed that...

New York/Washington: The Trump administration is planning to change the H1B programme, the most sought-after non-immigrant visa among Indian IT professionals, and also bring changes to the Green Card process, US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has said. “I'm involved in changing the H1B programme....

Washington: Former US Charge d'Affaires to India, Donald Heflin, has warned that Washington's unpredictable diplomatic approach is complicating trade negotiations with New Delhi. Speaking exclusively to IANS, Heflin, who is now a Senior Fellow at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, argued that the traditional...

New York/Washington: A shooter who opened fire at a Minneapolis Catholic School, killing two children, had ‘Nuke India' written on one of the guns, according to video footage of the alleged arsenal used by him. The shooter, identified as Robin Westman, 23, from Minnesota, opened...

New York: Describing the India-US relationship as "very complicated", US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Wednesday hoped that "at the end of the day, we will come together." "This is a very complicated relationship. President (Donald) Trump or Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi have very good relationships...

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Awami League party Wednesday strongly condemned the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government for indiscriminately arresting its leaders and activists across the country, while failing to capture identified fugitive terrorists. Slamming the “illegal usurper” Yunus and “his clique” on the mass arbitrary arrest of Awami...

Virginia: Asserting that India enjoys the most comprehensive and multifaceted relationship with the United States, Former Foreign Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Harsh Vardhan Shringla has emphasised that New Delhi and Washington will find a way to conclude a satisfactory, mutually beneficial Free Trade Agreement...

Islamabad: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's party has decided to boycott the upcoming by-elections for national and provincial assemblies, in line with the opinion of its founder. Several seats of the national and provincial assemblies became vacant last month after the conviction of leaders...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's Supreme Court Wednesday issued notices to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Cabinet over the India-funded Sri Lanka Unique Digital Identity (SL-UDI) programme following a petition alleging violation of fundamental rights. The petition was filed by former minister Wimal Weerawansa, who contended...

London: Indians have emerged as the nationality with the largest percentage increase in convictions for sexual offences in the UK amid a wider surge in foreigners being sentenced for such crimes over the past four years in the country, according to an analysis of British...