Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday announced that the Waqf (Amendment) Act would not be implemented in the state, following violent protests in the Muslim-majority Murshidabad district that left at least three people dead and several others injured. Amidst growing unrest in pockets...
Beijing: China Friday raised its additional tariffs on imports from the US to 125 per cent in retaliation to the Trump administration's 145 per cent levies on Chinese exports. The Chinese Commerce Ministry here said China raised additional tariffs to 125 per cent on imported...
New Delhi: After successfully extraditing Tahawwur Hussain Rana from the US, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will start questioning the 26/11 plotter Friday. The anti-terror agency took custody of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind Thursday evening, on the orders of the Special Court in New...
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Thursday ‘formally arrested’ Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the key accused in the deadly 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, immediately after he landed at the Delhi airport following his extradition from the United States, according to an official statement. Rana was...
New Delhi: Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, was brought to India after being 'successfully extradited' from the US and was formally arrested, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) announced Thursday. The 64-year-old Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin landed in...
Washington: US President Donald Trump Wednesday announced a lower rate of 10 per cent for 90 days in reciprocal tariffs for trading partner countries that have not retaliated with higher levies on American goods — such as India — and further hiked the levy on...
Washington: Facing a global market meltdown, US President Donald Trump Wednesday abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days, but raised the tax rate on Chinese imports to 125 per cent. It was seemingly an attempt to narrow what had been...
Bhubaneswar: Amid internal strife in the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) over the Waqf Bill vote and growing speculation of a possible party split, BJD president and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday defended VK Pandian and denied his involvement in party affairs. “I want...
Bangkok: China again vowed to "fight to the end" Wednesday in an escalating trade war with the US as it announced it would raise tariffs on American goods to 84 per cent from Thursday. Beijing also added an array of countermeasures after US President Donald Trump...
Mumbai: The RBI Wednesday slashed key interest rate by 25 basis points, for the second time in a row, to support an economy hit by reciprocal tariffs imposed by the US. Following the rate cut, the key policy rate eased to 6 per cent, providing...
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