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Kapil Sibal’s car damaged after his criticism of Gandhis
New Delhi: Soon after Congress leader Kapil Sibal taunted the party leadership with his “G-23, not Ji Huzoor-23” comment, party workers protested outside his house with “Get well soon” placards and damaged his car. Workers of the Youth Congress also raised slogans of “Leave the party! Come to your...
US bars flight with Americans from Kabul from landing
Washington: The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday denied U.S. landing rights for a charter plane carrying more than 100 Americans and U.S. green card holders evacuated from Afghanistan, organizers of the flight said. “They will not allow a charter on an international flight into a U.S. port of...
Court says Delhi riots were part of conspiracy
New Delhi: The Delhi riots of 2020 were planned and calculated to cause disruptions and were not triggered by any incident, the High Court said while refusing bail to one of the accused in the case on Monday. “The February 2020 riots were a conspiracy, planned and executed. They...
Welcome posters ahead of Kanhaiya’s Cong entry
New Delhi: Student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and Gujarat Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani are set to join the Congress today. Posters welcoming Kanhaiya Kumar to the party were put up outside the Congress office in Delhi this morning, hours ahead of the widely reported switch. Kanhaiya Kumar joined the CPI...
BSP’s RS Kushwaha meets Akhilesh amidst defection rumours
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) National General Secretary RS Kushwaha met Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today, triggering speculations of his shifting allegiance ahead of next year’s Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. However, the interaction at the Samajwadi Party office has been described by both sides as a “courtesy meeting”....
RSS calls Infosys ‘anti-national’, attacks Amazon over bribe
New Delhi: Less than a month after Panchjanya – a journal with roots in the RSS, the ruling BJP’s ideological mentor – attacked Infosys in one of its articles, accusing the information technology giant of an “anti national conspiracy” over repeated glitches in the income tax filing system, e-commerce behemoth...
SC judge says India suffering from colonial-era laws
New Delhi: Supreme Court judge P S Narasimha today said India has suffered over 70 years due to colonial era laws and their interpretation and that de-colonialisation of laws is a constitutional mission for the judges. Justice Narasimha, who is set to become Chief Justice of India in 2027,...
Angela Merkel’s party loses to Social Democrats
Germany’s Social Democrats narrowly won Sunday’s national election, projected results showed, and claimed a “clear mandate” to lead a government for the first time since 2005 and to end 16 years of conservative-led rule under Angela Merkel. The centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) were on track for 26.0% of the...
PM visits parliament building construction site at night
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the construction site of the new parliament building in Delhi late this evening. PM Modi, clad in a white kurta churidar along with a safety helmet, was seen inspecting the work-in-progress. This was the first time that the Prime Minister was visiting the site...
Modi brings up Pak role in Afghanistan, terrorism angle
Washington: Pakistan’s role in Afghanistan and its involvement in terrorism were among the issues discussed in the Quad summit and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bilateral discussions, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said. Responding to a question on Pakistan’s support to terrorism during a press briefing in Washington, Mr Shringla...
CBI takes over probe into seer’s death
New Delhi: As the CBI takes over the probe into the death of Narendra Giri, the religious leader who died allegedly by suicide on Monday in Uttar Pradesh, a six-member team is on its way to Prayagraj. The top seer was found dead at his ashram in the city...
Modi invites Kamala Harris to India
Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that India and America are “natural partners” as he held the first in-person meeting with US Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House during which the two leaders reinforced the bilateral strategic partnership and discussed issues of mutual and global...
Supreme Court probe panel for Pegasus next week
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will set up a committee to inquire into the Pegasus snooping row, Chief Justice NV Ramana said today, adding that interim orders would likely be issued next week. The Chief Justice was hearing another matter when he told one of the lawyers – who also...
Indian-Americans welcome Modi on arrival in Washington
Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Washington for a three-day visit, today received a warm welcome from the members of the Indian community at Joint Base Andrews in Washington DC. Prime Minister Modi stepped out of his motorcade to interact with the Indians waiting at the airport....
Molestation accused ordered to wash women’s clothes for free
Madhubani, Bihar: A court in Bihar’s Madhubani district has directed a man accused of molesting a woman to wash and iron the clothes of all female residents of his village, free of cost, by way of repentance. The order was passed on Tuesday by Additional District Judge Avinash Kumar...
Taliban seek to address UN, name envoy
United Nations: The Taliban have asked to address world leaders at the United Nations in New York this week and nominated their Doha-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan’s UN ambassador, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi made the request in...
Scientists say Covid spread has slowed down in India
When the 2nd Covid wave was at its peak, R-value in the country was estimated to be 1.37. File New Delhi: The R-value, or reproductive number, for COVID-19 in India dropped from 1.17 in August-end to 0.92 in mid-September, indicating that the spread of the infection across the country...
Govt says zero tolerance for Amazon corruption
New Delhi: The government today stressed on a “zero tolerance” policy towards corruption in response to reports that Amazon’s legal representatives allegedly bribed officials in India. The US e-commerce giant is reportedly investigating the charges. “As far as the government of India is concerned there is ZERO tolerance towards...
