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FIR against ‘The Wire’ over complaint by BJP’s IT head
Delhi Police on Saturday filed an FIR against news portal ‘The Wire’ and its editors on a complaint by BJP IT department head Amit Malviya accusing the media outlet of “cheating and forgery” and “tarnishing” his reputation. Malviya had on Friday said he would pursue criminal and civil proceedings...
Liz Truss’s phone hacked by Putin’s agents: Report
Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s personal phone was hacked by suspected agents working for Russian President Vladimir Putin when she was foreign minister, the Daily Mail reported on Saturday. Those agents gained access to “top-secret details” of negotiations with international allies in addition to private messages exchanged with...
AAP launches ‘choose your CM’ campaign for Gujarat poll
Aam Aadmi Party boss Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday launched a crowdsourcing campaign to select the party’s Chief Ministerial candidate for the Gujarat elections as part of its efforts to trump the BJP in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state. The “Choose Your Chief Minister” campaign is the latest push...
Forex reserves fall to lowest level since 2020
India’s forex reserves dropped by USD 3.847 billion to USD 524.52 billion for the week ended October 21, the RBI said on Friday. This is the lowest since July 2020. The overall reserves had dropped by USD 4.50 billion to USD 528.37 billion in the previous reporting week, and...
Azam Khan disqualified after conviction for hate speech
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s assembly seat was declared vacant by the Uttar Pradesh speaker this evening, formalising his disqualification as the MLA from the Rampur seat. Mr Khan, Vidhan sabha sources told NDTV, was automatically disqualified on Thursday, when he was sentenced to three years in prison for...
Centre charges NGOs with anti-India activities
Union Home Minister Amit Shah justified the cancellation of licences for many non-government organisations (NGO) and strengthening of the Foreigners Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) on grounds that some NGOs were indulging in religious conversions, anti-national activities and misusing funds. “Some NGOs were misusing FCRA in propagating anti-India activities and...
Modi, Rishi Sunak discuss India-UK trade deal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today. PM Modi and his British counterpart discussed the need to close a balanced free-trade deal between India and the UK soon. “Glad to speak to Rishi Sunak today. Congratulated him on assuming charge as UK PM....
Parag Agrawal fired as Musk takes charge of Twitter
Elon Musk completed the $44 billion acquisition of the micro-blogging site Twitter on Thursday evening, reports said. A report by the Insider quoted sources as saying that Twitter and Musk formally closed on the billionaire’s offer to take the company private on Thursday evening by paying $54.20 per share,...
3 Indian students killed In US road accident
In a tragic incident, three students from India died in a road accident after the car they were travelling in collided with another vehicle in western Massachusetts. Prem Kumar Reddy Goda, 27, Pavani Gullapally 22 and Sai Narasimha Patamsetti 22, died on scene of the collision, Berkshire District Attorney’s...
Gandhis, Manmohan Singh in Kharge’s 47-member panel
New Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has formed a steering committee with 47 members including Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi. The committee will function in place of the Congress’s Working Committee, the highest decision-making body of the party, till the plenary session is held. New members of the...
Rs 100-cr BJP deal to buy 4 MLAs from KCR party alleged
Attempts are being made to poach on the MLAs of Telangana’s ruling party, and three persons were detained from a farmhouse while trying to cut a deal, the Telangana police have said. The targets were four MLAs of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, who had tipped off the police, police...
Sunak risks clash with home secretary over visa deal with India
Rishi Sunak’s UK government is in talks with India over whether to increase the number of business visas granted to Indian nationals as part of a potential trade deal, a stance that risks causing friction in the new prime minster’s top team. Business visas remain an area of “active...
Kharge takes over from Sonia as new Cong chief
Elections in two states within this year, challenges to the two remaining Congress governments next year, and then the 2024 fight to stop another Modi sweep — Mallikarjun Kharge got more than just a certificate from the party as he formally became Congress president today. “Today I remember...
Lessons for India from Rishi as PM brings Tharoor cup of woes
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said Indian-origin Hindu Rishi Sunak’s becoming the Prime Minister of Britain has lessons for India. Can someone who is not Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist or Jain become PM of India, he asked, building on — and refining — his argument about need to empower “visible minorities”....
Sensitive Assam ‘Miya Museum’ sealed as unauthorised
A controversy has erupted after the All Assam Miya Parishad inaugurated a Miya museum in Goalpara district last week. The state government has sealed the museum, saying the building is a Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) house and was not allocated to be used as a museum. The parishad’s...
Qatar ruler slams ‘unprecedented campaign’ over World Cup
Qatar has been hit by an “unprecedented campaign” of criticism over preparations for the football World Cup, its ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said Tuesday. “Since we won the honour of hosting the World Cup, Qatar has been subjected to an unprecedented campaign that no host country has...
Rishi Sunak wants UK-India ties to be two-way exchange
Rishi Sunak, who is set to be Britain’s first Indian-origin prime minister, recently said that he wants to change the UK-India relationship to make it a more two-way exchange that opens up easy access to UK students and companies in India. Addressing a gathering of British Indian Conservative Party...
Modi congratulates Rishi, talks of ‘Roadmap 2030’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday sent “warmest congratulations” to his incoming British counterpart Rishi Sunak, the first nonwhite and a Hindu to occupy No 10. “Warmest congratulations @RishiSunak! As you become UK PM, I look forward to working closely together on global issues, and implementing Roadmap 2030. Special...
