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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...
Rs 20,000 cr Defence deal with Airbus for transport aircraft
The Defence Ministry has signed a nearly Rs 20,000 crore contract with Airbus Defence and Space of Spain to procure 56 C-295 medium transport aircraft which will replace Avro-748 planes of the Indian Air Force. The long-pending procurement was cleared by the Cabinet Committee on Security two weeks back....
