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Greer sees India as pivotal supply hub
United States Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer has said India is well placed to serve as a strategic anchor in global supply chains as American companies reduce dependence on China, describing the country as a potential “way station” in the restructuring of trade flows. Speaking to Fox News on...
Sarma files ₹500 crore defamation claim
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has initiated a ₹500 crore defamation suit against Congress leaders Gaurav Gogoi, Jitendra Singh and Bhupesh Baghel, accusing them of making allegations that he describes as false, malicious and defamatory. The civil action, filed on Monday, marks a sharp escalation in the political...
Energy choices hinge on national interest, Misri says
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri has pushed back against claims from Washington that a newly announced trade understanding has altered the country’s oil import decisions, stressing that national interest will continue to guide energy policy and that no external agreement dictates sourcing choices. Speaking after President Donald Trump said a...
Four girls found dead in Aurangabad poisoning case
Four adolescent girls were found dead in a Dalit settlement in Bihar’s Aurangabad district after consuming a poisonous substance, in an incident that police are investigating as a suspected case of suicide following reprimands from their families over social interactions, officials said. The deaths occurred in the Haspura police...
Congress MPs press Speaker over claims and impartiality
A group of women Members of Parliament from the Congress party has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, alleging that he made grave and unfounded accusations against them while responding to demands from the Opposition over the non-appearance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the House. The letter,...
Plea questions Mamata Banerjee’s Supreme Court appearance
An application before the Supreme Court of India has challenged the personal appearance and oral submissions made by Mamata Banerjee during hearings on the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, arguing that a serving chief minister stepping into the role of an advocate is constitutionally improper and legally untenable....
Dubey’s charge sparks Lok Sabha uproar
A sharp political clash erupted after Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarian Nishikant Dubey accused Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi of being an “urban Naxalite” and alleged that Opposition members were preparing to engineer an unprecedented disruption aimed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi inside the Lok Sabha. The remarks, delivered on...
PMO bars Lok Sabha questions on relief funds
New Delhi: Parliamentary questions and related proceedings on the PM CARES Fund, the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund and the National Defence Fund have been ruled out under the rules of the Lok Sabha, after the Prime Minister’s Office communicated its position to the Secretariat of the Lower House....
Adani power dues dispute sharpens Bangladesh election stakes
Bangladesh’s power sector has been thrust into political and economic focus after the Adani Group sent a formal letter to the Bangladesh Power Development Board demanding settlement of outstanding payments linked to electricity supplied from its coal-fired power plant in Jharkhand. The communication, delivered as campaigning intensifies ahead of...
Bhagwat flags Bangladesh Hindu concerns
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said Hindus facing pressure in Bangladesh would find global backing if they chose to collectively assert their rights, delivering a pointed message that drew attention to minority anxieties in the neighbouring country and the wider regional implications. Speaking at a public gathering on...
School poster row in Sambhal triggers probe
A dispute has flared in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district after a poster, alleged to carry a verse from the Quran, was found affixed to the outer wall of a government-run school, prompting protests by Hindu organisations and a formal inquiry by the district administration. Officials said the matter came...
Mahayuti names Ritu Tawde for Mumbai mayor
BJP corporator Ritu Tawde has been named the Mahayuti alliance’s candidate for the post of Mumbai Mayor, signalling a swift move by the ruling coalition to consolidate control over the country’s most powerful civic body after its emphatic performance in the municipal polls. The announcement was made by Mumbai...
Sonia Gandhi challenges criminal revision plea
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has formally opposed a criminal revision petition filed against her before the Rouse Avenue Court, asserting that the plea rests on incorrect, misleading and speculative assertions and amounts to a misuse of the judicial process. In a written reply submitted through counsel, Gandhi described the...
Dhaka unrest flares ahead of polls
Thousands of protesters attempted to breach the official residence of Bangladesh’s chief adviser on Friday afternoon, triggering pitched clashes with security forces in Dhaka and marking a sharp escalation in political unrest less than a week before national elections scheduled for February 12. Police said crowds converged on the...
Himachal Pradesh challenges HC curb on FIR withdrawals
Himachal Pradesh’s Congress-led government has approached the Supreme Court of India seeking clarity on the scope of a high court ruling that declined permission to withdraw, in full, criminal cases registered against elected representatives for offences described by the state as non-serious. The move escalates a legal contest over...
Modi rebukes Rahul Gandhi over ‘traitor’ slur
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Rahul Gandhi over the latter’s use of the word “traitor” to describe Union Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu, framing the remark as an affront to the Sikh community and a sign of what he called...
Tharoor defends opposition leader’s right to speak
A dispute over parliamentary speech rules sharpened on Thursday after Congress MP Shashi Tharoor publicly backed the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, arguing that he should be permitted to speak on the 2020 military standoff with China. Tharoor said blocking the intervention had widened...
Top court throws out Jan Suraaj Bihar poll plea
Supreme Court on Friday rejected a petition filed by Prashant Kishor–led Jan Suraaj challenging the outcome of the Bihar Assembly election held in November last year, bringing an end to the fledgling party’s first major legal challenge after a bruising electoral debut. The court declined to interfere with the...
