The newly-formed 28-party Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I..A.) bloc has reason to cheer for winning four out of seven seats across six states in byelections that were held last week. But, at the same time, the bad news, however, is for the I.N.D.I.A. bloc’s Left allies – Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and CPI…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden on Friday vowed to “deepen and diversify” the bilateral major defence partnership while welcoming forward movement in India’s procurement of 31 drones and joint development of jet engines. In their over 50-minute talks, the two leaders deliberated on India’s G20 presidency, cooperation in nuclear energy,…
New Delhi: India and the US on Friday expressed their support for building a resilient global semiconductor supply chain while reaffirming a pledge to sustain high-level engagements between governments, industries and academic institutions. In a joint statement issued their bilateral talks here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joseph Biden called upon the two governments…
New Delhi: A day ahead of the G20 summit, the European Union (EU) on Friday said it supports India’s efforts to build a consensus on the text to describe the Ukraine conflict in the leaders’ declaration for the conclave. At the same time, European Council President Charles Michel said the EU would continue to strongly back…
New Delhi: A day ahead of the G20 summit, there was no clear indication on Friday of a breakthrough in arriving at a consensus on the text to describe the Ukraine crisis in the joint leaders’ declaration with negotiations to bridge the differences on the contentious issue going down to the wire. Multiple sources told PTI…
New Delhi: US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday exuded confidence that the outcomes of the G20 Summit will advance the shared goals of accelerating sustainable development, bolstering multilateral cooperation and building consensus around inclusive economic policies to address greatest global challenges. In their over 50-minute talks, Modi and Biden vowed to…
New Delhi: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday said he is not very hopeful that there will be a peace solution in the immediate future for the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Addressing a press conference here ahead of the G20 summit, Guterres said the two countries still do not appear to be ending the conflict. Asked…
New Delhi: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived here on Friday for the G20 Leaders’ Summit beginning on September 9 and said he would work with world leaders to address some of the challenges that impact every one of us. Accompanied by his wife Akshata Murthy, Sunak was welcomed at the airport by Union minister Ashwini…
Jalpaiguri (WB): The ruling TMC wrested the Dhupguri assembly seat in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district on Friday from the BJP in a by-election, officials said. TMC candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy, a college professor, won the seat by over 4,313 votes. He bagged 96,961 votes, while his nearest rival BJP’s Tapasi Roy, the widow of a CRPF…
Nagpur: A local court here on Friday acquitted Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in a complaint lodged against him for alleged non-disclosure of criminal cases pending against him in his poll affidavit submitted ahead of the 2014 assembly elections. Civil Judge S S Jadhav, while holding Fadnavis “nirdosh mukta” (acquitted), noted that there was no…
