New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday said a bill introduced in the US Senate proposing a 25 per cent tax on any American person making an outsourcing payment will “light a fire in the Indian economy” if it becomes a reality. The opposition party said the bill reflects a growing mindset in the US that…
Patna: Former Union minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani on Tuesday asserted that the NDA government in Bihar uplifted women from the shadow of helplessness and fear. Addressing a press conference here, Irani also said she was pained over the RJD’s appeal to the Election Commission to “stall” the benefits of women’s welfare schemes in…
New Delhi: Teenaged batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi and IPL star Priyansh Arya were on Tuesday named in the Jitesh Sharma-led India A squad for the Rising Stars Asia Cup to be held in Doha later this month. India A are placed in Group B alongside Oman, UAE and Pakistan A, while Group A comprises Bangladesh…
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has warned voters that New York City will be a “complete and total economic and social disaster” and its “survival” will be at risk if Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the mayoral race, as he officially endorsed former governor Andrew Cuomo for the city’s top post. In a post…
Pune: The military conflict during Operation Sindoor was indicative of a deeper China-Pakistan strategic partnership, former Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said. He also noted that China’s involvement has extended beyond defence supplies to include intelligence and diplomatic support, forming an ‘all-weather’ alliance intended to constrain India’s rise. Shringla spoke on India’s foreign policy…
Jabalpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said the entire world is in a crisis and is looking at India with a lot of hope for providing solutions to its plethora of problems. The world has expectations from India because it follows the path of religion and culture, he noted while addressing the…
MS Shanker Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge appears to have conceded defeat even before the first vote is cast in the first phase of Bihar’s assembly elections scheduled for Thursday. Instead of confidently projecting the prospects of the Mahagathbandhan — of which his party is a principal stakeholder — Kharge surprisingly chose to cast doubts over…
Katihar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday alleged that the RJD and Congress were hatching a “dangerous conspiracy” of upsetting demographic balance by encouraging infiltration in the Seemanchal region. Addressing a rally in Katihar, one of the districts in Bihar with a sizeable population of Muslims, Modi lambasted the opposition for “surrendering before extremists”. “I…
London: A UK-based historian has traced how the journeys of more than 1 million migrants during the colonial era influenced India’s diplomatic identity as the largest diaspora of the world in a new book published this week. Dr Kalathmika Natarajan, a lecturer in Modern South Asian History in the Department of Archaeology and History and co-director…
New Delhi: Former off-spinner R Ashwin on Monday described the Indian women’s team’s maiden World Cup triumph as a “colossal achievement” and rated it as a bigger milestone than any other major global title the country has won so far. The Indian team under Harmanpreet Kaur’s leadership beat South Africa by 52 runs in the…
