Washington/Beijing: China now faces up to a 245% tariff on imports to the United States as a result of its retaliatory actions, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday evening. The announcement came as President Donald Trump signed an executive order launching an investigation into the national security risks associated with US reliance…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the environmental damage due to the felling of a large number of trees on a land parcel next to the University of Hyderabad, and said it would go out of the way for the protection of environment and ecology. A bench of Justices B R Gavai…
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday claimed that the ED chargesheet against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case only shows the panic and moral bankruptcy of the government, and said it will not be cowed down by such threats. In a long post in Hindi, AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh issued…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday termed the recent communal violence in Murshidabad as “pre-planned” and accused a section of the BSF, central agencies, and the BJP of fanning tension by allegedly facilitating cross-border influx from Bangladesh. Speaking at a meeting with Imams, Banerjee alleged that despite the volatile situation in neighbouring Bangladesh,…
Ranchi: A day after being elected as the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) president, a post which was held by his father Shibu Soren, Chief Minister Hemant Soren took a vow to become the voice of every poor, deprived and youth of the state. Rajya Sabha MP Shibu Soren had been the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s chief…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has said the government’s flagship Ladki Bahin scheme to provide financial assistance to women will continue and that there is no question of scrapping it. Under the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana, which is believed to have played a key role in the victory of the ruling Mahayuti…
Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices were trading flat in early trade on Wednesday amid sluggish global market trends due to rising US-China trade tensions. After two days of sharp rally, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex declined 165.3 points to 76,569.59 in early trade. The NSE Nifty dipped 51.55 points to 23,277. From the Sensex firms, Maruti,…
New Delhi: Vadra, the businessman brother-in-law of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate on the second straight day on Tuesday for his questioning in a 2008 Haryana land deal linked money laundering case. He was accompanied by his wife Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the Congress MP from Kerala’s Wayanad….
MP Rabindranath Congress tweaks BRS’s land portal, but how much really changes? When Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy replaced the much-touted Dharani portal with a new land records platform named Bhu Bharati, it reminded many citizens of the whimsical way city traffic rules change every time a new DCP takes charge—just to leave a…
Dr B. Sandhyaa In a world constantly shifting under the weight of digital chaos and fleeting trends, why does the ancient wedding of Lord Sriram and Goddess Sita still command reverence? The answer lies in the timeless emotional architecture of their bond—rooted in love, loyalty, dharma, and mutual respect. These aren’t just lofty ideals from…
