New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to work towards a “trusted” partnership between India and US and advance global peace and security in their first phone conversation since the American leader’s inauguration last week. Modi and Trump exchanged views on global issues, including the situation in West…
Beijing: India and China should meet each other halfway and commit themselves to mutual understanding rather than mutual suspicion, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday as he met Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri here. Misri is here on a two-day visit for talks with Chinese officials to improve India-China relations, in the second such…
Washington: The US Congress is ready to pass sanctions on countries which refuse to cooperate with the Trump administration’s order on deportation of undocumented immigrants, House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson has warned. Soon after taking over, the Trump administration started massive mass deportation. Raids are being reported from across the country. “Colombia and all…
Moscow: President Vladimir Putin on Sunday said that Russian-Indian relations are based on “special and privileged strategic partnership” and hoped that the two countries will use joint efforts to continue to consistently build up productive bilateral cooperation across all areas. President Putin sent heartfelt congratulations to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Saturday suspended its funding to the Muhammed Yunus-led interim Bangladesh government after President Donald Trump suspended all foreign aid for 90 days. This follows the State Department’s “stop-work” order on Friday, halting all existing foreign assistance and pausing new aid under Trump’s new executive order from…
Washington: The partnership between the United States and New Delhi continues to reach newer heights and will be a defining relationship of the 21st century, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said while greeting the people of India on the occasion of its Republic Day. India will showcase its military might and vibrant cultural heritage…
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government on Saturday said it has revoked the pricing agreement for Adani Group’s wind power projects in the island nation and appointed a committee to review them. Government spokesperson Nalinda Jayathissa clarified that while the Adani Green Energy wind power projects in Mannar and Pooneryn districts have not been cancelled, the…
Washington: The US Supreme Court has cleared Mumbai attack convict Tahawwur Rana’s extradition to India, dismissing his review petition against the move. India was seeking the extradition of Rana, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin, as he was wanted in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks case. This was Rana’s last legal chance not to be extradited to India. Earlier,…
Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to declassify files on the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Asserting that the victims’ families and the American people deserve to know the truth about these assassinations, the executive order directs…
Seattle: A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour repeatedly interrupted a Justice Department lawyer during arguments to ask how he could consider the order constitutional. When the…
