Jaipur: Six men were killed when a car in which they were travelling collided with a truck in Dausa district, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred late Tuesday night when the victims were returning from a programme in Abhaneri village. According to the police, the driver lost control of the car, jumped the divider,…
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump repeated the claim that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan last year, which he said could have turned nuclear, through tariffs. “I settled eight wars. Of the eight wars, at least six were settled because of tariffs. In other words, I said, ‘if you don’t settle this…
New Delhi: Opposition parties on Tuesday put in motion the process to oust Om Birla as Lok Sabha speaker, alleging that he had acted in a “blatantly partisan” manner in the House and prompting him to step aside from chairing the proceedings till the matter is settled. Congress’ deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav…
New Delhi: India’s Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh on Tuesday called on Major General Michael Anselme Marc Rosette, Chief of Defence Forces, Seychelles, here and held talks to strengthen defence cooperation between the two countries. He also met the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Republic of Seychelles, Barry Faure. “They reviewed the growing defence…
New Delhi: Former army chief M M Naravane on Tuesday shared on X a statement issued by the publisher of his memoir “Four Stars of Destiny” that says no copies of the book “in print or digital form have been published, distributed, sold” or otherwise made available to the public. “This is the status of…
Patna: BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Tuesday asserted in the Bihar assembly that the state’s image has improved substantially since the NDA, led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, assumed power, defeating the RJD-Congress combine. Nabin, a former state minister who continues to represent the Bankipur seat, turned up at the House for the first…
New Delhi: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said “very ugly scenes” could have taken place had the BJP MPs not been stopped and the party’s women MPs been allowed to confront the Congress members who had come to the treasury benches on the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi was supposed to reply to the…
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said the Indo-US interim trade agreement sacrifices India’s strategic national interests and exposes the betrayal of the Modi government. Dubbing the deal as “trapped surrender”, Kharge, in a post on X, alleged, “Fine print of the Indo-US trade deal has exposed how PM Modi mortgaged India’s national…
New Delhi: Describing the Budget as an “underwhelming” and a “squandered opportunity”, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday likened it to rearranging air bags on a crashing car while assuring the passengers that the chassis is sturdy and they will feel better afterwards. Initiating the debate in Lok Sabha on the Union Budget, Tharoor quoted…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar on Tuesday assumed her ministerial duties at the state secretariat Mantralaya, 13 days after the death of her husband and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar. She was accompanied by senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders and her elder son Parth Pawar as she took her seat in the deputy…
