New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has “greenlit” a sanctions bill that could impose 500 per cent tariffs on countries buying Russian oil, giving him “tremendous leverage” against countries like China and India to stop them from purchasing cheap oil from Moscow. Senator Lindsey Graham said he had a “very productive meeting” with Trump at…
New Delhi: Market regulator Sebi has overhauled its more than three-decade-old stockbroker regulations, allowing brokers to carry out activities under the framework of other financial regulators, in a move aimed at providing ease of compliance as well as ease of doing business. The new rule — replacing Sebi’s (Stock Brokers) Regulations 1992 with the Sebi (Stock…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday appealed to every voter and ‘PDA Prahari’ to remain vigilant and ensure that no conspiracy to delete the votes of the PDA community succeeds. Yadav coined the acronym PDA in June 2023, which stands for ‘Pichhde’ (backward classes), Dalits and ‘Alpsankhyak’ (minorities). In a post on X,…
New Delhi: Larsen and Toubro (L&T) on Thursday said it has secured an order from the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers (EME) of the Indian Army for the overhaul, upgrade, and obsolescence management of the indigenous Pinaka multi-rocket launcher systems. The partnership with the Corps of EME aims to enhance long-term operational availability and…
Kolkata: Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari termed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s visit to IPAC chief Pratik Jain’s house during the ED raid on Thursday as “unconstitutional and interference” in the central agency’s probe. He said that the ED should take steps against the chief minister. “I feel that the chief minister…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that ED officials were attempting to seize TMC’s hard disks, internal documents and sensitive organisational data during a search operation at the residence of I-PAC chief Prateek Jain here. Banerjee said the raid at the residence of Jain, whom she termed as the party’s IT…
New Delhi: A prominent member of India’s shooting coaching staff, Ankush Bhardwaj, has been accused of sexual harassment by a minor shooter, prompting the national federation to suspend him. NRAI (National Rifles Association of India) confirmed that an FIR has been filed against Bhardwaj in Faridabad. “NRAI has suspended him and we will issue a…
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has slammed the BJP for targeting senior AAP leader Atishi for her alleged remarks on Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur, which, he claimed, she never made. Alleging that the BJP has always been anti-Punjab and anti-Sikh, Mann said in a post on X, “Today, its (BJP’s) anti-Punjab and anti-Sikh face…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the Somnath Swabhiman Parv, beginning Thursday, is about remembering the countless children of Bharat Mata, who never compromised with their principles and ethos. The year-long celebrations mark the resilience of the Indian civilisation, which rebuilt the Somnath temple at Veraval in Gujarat that was ravaged repeatedly by…
A republic cannot survive on selective respect for the Constitution. When elected lawmakers swear allegiance to the Constitution on one hand and openly glorify those accused of orchestrating communal violence on the other, the danger is no longer rhetorical—it becomes existential. The Supreme Court of India has, after careful consideration, denied bail to Umar Khalid…
