New Delhi: The US pressure on India for its procurement of Russian crude oil is “unjustified,” a senior Russian diplomat said on Wednesday. We are confident that India-Russia energy cooperation will continue notwithstanding the external pressure, Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Roman Babushkin said. It is a “challenging” situation for India, he said at a media…
New Delhi: The Opposition has been demanding a discussion on the SIR exercise initiated by the Election Commission in Bihar ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections. Apart from discussions on Operation Sindoor in both Houses, Parliament has conducted little business since the Monsoon Session began on July 21, due to repeated adjournments, initially over the…
New York: US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on India to bring an end to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has said. Trump has imposed tariffs totalling 50 per cent on India, including 25 per cent for Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil that will come into effect from…
New Delhi: NDA candidate C P Radhakrishnan on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for the vice presidential election in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, and other senior leaders. Modi, flanked by Radhakrishnan and senior NDA leaders, handed over four sets of nomination papers to Rajya…
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was attacked during a ‘Jan Sunwai’ programme at her camp office in Civil Lines on Wednesday morning, her office said. According to a senior police officer, the accused has been detained, and he is being interrogated. North Delhi DCP and other senior police officers are at the spot….
New Delhi: India no longer has the appetite to take the first step in normalising ties with Pakistan after repeated betrayals, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Tuesday, urging Islamabad to demonstrate sincerity by dismantling terror networks operating from its soil. He was speaking at the launch of the book “Whither India-Pakistan Relations Today?”,…
New Delhi: The government is set to refer its three big-ticket anti-corruption draft laws that also have provisions for the removal of a prime minister and chief ministers arrested on serious criminal charges, to the joint committee of both Houses of Parliament. Home Minister Amit Shah is set to introduce the three draft laws —…
New Delhi: In a major thaw in their frosty ties, India and China on Tuesday unveiled a series of measures for a “stable, cooperative and forward-looking” relationship that included jointly maintaining peace along the frontier, reopening border trade, promoting investment flows, and resuming direct flight connectivity at the earliest. The announcements aimed at realising the…
There is a limit to how far political desperation can be dressed up as intellectual credibility. The Congress party, battered by successive electoral defeats and staring at another drubbing, has now latched on to dubious data from psephologist Sanjay Kumar, Co-Director of Lokniti-CSDS, to manufacture a fake scandal against the Election Commission of India (ECI)….
Year after year, the monsoon arrives as though it were an unexpected guest. Year after year, governments—state and civic alike—act surprised. And year after year, citizens drown in the same cycle of chaos, filth, and misery. If there is one thing that the recent spell of heavy rains has once again exposed, it is not…
