Jaishankar’s visit injects fresh momentum into India-Germany Strategic Partnership: MEA

Berlin:  External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held extensive discussions with his German counterpart, Johann Wadephul in Berlin covering the full spectrum of bilateral cooperation, and the two sides reaffirmed their shared commitment to further expand collaboration in key strategic areas, including defence and AI. The Ministry of External Affairs in a statement here said the…

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Bahrain, India have deep, long-standing relationship, says BJP MP Panda on India’s global diplomatic outreach

Manama:  “Bahrain and India have a deep and long-standing relationship and we truly appreciate Bahrain’s strong comments during recent developments,” BJP MP Baijayant Jay Panda, who is leading an all-party Indian delegation here, said on Saturday as part of New Delhi’s global diplomatic outreach to highlight its unwavering stand against cross-border terrorism. Earlier in the…

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PM asks states to work with Centre as team, remove policy bottlenecks to attract global investors

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that global investors are hugely interested in India and the states should utilise this opportunity to attract investments by removing policy bottlenecks, as he stressed that if the Union government and states work together like Team India, no goal is impossible. Addressing the 10th Governing Council…

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Mamata thanks party delegation for visiting Poonch, Rajouri

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday thanked the five-member party delegation that visited the border districts of Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir, which were recently affected by shelling from Pakistan. She said the visit reaffirmed the commitment of public representatives to stand with people during…

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Columnist M S Shanker, Orange News 9

Judiciary’s Dangerous Drift Towards Immunity

In a curious twist this past week, the Supreme Court of India stayed Enforcement Directorate (ED) action against Tamil Nadu’s state-run liquor monopoly, TASMAC. What stood out was not just the stay itself, but the sharp rebuke delivered by Chief Justice B.R. Gavai. “Your ED is crossing all limits,” he remarked, questioning how a criminal…

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