Tokyo: India and Japan will together shape the Asian century for stability, growth and prosperity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday as he began a two-day crucial visit to the east Asian nation. In an address at a business forum, Modi said Japan’s excellence and India’s scale can create a perfect partnership and mutual…
Tokyo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Friday on a two-day visit during which he will hold summit talks with his Japanese counterpart, Shigeru Ishiba. “PM Narendra Modi has landed in Tokyo, Japan. PM will be holding wide-ranging discussions with PM Shigeru Ishiba later in the evening to advance the India-Japan partnership,” the Ministry…
New York/Washington: The Ukraine conflict is “Modi’s war”, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has alleged, saying the “road to peace” runs partly “right through New Delhi”. Navarro, President Donald Trump’s Senior Counsellor for Trade and Manufacturing, in an interview with Bloomberg on Wednesday, claimed that “India is helping feed the Russian war machine”. “Everybody…
New York/Washington: A shooter who opened fire at a Minneapolis Catholic School, killing two children, had ‘Nuke India’ written on one of the guns, according to video footage of the alleged arsenal used by him. The shooter, identified as Robin Westman, 23, from Minnesota, opened fire in the Annunciation Catholic School on Wednesday, killing two…
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday once again claimed he helped avert a potential nuclear clash between India and Pakistan in May. Addressing a cabinet meeting at the White House, Trump said he had spoken with a “very terrific” Prime Minister Narendra Modi and warned New Delhi and Islamabad that continued hostilities would trigger…
Colombo: A Sri Lankan court on Tuesday granted bail to former president Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was arrested last week over alleged misuse of state funds while in office. Colombo Fort Magistrate Nilupuli Lankapura ordered that the 76-year-old leader be released on bail with three sureties of Lankan Rs 5 million each. Wickremesinghe, who served as…
Washington: The United States has issued a draft order over the implementation of an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian imports, which President Donald Trump had announced earlier, beginning August 27. According to the draft notice released Monday by the Department of Homeland Security, the additional tariffs will cover Indian products “that are entered…
Moscow: Indian companies will continue buying oil from wherever they get the “best deal”, India’s envoy to Russia Vinay Kumar has said, asserting that New Delhi will continue taking measures that protect its “national interest”. In an interview with Russia’s state-run TASS news agency published Sunday, Kumar said that New Delhi’s priority is ensuring energy…
Cairo: Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s capital on Sunday, days after Houthi rebels fired a missile toward Israel that its military described as the first cluster bomb the rebels had launched at it since 2023. The Iranian-backed Houthis said multiple areas across Sanaa were hit. The Houthi-run health ministry said at least two people were killed…
Washington: Donald Trump ran on a promise to use the powers of the government for revenge against those he believed wronged him. He now appears to be fulfilling that campaign promise while threatening to expand his powers well beyond Washington. On Friday, the FBI searched the home of John Bolton, Trump’s first-term national security adviser-turned-critic, who…
