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Washington: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the new tariffs imposed by the US on forced labour will not hurt the economy as they would bring billions of dollars in investments. Trump told Fox News that the forced labour tariffs were the "other way of...

Washington: President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are meeting Tuesday ahead of Sen Lindsey Graham's funeral, their second sit-down this month and after a far-right activist with the US president's ear had a widely publicised change of heart on Russia's war against Ukraine....

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday described Pralhad Joshi as a "defender of rapists" and a "filthy man" as he hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for appointing such a person as the country's education minister. Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, the leader...

New Delhi: Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut's posts terming Gen Z gutter generation and asking who is birthing them have landed her in the middle of an escalating row with opposition leaders and social media users criticising her choice of words and thought. Controversy's...

Rampur (UP): Students of Mohammad Ali Jauhar University here have "temporarily" halted their protest against the district authority's order to demolish some of the varsity's buildings following an interim stay on the proposed action, an official said Tuesday. The protesters said the decision was taken...

Guwahati: Assam's flood situation remained critical, with over 4.45 lakh people affected across six districts, even as rescue and relief operations were intensified by the state administration, officials said Tuesday. According to the latest report issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), floodwaters...

New Delhi: A Parliamentary panel has summoned representatives of major social media platforms, including Instagram, along with officials of the ministries of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Home Affairs, August 3 to discuss regulation of social media and digital platforms. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey,...

New Delhi: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Tuesday said that the government is willing to extend the time of the anti-paper leak debate in the Lok Sabha to up to 10 hours as the House resumed at 2 p.m. As the proceedings commenced to...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday restrained states from taking any coercive action against protesters in the recent student-led agitation and directed them to release those under 18 on the condition that none should have any criminal antecedents. Hearing a batch of petitions alleging police...

Islamabad: At least 20 people were killed and dozens critically injured during the Long March organised by the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), amid an escalating crackdown by Pakistani authorities on protesters in the region. The death toll is expected to...