New York/Washington: The Trump administration has sanctioned entities and individuals from India involved in sales of Iran's petroleum and petroleum products, saying the funds from this trade support Tehran's regional terrorist proxies and procure weapons systems that are “a direct threat” to the US. The...
Johannesburg: The United States government has indicated that it has had a “change of mind” and wants to participate at the Group of 20 summit in South Africa in a reverse of its boycott, the South African president said Thursday. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa...
Tel Aviv: India and Israel Thursday inked terms of reference (ToR) to formally launch negotiations for a free trade agreement, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said. The ToR include market access for goods by eliminating tariff and non-tariff barriers, investment facilitation, simplification of customs...
Paris: A wax museum in Paris Thursday unveiled a new figure of the late Princess Diana depicted in a black dress that has come to be known as her “revenge dress,” decades after her tragic death in the city. The Grevin Museum, one of Europe's...
New Delhi/Washington: The United States (US) Thursday expressed appreciation of its ongoing partnership with the Indian security agencies for dismantling terror-linked networks and holding criminals accountable. In a statement shared on X, US Embassy in India stated, "We appreciate our ongoing partnership with India’s security...
Agra (UP): Donald Trump Jr., son of US President Donald Trump, visited the Taj Mahal in Agra Thursday and spent nearly an hour exploring the monument under an elaborate security arrangement, officials said. Trump Jr. arrived at the monument around 3.30 pm and had an...
Kathmandu: Fresh tension erupted Thursday as 10 people were injured after Gen Z youths clashed with members of the ousted prime minister K P Sharma Oli's party, prompting authorities to reimpose curfew to contain the situation in Nepal's Bara district bordering India. Tension escalated in...
La Paz: In a significant step towards strengthening India-Bolivia bilateral ties, the Indian Ambassador to the South American country Rohit Vadhwana, met Beni Governor Jose Alejandro Unzueta Chiriqui, at the Autonomous Departmental Government of Beni in Trinidad city, Bolivia. This marked the first visit by...
New Delhi: Amid Dhaka’s call for the extradition of ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Thursday, said he is “eternally grateful” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ensuring her safety and "saving my mother’s life." This comes after Sheikh Hasina was...
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he settled tension between India and Pakistan after threatening the two countries with 350 per cent tariffs and claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called him to say “we're not going to go to war.” Trump has...
A lot of things are being alleged by ‘sources’ regarding a raid on a newspaper called Kashmir Times, and its...
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There are fast moves in babudom bureaucracy, and then there is the Sujit Kumar story, which has impressed many in...
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The first murmurings of rebellion against Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz are now being heard, just six months after he assumed...
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A tribunal in Bangladesh has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina November 17 to death. The verdict was pronounced after...
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