Boston: The federal government says it's freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday it won't comply with the Trump administration's demands to limit activism on campus. In a letter to Harvard Friday, the administration called...
Brussels: The Belgian Federal Public Service (FPS) of Justice Monday confirmed the arrest of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who is wanted in connection with the Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan fraud case in India, revealing that the Indian authorities have already introduced an extradition request...
Kolkata: Twelve more people were arrested in connection with the violent protests over the Waqf (Amendment) Act in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, where three people have died, police said Sunday. No new incident of violence was reported from anywhere in the Muslim-majority district, with security...
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Sunday paid tributes to the freedom fighters who lost their lives in the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre Sunday and said a grateful India will always remain indebted to them. Hundreds of people protesting peacefully against the Rowlatt Act, which granted...
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday announced that the Waqf (Amendment) Act would not be implemented in the state, following violent protests in the Muslim-majority Murshidabad district that left at least three people dead and several others injured. Amidst growing unrest in pockets...
Beijing: China Friday raised its additional tariffs on imports from the US to 125 per cent in retaliation to the Trump administration's 145 per cent levies on Chinese exports. The Chinese Commerce Ministry here said China raised additional tariffs to 125 per cent on imported...
New Delhi: After successfully extraditing Tahawwur Hussain Rana from the US, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) will start questioning the 26/11 plotter Friday. The anti-terror agency took custody of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind Thursday evening, on the orders of the Special Court in New...
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Thursday ‘formally arrested’ Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the key accused in the deadly 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, immediately after he landed at the Delhi airport following his extradition from the United States, according to an official statement. Rana was...
New Delhi: Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, was brought to India after being 'successfully extradited' from the US and was formally arrested, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) announced Thursday. The 64-year-old Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin landed in...
Washington: US President Donald Trump Wednesday announced a lower rate of 10 per cent for 90 days in reciprocal tariffs for trading partner countries that have not retaliated with higher levies on American goods — such as India — and further hiked the levy on...
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