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US President Donald Trump on Saturday called upon Cambodia and Thailand to put an end to the ongoing deadly border conflict, threatening them that America would not make any trade deal with them if they did not announce a ceasefire. He further said that the conflict reminded him of “Pakistan and India”, which, he claimed…

NEW DELHI: Four Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Saturday.Three Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jharkhand’s Gumla district earlier in the day.According to officials, intelligence inputs had indicated the presence of members of the Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), a breakaway faction…

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi (Image credits: ANI) NEW DELHI: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday criticised the detention and deportation of Bengali-speaking Muslim citizens across India, accusing the police administration of unfairly branding them as “illegal immigrants.” Taking a dig at the BJP-led central government, Owaisi alleged it was acting “strong…

NEW DELHI: Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju warned the opposition that frequent House disruptions undermine their “own role in democracy” by robbing them of the opportunity to question the government.His remarks came after the first week of the ongoing Monsoon Session, which was largely derailed by repeated protests from opposition MPs, who have been raising…

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday stepped up its attack on Congress after party leader Udit Raj claimed that Rahul Gandhi can become “second Ambedkar” if the members of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) community support and follow him.In a social media post on X, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya accused Congress of…

NEW DELHI: In a bold step, the Delhi Govt on Friday requested the Supreme Court to reconsider its 2018 blanket ban on plying of over 10-year-old diesel and 15-year-old petrol vehicles on the roads of entire National Capital Region saying stricter BS-VI norm compliant vehicles emit far less pollutants compared to BS-IV vehicles.It requested the…

NEW DELHI: An Army man’s murder by an anti-Sikh riots mob at Kanpur on Nov 1, 1984, will remain unsolved as the time-tattered and disfigured FIR remains illegible as even the Central Forensic Science laboratory could neither decipher names of the accused nor the narration of the incident except that it was lodged under Sec…

NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced a hike in pension of accredited journalists in the state under ‘Bihar Patrakaar Samman Pension Scheme.’In a social media post on X, Nitish said that the monthly pension will be raised from Rs 6,000 to 15,000 to all eligible journalists.“I am pleased to inform that…

Union home minister Amit Shah NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday inaugurated the two-day National Security Strategies Conference, where the police brass, domain experts and young police officers working at the cutting edge-level are joining heads to discuss the major challenges to national security and explore solutions.Shah directed the participants — who…

CBI has taken over investigation into the assault of Colonel Pushpinder Singh Bath, allegedly by Punjab Police personnel, and registered two FIRs, officials said on Friday. The Bath family has welcomed the CBI takeover. Gurtej Singh Dhillon, brother-in-law of Col Bath, said now there is hope for justice. He said that one of the officers…