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US President Donald Trump (Image credits: AP) NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump once again on Sunday repeated his claims of brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, along with ending several other global conflicts.In post on Truth Social, Trump responded to radio host and author Charlamagne Tha God saying the host knew “nothing” about…

An 80-year-old Agra-born adventurer-cum-businessman, Arvinder ‘Arvi’ Singh Bahal, lifted off to the edge of space aboard Blue Origin’s NS-34 mission along with five other crew members on Sunday. The suborbital flight lifted off from the company’s Launch Site One in West Texas at 6:00 p.m. IST, marking another milestone in private human spaceflight.Bahal was part…

NEW DELHI: Private car owners in Telangana won’t be able to avail the Annual Toll Pass scheme for National Highways (NHs) and expressways to be launched by the Centre on Aug 15, as vehicles registered in the state have not yet been migrated to the Vahan database (central registry of vehicles). The annual pass, to…

Himanta Biswa Sarma (Agencies) Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the government will never evict “any Indian or Assamese people”, a day after he stated that unauthorised occupation of public land by indigenous people is not considered as encroachment.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an election campaign meeting in Bodoland Territorial…

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (ANI images) NEW DELHI: Assam chief ministerHimanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, calling him ‘anti-national’ and accusing him of supporting only Muslims from Bangladesh and Pakistan, as reported by news agency PTI. Speaking to reporters during…

Congress leader KC Venugopal NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Sunday stepped up its attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI), accusing it of “compromising democratic values” through alleged irregularities in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. Senior party leader and MP KC Venugopal claimed the ECI is…

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India on Sunday fact-checked Congress MP P Chidambaram‘s allegations of voter shift and migrant inclusion in Tamil Nadu, calling them “misleading and baseless.” Responding strongly to Chidambaram‘s allegations, EC said, “There is no need for political leaders to spread false information with respect to the SIR exercise being conducted…

Union minister Nitin Gadkari (PTI image) NAGPUR: Nagpur police arrested a man for allegedly threatening to bomb union minister Nitin Gadkari‘s residence on Wardha Road in Maharashtra’s Nagpur District. The incident led to heightened security at the senior BJP leader’s house. The accused, identified as Umesh Vishnu Raut, was detained by the police and is…

BJP MP Sambit Patra on Sunday slammed NCP-SCP leader Jitendra Awhad for his “Sanatan has destroyed India” remarks and stated that he would not have received a peaceful reply if he had said so about Islam.MP Sambit Patra stated they are lodging a protest through a press conference. ‘Can’t Afford a Leader Who Partied After…

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday hinted at a large-scale electoral roll tampering conspiracy allegedly led by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar, ahead of the assembly election scheduled for the end of the year.A day after an RJD leader claimed that his name was omitted from the voter list following the Election…