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NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff announcement has ignited a political storm, with opposition leaders lashing out at the Centre and questioning its silence.Several opposition leaders questioned about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence over Trump’s tariff and some of them are as follows. Rahul Gandhi: Rahul Gandhi launched a sharp attack on the…
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Thursday said terrorism should not be associated with any religion, hours after a special NIA court acquitted all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, citing lack of “cogent and reliable” evidence.Among those acquitted were Lt Col Prasad Purohit and BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur….
NEW DELHI: A special NIA court on Thursday acquitted former BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, lieutenant colonel Prasad Purohit, and five others in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case.The court cited lack of evidence and procedural lapses in invoking the UAPA, the Arms Act, and other charges in the 17-year-old blast case, which had…
Pragya Singh Thakur NEW DELHI: Ex-BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur on Thursday said her acquittal by court not just a win for her but for every ‘Bhagwa’.“I have been saying this from the very beginning that those who are called for investigation there should be a basis behind that. I was called by them for…
NEW DELHI: In the wake of the US announcing a 25% tariff on India, Congress on Wednesday said PM Narendra Modi tolerated US President Donald Trump’s “repeated insults” to India in the hope of a special treatment for the country, and should now stand up to the US like Indira Gandhi did.Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh…
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and former home minister P Chidambaram slammed the Centre after US President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on imports from India, saying that ‘Dosti’ is no substitute for diplomacy and painstaking negotiations.Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious pitch combining ‘Make India Great Again’ (MIGA) with Trump’s…
BENGALURU: Investigation of the Rs 379 crore cryptocurrency theft reported by CoinDCX has led to Bengaluru City police arresting a software engineer of the company after hackers allegedly succeeded in compromising confidential financial processes using his login credentials.The arrested employee is Rahul Agarwal (30), a resident of Carmelaram area, and he is from Haridwar, Uttarakhand….
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on Justice Yashwant Varma’s petition challenging both an in-house inquiry committee report recording his alleged complicity in the case regarding discovery of sacks of cash from his official residence and the then CJI Sanjiv Khanna’s recommendation for his removal from judgeship.Rejecting his plea for a week’s…
LONDON: A British parliamentary panel on Wednesday warned that foreign govts are being increasingly bold in attempts to silence and intimidate individuals and communities in the UK.The ‘Transnational Repression in the UK’ report by the joint committee on human rights names India among 12 countries against which it had received evidence. There was no immediate…
NEW DELHI: In a significant assertion by India of its “cultural diplomacy”, the sacred Piprahwa relics of Buddha – taken away during the colonial period – have been brought back after 127 years through an outreach that started with the govt stepping in to stop their auction by Sotheby’s Hong Kong in May.PM Narendra Modi…
