Transactional Model Of Relationship NEW DELHI: The India-US trade deal allows both sides to get the relationship back on to an even keel, but whether it can lead to long-term stability in ties remains open to question.The importance of the agreement, even if conditional, cannot be overstated as it allows India and the US to … Read more
NEW DELHI: You can loosen your purse strings a little more abroad. Travellers flying into India will now have enhanced duty-free limit, which for resident Indians has been hiked from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000. What’s more, duty-free import of one laptop for passengers above 18 years has now been allowed under Baggage Rules, 2026, … Read more
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday warned popular messaging platform WhatsApp of a complete ban for sharing personal data of users, as it tore into the Mark Zuckerberg-controlled behemoth for exploiting and commercialising the data in violation of privacy rights and dismissing its defence of taking users’ consent as a sham deal where the latter … Read more
Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha NEW DELHI: As the united opposition raised an alarm over the US trade deal “selling away the blood and sweat” of Indian farmers, Congress neta Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said PM Narendra Modi is “compromised” because of the court case against Adani in the US and the Epstein files. He said … Read more
JAMMU: Parties across the political divide in J&K have welcomed the announcement on Tuesday by railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw that three proposed railway projects in the state have been put on hold for now following opposition from the state govt and MPs, who have argued that the track alignments could damage apple orchards.Vaishnaw said there … Read more
NEW DELHI: As many as 273 prisoners, of which 107 were in Maharashtra alone, have benefited from the Union home ministry’s ‘support to poor prisoners’ scheme meant to provide financial aid to undertrial prisoners who are unable to secure bail due to financial constraints and convicts who remain in jail due to non-payment of court-imposed … Read more
NEW DELHI: Tremors were felt across Kolkata and its adjoining areas on Tuesday evening after an earthquake of magnitude 6.1, with its epicentre in Myanmar, jolted parts of eastern and northeastern India, an IMD official said.“The epicentre of the earthquake was somewhere in Myanmar. We are ascertaining the details and trying to pinpoint its exact … Read more
CEC Gyanesh Kumar and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee on Tuesday said the party is considering bringing a motion to impeach Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over the manner in which the poll body is conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal … Read more
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Yumnam Khemchand is set to become the chief minister of Manipur after he was elected as the leader of legislative party on Tuesday.This comes after a meeting of the BJP’s legislative members meeting was held in the party headquarters in Delhi.Last year on Feb 9, then Manipur chief minister … Read more
