NEW DELHI: India strongly rejected claims by US President Donald Trump that he brokered a ceasefire between New Delhi and Islamabad, insisting that any understanding with Pakistan was reached directly between the two countries. Exercising India’s right of reply at the 80th UN General Assembly, Petal Gahlot, first secretary at India’s permanent mission to the…
In an “unprecedented operation,” the Israeli army took over the mobile phones of Gaza residents to broadcast Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the UN General Assembly live through the devices.Netanyahu, during his speech, also announced that the IDF took control of the telephones of Gaza residents and Hamas members, and that his speech was…
The Trump administration is stepping up unannounced site inspections targeting foreign students working under the optional practical training (OPT) programme—especially those on the two-year STEM OPT extensions—with officers even knocking on doors at homes and student housing to verify compliance with federal rules.According to immigration attorneys, while site inspections are legal, it has sharply escalated…
NEW DELHI: With its order banning crackers in Delhi and NCR openly breached during last Diwali, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to devise by Oct 8 a mechanism in consultation with stakeholders to ensure production and sale of only green crackers.A bench of CJI B R Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran…
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and Indian diplomat Petal Gahlot NEW DELHI: India on Saturday delivered a sharp rebuttal to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s speech at the UN General Assembly, dismissing his remarks as “absurd theatrics” and asserting that “no degree of drama can conceal facts.”Indian diplomat Petal Gahlot, exercising the right of reply, sharply…
Hridaya, Nihar, Som and Yohan have opted for the tough life in Slovenia Panaji: Indian footballers are moving out of their comfort zones like never before. There are players in lower divisions of Spain and Portugal, some in Uruguay, and even the top-tier Bolivian league.Now, several young Indian footballers, some still in their teens, have…
Picture from X social platform US President Donald Trump on Thursday met Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Asim Munir in the Oval Office.Before the meeting, Trump praised the visitors as “great leaders.”Speaking to reporters, he said, “We have a great leader coming, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, and the Field Marshal. Field…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Friday said a candidate, whose name is registered as a voter in multiple constituencies, can’t contest polls. It dismissed Uttarakhand state election commission’s appeal challenging HC’s interim order that had stayed its circular permitting such persons to take part in panchayat polls. “How can you issue a circular that is contrary…
Congress called the arrest Modi govt’s action to “divert attention and responsibility” from BJP‘s “abysmal failure” to maintain law and order in Ladakh. AAP accused the govt of “persecuting” Wangchuk through the state machinery, while CPI (ML) Liberation described the arrest as an “outrageous move”. Source link
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday dismissed as incorrect, baseless and unacceptable Nato chief Mark Rutte’s claims that PM Modi, under pressure from the US tariffs on India, had sought an explanation from Russian President Vladimir Putin over his Ukraine strategy. The MEA said that at no point did Modi have any such conversation with…
