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New Delhi: A day after the much-awaited trade deal between India and the US was announced, the Opposition slammed the Narendra Modi government, with the Congress party posing several questions over the agreement and asking the Centre to divulge details of the pact. India and the US agreed to a trade deal under which Washington will cut the reciprocal tariff on Indian goods to 18 per cent from the current 25 per cent, President Trump said on Monday after a phone conversation with Prime Minister Modi. The US has also scrapped the additional 25 per cent tariff imposed on India over its purchase of Russian oil, but official confirmation on this is awaited. The Congress asked the Centre to take the Parliament and the entire country into confidence and share all the details of the deal. "India has the right to know details of the trade deal," it said in a post on X. "Just like the ceasefire, the announcement of the trade deal was also made by US President Trump. It has been stated that the...
New Delhi: Police in Ghaziabad busted a racket that fraudulently helped provide fake passports to at least 24 people. All the passports were issued on the same address and mobile number, officials said. According to police, the racket used a fake residential address and fraudulently obtained over two dozen passports from the Delhi Passport Office. Five people, including a postman, have been arrested by the police. How racket came to light The case came to light after the Regional Passport Officer wrote to the police in December last year, suspecting discrepancies in some applications. The officer flagged more than 20 applications in which multiple passports were issued on the same address and the same mobile number was used repeatedly. Following the passport officer 's letter, an investigation was initiated, in which it was found that the applicants never resided at the addresses mentioned in the passport applications, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rural) Surendra Nath Tiwari...
New Delhi: Amid reports of a possible merger of two NCP factions, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis sought to dismiss the claims and said that if any such discussions were going on, late deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar would have told him. "If both factions of the NCP were discussing a merger, wouldn 't Ajit Dada have spoken to me?" Fadnavis said. Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash in Pune 's Baramati on January 28. Following his death, several senior leaders of both NCP factions claimed that Pawar was keen on merging the two camps and was likely to announce after February 7. Fadnavis dispels NCP merger rumours Fadnavis, however, shrugged off the ongoing discussions about a possible merger of the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), attempting to dispel these speculations. Speaking at a press conference at his official residence, Varsha, in Mumbai on Sunday, the Chief Minister said, “Ajit Pawar was in our government, and I had very good personal...
New Delhi: Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who recently halted H-1B hiring at state colleges and agencies, had last year hailed the Indian companies for their investments in Texas and hoped for further strengthening ties with New Delhi. Abbott on Tuesday ordered Texas universities and state agencies to halt new H-1B visa petitions, used by American companies to hire foreign workers with specialised skills, until next year. Texas is home to thousands of H-1B visa holders and the pause is part of the Trump administration 's wider crackdown on H-1B visa programme. When Texas Guv praised India US podcaster Kyle Seraphin shared a post, reminding Abbott of his 2024 visit to India funded by the Texas Economic. "I was wondering why Texas imported so many Indians. This makes more sense. Gov Abbott just froze new H1Bs in Texas... too late. They came here, set up shop, had babies, took over neighborhoods, and brought whatever their culture is with them," Seraphin wrote on X. In 2024, Abbott...
New Delhi: US lawmaker Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown, foul-smelling liquid during a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday. A man sprayed the substance at her while she was condemning the actions of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the city. According to officers at the scene, the man used a syringe to spray an unknown liquid at Omar. The accused was grabbed by a person and pinned to the ground before authorities arrested him for third-degree assault. Police said Omar did not receive any injury and that forensic scientists responded to process the scene. Accused demands Ilhan Omar 's resignation Omar, a Somali-based Democratic US Representative, was criticising ICE and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem when the accused charged at her. The US lawmaker demanded Noem 's resignation over the recent killing of two US citizens in Minneapolis during President Donald Trump 's immigration enforcement drive. Residents in Minneapolis have been...
New Delh i: In what could escalate a simmering tension between the US and Canada, US President Donald Trump on Thursday withdrew an invitation sent to Ottawa to join the Board of Peace campaign initiated to resolve global conflict. Trump 's move came hours after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hit back at his US President for claiming at the World Economic Forum in Davos, that "Canada lives because of the United States." Carney said "Canada doesn 't live because of the US" and the country thrives because "we are Canadian". Following Carney 's remarks, Trump on his Truth Social platform, said the US was withdrawing an invitation for Canada to join the "Board of Peace" -- his self-styled billion-dollar body. "Dear Prime Minister Carney: Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada 's joining," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. How it started On Tuesday, Carney 's speech in...
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a "big force" is heading toward Iran, signalling a possible deployment of American troops in the Gulf amid heightened tensions in the region and growing fears of wider regional conflict. Trump renewed warnings to Tehran against killing protesters or restarting its nuclear programme, days after he downplayed the prospect of imminent military action. "We have a big flotilla going in that direction, and we’ll see what happens. We have a big force going toward Iran. I’d rather not see anything happen, but we’re watching them very closely," he said while speaking to reporters. "We have an armada ... heading in that direction, and maybe we won 't have to use it," he said, confirming continuing military preparations. US officials also said that an aircraft carrier strike group and other military assets are expected to be deployed in the Middle East in the coming days, according to news agency Reuters. Trump 's...
New Delhi: Both Hindu and Muslim devotees will be allowed to offer prayers at the disputed Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Madhya Pradesh 's Dhar district on Friday, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday the Saraswati Puja or Basant Panchavi festival coincides with customary Friday prayers. The medieval-era structure in Dhar district is locked in a long-running dispute. The top court directed Hindu devotees to pray from sunrise to sunset on the Hindu festival of Basant Panchami on Friday while those from Muslim community have been allowed to offer their Friday prayers from 1 pm to 3 pm. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said that a list of people who will visit the complex to offer namaz needs to be given to the district administration. SC appealed to both sides to maintain mutual respect The apex court also directed the administration make the necessary arrangements and ensure that law and order...
New Delhi : IAS officer Sanjeev Khirwar who came under fire in 2022 for clearing a Delhi sports stadium to "walk his dog, has now been appointed as the new MCD commissioner. Khirwar was transferred to Ladakh from Delhi in May 2022 after his move sparked a controversy. The Union Home Ministry appointed Khirwar, a 1994-batch Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre IAS officer, as the commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). In an official order, the Ministry of Home Affairs notified Khirwar 's appointment and communicated to the office of the Lt Governor of Delhi. The MCD Commissioner is tasked with overseeing the corporation’s daily functions, implementing policies and coordinating with various departments. What happened in 2022 Khirwar came under sharp criticism in 2022 amid allegations that the bureaucrat cleared the Delhi 's Thyagraj Stadium complex, got it closed earlier than usual and asked athletes to leave early so that he...
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump claimed that a "supersonic weapon" was used by the US military when it carried out a surprise midnight raid in Venezuela to capture its now-deposed president Nicolas Maduro. Trump, however, refused to divulge details about the device. Trump 's remark comes days after a Venezuelan security guard who was on night duty during the military operation had claimed that the US used a mystery weapon that made soldiers "bleed through the nose" and "vomit blood". Trump 's sonic weapon claim In an interview on the NewsNation programme Katie Pavlick Tonight, the US President confirmed that the secret weapon was used during the Venezuela raid on January 3, gloating about the strength of the US military and suggesting that no other country possesses similar technology. When asked if Americans should be concerned about the power of the weapon, Trump replied, “Well, yeah." “It’s something I don’t wanna… nobody else has it," he said, adding,...
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