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File photo: Trinamool MP Sagarika Ghose (Picture credit: ANI) KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress responded Sunday to home minister Amit Shah‘s “sindoor politics” by highlighting what it said was “the irony of his crusade against corruption with Suvendu Adhikari as its spearhead”.“BJP is the world’s largest washing machine, headed by Amit Shah. All ED cases are against…

For Indian students, US dreams suddenly in doubt India, the country that sends more students to the US than any other, young people who had hoped to pursue higher education in America this fall described feeling in a state of limbo after the Trump administration’s decision to pause interviews with foreign nationals applying for student…

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court observed that a case in which the judgment was rendered by a foreign court, and was also sub judice in India, must be heard at length. The court of Additional Sessions Judge Sumit Dass made the observation on May 5 while hearing the submissions of Shravan Gupta, an accused in…

File photo: PM Modi (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: For the first time in six years, PM Modi is unlikely to be a part of the G7 summit being hosted by Canada this year from June 15-17. There’s no official invite yet from Canada for the meeting in Alberta but Modi in all likelihood would…

NEW DELHI: Congress leaders on Sunday raised concerns about the sudden India-Pakistan ceasefire brokered by the US, calling for parliamentary scrutiny and clarity on military losses and defence preparedness. Meanwhile, Bangladesh opened the trial of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, accused of orchestrating a deadly crackdown during last year’s protests, with extensive evidence presented amid…

NEW DELHI: Emirates does not see the huge transit business the mega carrier gets at its Dubai hub from flights to and from India getting impacted by the expansion of Air India and with IndiGo launching long hauls to Europe from next month. The reason: India has so far not acceded to Dubai’s request for…

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Pawan Khera on Sunday raised a series of questions regarding the recent ceasefire between India and Pakistan, expressing concern over its sudden announcement, the role of the United States, and the implications of recent statements made by Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Anil Chauhan.“Questions are arising every day, the biggest…

Abbas Ansari (File Photo) The Uttar Pradesh assembly on Sunday disqualified Mau MLA Abbas Ansari, son of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, following his conviction in a hate speech case.“The Mau assembly constituency has now been declared vacant,” official sources told news agency PTI.On Saturday, a special MP-MLA court convicted and sentenced the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party…

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Amit Kumar Singhal for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 25 lakh, officials said on Sunday. One more person was arrested in the case.“CBI arrests two accused including a Senior Indian Revenue Service Officer 2007 batch, presently posted as Additional Director…

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Amit Kumar Singhal for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 25 lakh, officials said on Sunday. One more person was arrested in the case.“CBI arrests two accused including a Senior Indian Revenue Service Officer 2007 batch, presently posted as Additional Director…