Six MPs didn’t turn up for the parliamentary party meeting MUMBAI: The crossover of two-thirds of Shiv Sena (UBT)’s nine LS members to the Eknath Shinde-led party seems more or less complete as the six MPs, who had written to the LS Speaker Wednesday about forming a separate group, didn’t turn up for the parliamentary…
NEW DELHI: With the US-Iran interim peace agreement, Tehran is hoping to emerge as a top supplier to India again and is sending petroleum minister Mohsen Paknejad here next week for a Brics meeting, officials said, reports. He is likely to have a bilateral meeting with counterpart Hardeep Puri, but this is yet to be…
In blow to Congress, Jharkhand cross-voting hands NDA-backed Parimal Nathwani Rajya Sabha seat RANCHI/AIZAWL: NDA-backed Independent Parimal Nathwani crushed Congr-ess’s hopes of a Rajya Sabha berth from Jharkhand, spr-inging a surprise in Thursd-ay’s polls that exposed cracks within INDIA bloc ranks, while governing Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) comfortably pocketed Mizoram’s lone Upper House seat.Contests in…
Yashbardhan Singh Chauhan is the new India Under-19s cricket captain BHOPAL: In 2020, a boy asked for a cricket bat of premium willow. The Covid lockdown had shut down the family’s civil construction business in Chambal and it was a luxury they could ill afford, but his father took a loan and bought one for…
There is no doubt that Vande Bharat trains have transformed the way of rail travel in India. The flagship train, combining faster travel, modern amenities, and improved safety, are designed to offer maximum comfort to travellers. These semi-high-speed trains feature fully air-conditioned coaches, automatic doors, and comfortable seating. In North India, several Vande Bharat routes…
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit India next week, June 22-23 NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Brics summit that India will host in Sept, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit India next week, June 22-23, for a meeting of national security advisers of the grouping. Wang had last month skipped the Brics foreign…
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India-US interim FTA in final stages A day after PM Modi’s meeting with US President Trump, govt said on Thursday that significant progress had already been made on the India-US interim free trade bilateral agreement and the two countries are in the final stages of concluding that agreement. Briefing reporters about Modi’s G7 engagements, foreign…
Abraham Alvarez is one of five co-conspirators in a drone attack plot targeting the UFC event at the White House A Mexican national who entered US as a child and later received protection under a programme introduced during Barack Obama’s presidency has been identified by authorities as the alleged ringleader of a foiled attack plot…
As Shiv Sena turns 60 today, rival camps set for verbal joust MUMBAI: With ‘Operation Tiger’ now almost complete and the merger of rebel Sena UBT MPs with the deputy CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena said to be a formality, the rival Shiv Senas will have a showdown at the party’s foundation day events in…