The meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is still very much on the table even as the two countries get embroiled in escalating trade tensions.US treasury secretary Scott Bessent on Monday said that he still expects a meeting between the two presidents.“He will be meeting with Party Chair Xi in…
NEW DELHI: A woman from Manipur was found dead, and her alleged live-in partner was critically injured in South Delhi’s Munirka on Sunday in what police suspect to be a case of murder followed by an attempted suicide.The deceased was identified as Thempi Khongsai, a beautician by profession. Her partner, Thangjam Viney Meitei, is undergoing…
NEW DELHI: Noting that the Karur stampede in Tamil Nadu shook “national conscience” and the case has “political undertone”, Supreme Court Monday decided to hand over the probe into the tragedy to CBI & also appointed a three-member panel headed by its former judge Ajay Rastogi to supervise the investigation.Questioning the fairness of the investigation,…
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NEW DELHI: A Delhi court framed Monday charges against former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Yadav, and 11 others in the alleged IRCTC scam that rigged railway hotel contracts for favoured private players.Rabri and Tejashwi prima facie emerge as participants in the criminal conspiracy of which Lalu Prasad was seemingly…
Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur (sitting) CHANDIGARH: In a late-night development, the Haryana government has sent Director General of Police (DGP) Shatrujeet Kapur on leave amid the controversy surrounding the death of senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, who had named Kapur in his suicide note. The decision has come just a day before the leader…
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Monday praised India and called Prime Minister Narendra Modi “a very good friend” during his speech at the Sharm el-Sheikh Summit in Egypt. The remarks came after the signing of a historic peace agreement to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. “India is a great country with a…
Indian opener KL Rahul faced a batter’s nightmare on Day 4 of the second Test against West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi. (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian opener KL Rahul faced a batter’s nightmare on Day 4 of the second Test against West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New…
NEW DELHI: The Union government has prepared a Rs 6.4 trillion ($77 billion) transmission plan to transfer more than 76 gigawatts of hydroelectric capacity from the Brahmaputra basin by 2047 to meet rising electricity demand, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) said on Monday.In a report released on Monday, the CEA said the plan includes 208…
US President Donald Trump addressed Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, on Monday, declaring that “the long and painful nightmare is finally over” after helping broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Trump told cheering lawmakers, “This long and difficult war has ended. In an unprecedented achievement, virtually the entire region has endorsed the plan…