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NEW DELHI: The Russian foreign ministry reiterated on Wednesday that Moscow had no reason to believe India is doing a rethink on its oil purchase from Russia, while also asserting that it’s ready to carry forward close cooperation with India in the energy sector.“We are convinced that India’s purchase of Russian hydrocarbons is mutually beneficial…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha, already deadlocked over Rahul Gandhi’s insistence on referring to an unpublished book, was plunged into deeper impasse on Wednesday as BJP MP Nishikant Dubey turned to a pile of books with uncharitable references to members of the Nehru-Gandhi family to “expose” Congress.PM Modi’s reply to the motion of thanks on the…
As Ravneet Bittu approached to walk past the suspended Congress MPs, Rahul Gandhi called him a ‘traitor’ and extended his hand, drawing a sharp ‘desh ke dushman’ retort in response (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Union minister and former Congress MP Ravneet Bittu and Rahul Gandhi got into a bitter exchange Wednesday, when the LoP mocked…
Mukesh Ambani (right) and Larry Fink MUMBAI: Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani on Wednesday said that India will be self-sufficient in the energy sector with reasonable investments in the next 20-30 years. “In the next decade, India will not import 80% of its energy,” he said.“We have a path and God- willing, like with technological…
Election Commission and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee locked horns over the legality of engaging micro-observers by the poll panel for SIR work, the issue of spelling errors in names leading to categorisation of voters under ‘logical discrepancy’ and issuance of notices to them, and the “hurried manner” of scrutiny of voters’ identity.Mamata alleged EC was…
Apollo Hospitals chairman Dr Prathap C Reddy CHENNAI: Apollo Hospitals chairman Dr Prathap C Reddy, who turns 93 on Thursday, cuts a commanding figure — the tall cardiologist who walked away from a thriving US practice after his father’s plea to “help people in India.” A 1979 tragedy sealed it: a 35-year-old patient died, treatment…
Chip Kaye, Chief Executive Founder, Warburg MUMBAI: Warburg Pincus’s global chairman Chip Kaye said India is one of the ‘best constructive ecosystems’ that the PE giant has built over the last 30 years that the US-headquartered private equity major has been in the country.In this period, Warburg Pincus had made 80 investments in India. In…
Newly elected CM Khemchand Yumnam met Manipur governor Ajay Bhalla at Manipur Lok Bhavan in Imphal on Wednesday. GUWAHATI/IMPHAL: Yumnam Khemchand Singh of BJP was sworn in Wednesday as the CM of Manipur’s reinstated NDA govt along with Kuki legislator Nemcha Kipgen and Naga MLA Losii Dikho as his deputies, marking a fresh spin on…
NEW DELHI: Govt Tuesday informed Parliament that the Enforcement Directorate has achieved a 95% conviction rate in money laundering cases in which trials have been completed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).“As on Dec 31, 2025, the special PMLA courts have delivered judgments, on merits, on the issue of money laundering in 58…
NEW DELHI: After clinching trade deals with the US and EU, India is set to kick off negotiations for an agreement with the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council. The bloc, comprising Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain, will sign the terms of reference on Thursday, outlining the scope and modalities of the proposed…
