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New Delhi: Integrating passport issuance with law enforcement, creating a comprehensive database of fugitives and special focus groups to handle extraditions and economic offenders were some of the measures proposed by home minister Amit Shah to tackle transnational crimes, reports Rajshekhar Jha.Addressing a CBI-organised conference, Shah said the Modi govt was striving to bring every…
CJI Gavai, Rakesh Kishore New Delhi: Supreme Court has expressed reluctance to accede to requests from SC Bar Association president Vikas Singh and solicitor general (SG) Tushar Mehta to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against advocate Rakesh Kishore for attempting to hurl a shoe at CJI B R Gavai, and restrain social media from glorifying the…
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed he was assured by PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday that New Delhi was tapering its purchase of Russian oil to help stop the Russia-Ukraine war, but the external affairs ministry in Delhi denied knowledge of any such conversation.In Washington, in his customary freewheeling banter with pool…
Bihar state Congress President Rajesh Kumar Ram addresses a press conference, in Patna on Saturday. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Thursday released the first list of its candidates for the upcoming Bihar elections. The first list included names of 48 candidates. The opposition Mahagathbandhan is yet to finalise its seat-sharing arrangement among…
As Bihar heads into a heated two-phase assembly election on November 6 and 11, the political scene saw a day of rapid developments on Thursday — from the Election Commission’s strong defence of its voter roll revision to the NDA completing its candidate lists, while the Mahagathbandhan (MGB) remains mired in seat-sharing talks. Tej Pratap…
US President Donald Trump spoiled the ties with India due to his ego, a former US envoy to Japan said , and he claimed that Pakistan is paying money to his son. During an interview with MeidasTouch, Rahm Emanuel, a Democrat, said that China is taking advantage of the strained ties between India and America….
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that India remains one of the strongest pillars of global growth even as the world economy turns more unpredictable amid rising tariffs, uneven expansion, and the rapid advance of artificial intelligence (AI), according to an ET report.Speaking at an IMF press conference, Georgieva replied to ET…
The recent deadly clashes between Pakistan and the Taliban along their shared border signal a major shift in Islamabad’s approach towards a group that it had hoped would become an ally in its larger fight against India. Far from becoming a partner, the Taliban has now emerged as the single-biggest threat to Pakistan’s security. India…
India and Brazil on Thursday agreed to broaden the scope of the existing preferential trade agreement (PTA) between New Delhi and the Mercosur bloc, aiming to strengthen economic ties and boost bilateral trade. Mercosur, a South American trading bloc, comprises Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay.The discussions took place during a meeting between visiting Brazilian Vice…
Russia maintains its position as India’s primary oil supplier, contributing 34% of incoming deliveries in September. (AI image) Will India stop buying oil from Russia? US President Donald Trump has claimed that PM Narendra Modi has assured him that India will stop Russian crude. The Ministry of External Affairs has denied being aware of any…
