New Delhi: India hit out at China on Thursday for once again holding it responsible for the eastern Ladakh standoff, asserting that the “provocative” behaviour and “unilateral” attempts by the Chinese military to alter the status quo resulted in a serious disturbance of peace and…
New Delhi: A day after Congress leader Kapil Sibal’s home was attacked by his own party men, protesting his criticism of the Gandhis, his colleague Anand Sharma said he is “shocked and disgusted”. The attack followed Mr Sibal’s “G-23, not Ji Huzoor-23” taunt at…
Lucknow: A widely shared video on social media shows top officials in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur allegedly trying to dissuade the family of businessman Manish Gupta, who died during a late-night police raid at a city hotel on Monday, from filing a police case in the matter. Six cops were suspended on Tuesday…
The airlift was fraught with risk from the start. Donors from Silicon Valley including LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, as well as Facebook Inc., had agreed to fund an evacuation flight for 188 journalists, aid workers and others who were suddenly in danger after the Taliban’s quick capture of Kabul. They hoped…
Kolkata: Over three lakh voters of Bhabanipur, a south Kolkata legislative constituency, will today seal the fate of Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee, who is looking to enter the state Assembly before the end of her six-month period of Chief Ministership-without-being-an-MLA. The over 12 hours of polling…
Chandigarh/New Delhi: A day after Navjot Singh Sidhu’s shock resignation as Punjab Congress chief, the party has reached out to him but he has apparently refused to budge. “I will fight for truth till the last breath,” Mr Sidhu said in a video this morning. Here is your 10-point cheatsheet to the…
Beijing: China’s ambitious foreign infrastructure push has saddled poor nations with “hidden debt” worth $385 billion, and more than a third of the projects have been hit by alleged corruption scandals and protests, a study said Wednesday. Research from international development research lab…
Chandigarh: Amarinder Singh, after delivering a “told-you-so” barb at the Gandhis on rival Navjot Singh Sidhu’s shock resignation as Punjab Congress chief, stacked up more digs at the cricketer-turned-politician. Navjot Sidhu’s resignation within two months of taking over the vital post…
New Delhi: The Delhi riots of 2020 were planned and calculated to cause disruptions and were not triggered by any incident, the High Court said while refusing bail to one of the accused in the case on Monday. “The February 2020 riots were a conspiracy, planned and executed. They evidently did not…
New Delhi: Student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and Gujarat Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani are set to join the Congress today. Posters welcoming Kanhaiya Kumar to the party were put up outside the Congress office in Delhi this morning, hours ahead of the widely reported switch. Kanhaiya Kumar joined the CPI or Communist…