Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday said the only way to counter a “bully” was to “resist him forcefully”, after US president Donald Trump signed into law a legislation expanding sanctions on Russia and Iran and giving Washington new tariff powers targeting major buyers of Russian energy.AICC general secretary Jairam…
A company firing Americans and hiring H-1Bs will now be flagged by the US agencies. Amid mass layoffs being announced by several companies, the Donald Trump administration came up with a new executive order that directly links layoffs with H-1B hiring. H-1B is a visa program that allows companies to hire skilled workers from foreign…
ABVP bags 3 posts as BJP celebrates victory, NSUI alleges vote-counting tampering NEW DELHI: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Saturday won three of the four central panel posts in the Delhi University Students’ Union election, with its candidate Yash Dabas elected president.Independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen, who was denied a ticket by the Congress-affiliated NSUI,…
MoS MEA Kirti Vardhan Singh said India’s foreign policy remains independent, with decisions guided by the interests of the country and its people rather than pressure from other nations. ABVP won three of the four central posts in the DUSU elections, while independent candidate and NSUI rebel Deepanshu Shokeen won the vice-president’s post. Olympic champion…
Mamata’s TMC rollercoaster: 3 days, 3 setbacks, then a breather Once the dominant political force in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has found itself navigating an unusually turbulent stretch, with the party facing questions over its identity, leadership and ability to hold its organisation together.For Mamata Banerjee, almost synonymous with the Trinamool Congress after…
Air India flight to Kathmandu returns to Delhi after technical problem NEW DELHI: An Air India flight from New Delhi to Kathmandu was diverted back to Delhi after reporting a “technical issue”, an official at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport told news agency ANI.The flight had approached Nepali airspace when it was turned back to Delhi…
Sikh Spiritual Centre Toronto/Image: SSCT website Two Ontario gurdwaras are facing a lawsuit over more than $13 million in loans that were secured against their properties, adding another legal dispute to the growing list of cases involving lawyer and former Liberal MP Rajvinder Grewal.Sikh Spiritual Centre Toronto (SSCT) and Nanaksar Thath Ishar Darbar were sued…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Syed Naseer Hussain on Saturday claimed that IIM Jammu is demanding explanations from students who missed an event on Prime Minister’s Narendra Modi birthday, warning them with a Rs 500 fine if they do not reply.On September 17, IIM Jammu hosted a “Deepak Lighting Ceremony” to mark PM Modi’s 76th birthday….
Union minister’s fiery response to Guna resident goes viral, Congress reacts NEW DELHI: A video showing Union minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia in a sharp exchange with a resident over a long-pending road in Guna, Madhya Pradesh, has gone viral on social media, with the Congress sharing the clip and accusing the minister of showing “arrogance…
Ansari cites Nehru on ‘danger to India’ from Hindu right-wing communalism NEW DELHI: Former vice president Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Saturday cited former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru‘s remarks about the “danger to India” while referring to concerns raised by late constitutional expert and author AG Noorani in his book The RSS: A Menace to India.He…