NEW DELHI, JUL 24 : India and UK on Thursday signed a landmark free trade agreement (FTA) which aims to double bilateral trade and boost Indian exports of goods like textiles, leather and engineering goods, while slashing tariffs on British whisky, automobiles, and medical devices. The agreement was signed by Union Minister Piyush Goyal and […]Continue Reading
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UNITED NATIONS/NEW DELHI, JUL 23 : India told a UN Security Council meeting presided over by Pakistan that there should be a serious cost to nations who foment cross-border terrorism, as it described the neighbouring country as a serial borrower steeped in fanaticism. As we debate promoting international peace and security, it is essential to […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUL 22: With Jagdeep Dhankhar resigning from the post of Vice President, the election to appoint his successor must be held “as soon as possible”, as per constitutional provisions. According to Clause 2 of Article 68 of the Constitution, an election to fill a vacancy in the office of the Vice President whether […]Continue Reading
DHAKA, JUL 21 : A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into a school campus in northern Dhaka on Monday, killing at least 19 people, including its pilot, and injuring dozens, officials and local media said. According to the military and a fire official, the Bangladesh Air Force F-7 BGI aircraft crashed into the campus […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUL 21 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Monsoon session of Parliament would celebrate the victory of soldiers in Operation Sindoor, asserting that the whole world saw India’s might and called for unity among all parties on the matter. Speaking before the start of the session, the Prime Minister touched upon a […]Continue Reading
7/11 Mumbai train blasts: HC acquits all 12 accused; says prosecution ‘utterly failed’ to prove case
MUMBAI, JUL 21 : The Bombay High Court on Monday quashed the conviction of 12 persons in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case and acquitted them, noting the prosecution has “utterly failed” to prove the case against them. The judgment comes 19 years after the terror attack that shook the city’s Western Railway network, resulting […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUL 20 : Prince Al Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal Al Saud, widely known as the “Sleeping Prince,” has died nearly 20 years after slipping into a coma following a car accident in London in 2005. He was 36. Born in April 1990, Prince Al Waleed was the eldest son of Prince Khaled […]Continue Reading
KOLKATA, JUL 19: Fake notes worth Rs nine crore have been recovered from Dhamakhali ferry ghat under Sandeshkhali police station in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal. Two persons, namely Sirajuddin Mollah and Debabrata Chakraborty have been arrested in connection with the incident, police said on Saturday. The two arrested persons had checked into […]Continue Reading
PATANA, JUL 19 : In a major breakthrough in the high-profile murder of gangster Chandan Kumar alias Chandan Mishra inside a Patna hospital, five persons were arrested from New Town near Kolkata on Saturday morning, reported news agency PTI. The arrests followed joint raids by the Patna Police and the West Bengal STF, which tracked […]Continue Reading
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, JUL 19 : In a fresh claim, US President Donald Trump said “five jets were shot down” during the conflict between India and Pakistan in May and repeated his assertion that the fighting ended following his intervention. The US president did not specify whether the jets were lost by either of the two […]Continue Reading
