Yoshita Singh New York, February 21 At the centre of the landmark US Supreme Court verdict striking down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs is an Indian-origin lawyer who argued before America’s highest court about the illegality of the levies. Neal Katyal, the son of Indian immigrants and the former Acting Solicitor General of the […]
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The North News Shimla, February 21 A suspected key supplier of an alleged interstate narcotics trafficking racket was arrested after absconding for over one-and-a-half years following the arrest of another prime accused linked to the gang, police said on Friday. The accused, Pradeep Kumar alias Ranta (38), a resident of Bijauri village in Shimla district, […]
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Mumbai, February 21 BJP workers staged a black-flag protest against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Mumbai on Saturday, calling it a response to the Youth Congress’s protest at the AI Summit. Gandhi landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in the morning and travelled by road to Bhiwandi in neighbouring Thane district to appear […]
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New Delhi, February 21 Security was tightened across key religious and heritage sites in Delhi on Saturday, including areas around the Red Fort and parts of Chandni Chowk, following intelligence inputs suggesting a possible terror threat, an official said. Security agencies issued an alert on a possible explosion threat near Red Fort, a major tourist […]
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Thane, February 21 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday reached a magistrate’s court in Maharashtra’s Thane district to furnish a new surety in the defamation case filed against him by an RSS activist. The Bhiwandi magistrate’s court had asked Gandhi to present a fresh surety in the case, as former Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, […]
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By Yoshita Singh New York/Washington, February 21 India now faces a lower tariff rate of 10 per cent, down from 18 per cent, after US President Donald Trump announced a new global levy on items imported into America in the wake of the Supreme Court verdict against his sweeping tariffs. In a proclamation titled ‘Imposing […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 20 Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Friday pitched for bringing the state’s border blocks under NITI Aayog’s aspirational districts and blocks programmes, citing the need to fill the gap left by the discontinuation of the Border Area Development Programme. Addressing the ‘Sampooranta Abhiyaan Samman Samaroh’ organised to recognise the […]
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Puducherry, February 21 Prime Minister Narendra Modi would visit the poll-bound Puducherry on March 1, senior BJP leader Nirmal Kumar Surana has said. Surana, BJP in-charge of Puducherry told reporters here on Friday that Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Karaikal recently and was given a rousing reception. The BJP leader’s visit had sent a […]
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By Yoshita Singh New York/Washington, February 21 US President Donald Trump said “nothing changes” in the trade deal with India in the wake of the Supreme Court verdict against his sweeping tariffs, as he responded to the ruling by announcing an additional 10 per cent global levies on items imported into the US. In a […]
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New Delhi, February 20 Dismayed over ongoing tussle between the West Bengal government and the Election Commission, the Supreme Court on Friday issued an “extraordinary” direction to deploy serving and former district judges to assist the poll panel in the controversy-ridden special intensive revision of electoral rolls in the state. Ruing the “unfortunate blame game” […]
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