The Indian National Congress has called for a special parliamentary session on 22 April to address the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, claiming 26 innocent lives. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge urged the government to call a special session of both … Read more
The Congress on Monday distanced itself from the comments made by some Congress leaders on the Pahalgam terror attack, called it a “personal opinion” and said that the Congress Working Committee proposals and the comments of senior party leaders and the authorized AICC office-bearers show the party’s stance. Ramesh told ANI, “It is true that … Read more
Former Union Minister and Congress leader Saifuddin Soz said that if Pakistan says that this Pahgam is not involved in the terrorist attack, let’s accept that for a time and eventually the agencies should go to check the agencies, saying that India and Pakistan are neighbors and except “dialogue”, nothing will work between the two … Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump recently expressed optimism about the ability to generate adequate revenue for tariffs, possibly also the place of income tax. In a conversation with Fox Notices, Trump highlighted the significant financial gain from the tariff, drawing similarities with the late 19th century, when the US imposed tariffs and received considerable amount. … Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump made fun of tariff-hit countries on Tuesday (local time), stating that he was ready to donate anything while trying to interact with him. Speaking at the National Republican Congress Committee, Trump said he was a better negotiator than the Congress. He said, “I am telling you- these countries are calling … Read more
As a nation, India often finds itself in a tug-off-war between the grandeur of its aspirations and the ghosts of its past. One would imagine that a country was designed as a global power – provoking nuclear capabilities, a leading space program, a “tech stack” that is the world’s jealousy and an ambitious dialect for … Read more
New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday conceded that he was left with “egg on his face” in opposing India’s stance when the Russia-Ukraine war broke out and said due to the policy that was adopted, the country is now in a position where it can make a difference to lasting peace. Mr Tharoor … Read more
New York: President Donald Trump reached an estimated 36.6 million television viewers for his address to Congress on Tuesday night, the Nielsen company said. That beat the 32.2 million people who watched former President Joe Biden’s final State of the Union address last year, but was smaller than any of Trump’s audiences for the annual … Read more
Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky has told him Kyiv was ready for talks with Russia and finalisation of a US minerals deal, days after a White House clash. “I received an important letter from President Zelensky of Ukraine. The letter reads, ‘Ukraine is ready to come … Read more
Bengaluru: Amid a row over his visit to the Maha Shivaratri celebrations at Isha Foundation, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said that it is his personal belief and Sadhguru, who hails from Mysuru, personally invited him. “I attended the Maha Shivarathri celebrations at Isha Foundation. It is my personal belief. I can’t reply to … Read more
Amid the buzz of a rift between him and the Congress over his recent praise of certain policies of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led CPI(M) government in Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor has put up a cryptic post on X, stating, that being wise is sometimes a mistake. Sharing a quote from English poet Thomas Gray’s poem … Read more
KOLKATA: Congress’s inflexibility in Delhi and AAP‘s intransigence in Haryana led to BJP victories in assembly elections there, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said on Monday while declaring that Trinamool Congress wasn’t banking on anyone’s support to return to govt in the state by a two-thirds majority next year.“We won’t need anybody’s support. But everyone in … Read more