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Union Minister of Major Industries H.D. Kumaraswamy. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) declined to intervene in a case accusing Union Minister of Heavy Industries H.D. Kumaraswamy of misusing his office as then Karnataka Chief Minister for pecuniary gains and illegally denotifying two parcels of land measuring … Read more
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh | Photo Credit: ANI Asserting that reciprocal tariffs are a complete negation of all accepted principles of international trade, the Congress on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should “summon the courage” to remind U.S. President Donald Trump that the ‘T’ in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) “stands for Trade not Trump”. … Read more
Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) refused to grant an early hearing on a plea for blocking access to DeepSeek, an AI chatbot developed by Chinese entities, in all forms in India. A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice … Read more
Chinese Ambassador Xu Feihong. File. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI India-China ties are entering the “phase of recovery” and the relationship between the two nations is “one of the most important” bilateral engagement globally, Chinese Ambassador Xu Feihong said on Tuesday (February 25, 2025). In an address at an event, Mr. Xu also said that … Read more
CBI said the job aspirants were given fake appointment letters and directed to report for a three-month training session in a fake DRDO office in Rajasthan. File. | Photo Credit: PTI The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against unknown accused persons on the charge that they ran a fraudulent recruitment racket … Read more
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inspects the Guard of Honour during the Investiture Ceremony of Indian Coast Guard, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on February 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has grown into a formidable, trustworthy and one of the world’s most efficient marine forces, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh … Read more
Amidst a growing number of reports that India will accept a Taliban-appointed diplomat to head the Afghanistan Embassy in Delhi, speakers at a conference of prominent Afghan exiles here urged New Delhi to not “normalise” its engagement with the regime in Kabul. The reports carried by Afghan media, citing Taliban Foreign Ministry officials as well … Read more
File picture of Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday (February 24, 2025) virtually addressed the closing ceremony of Asia’s first Global Hyperloop Competition 2025 organized in Chennai by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Mr. Vaishnaw highlighted the Modi government’s resolve to take the country ahead … Read more
A view of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Assam government on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) strongly objected to a public interest petition accusing it of violating a 2014 Supreme Court judgment for a scientific, well-documented and decisive investigation by an independent agency into 171 … Read more
File image. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) quashed a chargesheet against a former Army officer in an alleged rape case saying it was an “abuse of process of law”. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K. Vinod Chandran granted the relief to Capt. Rakesh Walia … Read more