Congress general secretary (communication) Jairam Ramesh addresses a press conference in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, on Monday (February 17, 2025), in his X formerly Twitter said that “The views reportedly expressed by Mr. Sam Pitroda on China are most definitely NOT the views of the Indian National Congress.” … Read more
BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The BJP on Monday (February 17, 2025) cited Indian Overseas Congress leader Sam Pitroda’s reported comments downplaying Chinese threat to India to target the opposition party, claiming that his remarks are in line with its leaders’ statements in support of China. Addressing a press … Read more
India-Bangladesh ties should not be “regime-specific”, Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain said. After holding talks with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at the 8th Indian Ocean Conference organised in Muscat, Mr. Hossain said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus may finally meet on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit … Read more
Tahawwur Hussain Rana became part of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks conspiracy in 2005 as a member of Lashkar-e-Taiba and HUJI and was closely engaged with Pakistan-based conspirators, officials said. U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday (February 13, 2025) that his administration has approved Rana’s extradition to India, referring to him as “one of … Read more
Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar More than 500 Nepali students were forced to leave the campus of a private university in Bhubaneswar after tensions flared following the alleged suicide of a female student from Nepal on Monday (February 17, 2025). The institute – Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology … Read more
TMC MP Saket Gokhale said that EAM Jaishankar should clarify, “because the MEA had categorically stated that this serious issue would be taken up with the U.S. What actually happened then?” | Photo Credit: ANI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar must clarify if the issue of deportation of Indians, who had migrated illegally to the … Read more
Image for representational purposes only. India has sent its first-ever commercial trial shipments of pomegranates to Australia through sea route, officials said on February 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: The Hindu India has sent its first-ever commercial trial shipments of pomegranates to Australia through sea route, an official statement said on Monday (February 17, 2025). … Read more
Ranveer Allahbadia. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The National Commission for Women (NCW) has issued a new hearing date after ‘India’s Got Latent’ Youtubers failed to appear in response to its summons regarding derogatory and obscene remarks made on their show. The Commission had summoned content creators and public figures, including Ranveer Allahabadia, Samay … Read more
Supreme Court. | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Monday (February 17, 2025) saw the Centre retain a stoic silence through not filing a counter-affidavit putting on record its response to a challenge to the validity of the Places of Worship Act (Special Provisions) Act of 1991, a law that protects the identity and … Read more
People deported from America being taken to their respective destinations following the completion of formalities such as immigration, verification and background checks, in Amritsar on February 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Promised a legal entry into the U.S., Mandeep Singh’s life was at risk after he was made to deal with crocodiles and snakes, … Read more