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US President Donald Trump was on Friday asked by a reporter why India was specifically targeted for new tariff measures, despite several countries continuing to import Russian oil. Addressing the media, Trump stated, “It’s only been eight hours. So let’s see what happens. You’re going to see a lot more. You’re going to see so…

Mohit Suri’s ‘Saiyaara’ has been the surprise romantic blockbuster of the year. Starring fresh faces Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda, the musical love story struck a chord with audiences right from its opening day. The film entered the Rs 300 crore club in India within weeks and has stayed strong ever since. But in its…

India captain Shubman Gill with pacer Jasprit Bumrah. NEW DELHI: India’s hard-fought 2-2 series draw against England in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy produced numerous standout performances, but not everyone lived up to the billing. Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan expressed disappointment in Jasprit Bumrah’s performance, despite the pacer finishing as one of the top wicket-takers in…

NEW DELHI: India should capture the mindspace of global consumers, tourists and students, PM Narendra Modi said on Wednesday as he urged govt employees and citizens to put their best efforts into increasing their and the country’s productivity.Addressing an event after the inauguration of a Kartavya Bhawan along Kartavya Path, he said new office complexes…

DEHRADUN: It wasn’t just the rain. A preliminary geological assessment conducted after Tuesday’s devastating flash flood in Dharali village, suggests a far more complex and violent trigger – a massive collapse of glacial sedimentary deposits, possibly caused by a retrogressive slope failure high up in the mountains.Initial estimates made by experts, based on satellite data…

NEW DELHI: The Maharaja is rolling out a campaign to restore passenger confidence after the fatal crash of Flight AI 171 in Ahmedabad – the airline’s first wide-body accident since 1978 and the first major disaster since the Air India-Indian Airlines merger and privatisation.In a message to customers on Wednesday, Air India MD and CEO…

NEW DELHI: Top judges of Supreme Court have taken strong exception to the order passed on Tuesday by a bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan castigating an Allahabad high court judge for lack of knowledge in criminal law and de-rostering him from hearing criminal cases for life, and are mulling steps to…

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he is likely to meet President Vladimir Putin “very soon” amid his ongoing bid to broker an end to the Russia-Ukraine war. “There’s a good chance that there will be a meeting very soon,” Trump said. This comes after the White House confirmed that the US President is…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has ruled that the doubtful conduct of an accused cannot be the sole criterion to convict him if there is no other evidence to prove his involvement in a crime and acquitted a murder convict who was sentenced to life imprisonment.Setting aside the trial court and high court’s order of conviction,…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed deep anguish over the prevailing inhuman practice of hand-pulled rickshaws ferrying visitors in the eco-sensitive and automobile-free Matheran hill station in Maharashtra’s Western Ghats and said this belittles India’s march towards a developing country and its Constitution which promises social and economic justice.A bench of Chief Justice…