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US president Donald Trump (AP photo) US president Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order renaming the Department of Defence as the Department of War.The Department of War was created in 1789 to oversee the Army. It carried the name until president Harry Truman reorganised the military in 1947, merging the Army, Navy and…

TOI correspondent from Washington: Slipping into damage control mode after he and his lieutenants singed ties with India with incendiary remarks, US President Donald Trump on Friday said US and India have a special relationship and there is “nothing to worry about.“Hours after his “Truth Social” post saying he had lost India and Russia to…

PITHORGARH: With road links to Munsyari in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand blocked due to landslides, four students from Rajasthan decided to hire a charter helicopter from Haldwani to appear for their BEd examination on Wednesday. Omaram Jat, Magaram Jat, Prakash Godara Jat, and Lucky Chaudhari booked the charter, shelling out Rs 10,400 each, to make…

NEW DELHI: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) hopes to finally deliver the first two ‘improved’ Tejas Mark-1A fighters to the IAF next month after a long delay, but it will be contingent on the single-engine indigenous jet completing its weapon firing trials. The firing trials of Astra beyond visual range air-to-air missiles, advanced short-range air-to-air missiles…

PANAJI/ KOCHI: As foam-tipped waves licked Goa’s Miramar beach, a tourist reached for a tender coconut to beat the afternoon blaze. “Rs 90,” said the vendor. The tourist blinked. “For one? Wasn’t it Rs 40 last year?” Once an easy indulgence, the humble coconut has turned into a luxury in much of India’s south, with…

US president Donald Trump said on Friday he will always be friends with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling India-US relations a “very special relationship” and adding that there is “nothing to worry about” in the ties between the two countries. However, Trump also expressed concern over some of Modi’s current actions. He told ANI, “I…

Manipur’s fragile peace process buckled under renewed strain Friday as groups representing the warring Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities rejected what the Centre termed “key deals” in the journey to normalcy – one to get Kuki-Zo Council (KZC) to lift a national highway blockade and another for extending the contentious suspension of operations (SoO) agreement with…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court collegium system, under criticism for its opaqueness, faces an uncomfortable question as a new PIL challenged the quota for minority communities in the selection of persons for appointment as judges of the HCs on the ground that it ran counter to the cardinal constitutional principle of ‘secularism’.Though the SC collegium…

US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War, reviving the title used by the US military until 1947.“It’s a much more appropriate name, especially in light of where the world is right now,” Trump said, calling the Defense title…

David Lammy, left, and Yvette Cooper British prime minister Keir Starmer on Friday appointed foreign minister David Lammy as deputy prime minister in a major cabinet reshuffle following the resignation of Angela Rayner over a tax underpayment controversy.Lammy, 53, will also take on the role of justice secretary. As part of the reshuffle, home secretary…