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Rubio says India-US trade deal will happen shortly; Kharge to raise SIR, delimitation concerns with Modi. US secretary of state Marco Rubio visits India, calls India-US trade deal “very very close”. Kharge to raise SIR, delimitation and women’s reservation concerns with PM Modi on Wednesday. Trump’s approval rating hits record-low as Democrats lead Republicans by…

(ANI Photo) Union Home Minister Amit Shah meets family of Bikramjit Singh in Gurdaspur. NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday met the families of three men who allegedly lost their lives after raising their voices against drug peddlers in Punjab, launching a sharp attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government over the…

Shri Keshav Ramlila Committee is set to burn the cockroach effigy alongside the traditional effigies of Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Meghnad at its grounds in Pitampura. NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder, Abhijeet Dipke, on Monday took a sarcastic dig at the planned burning of a 30-foot-tall cockroach effigy alongside Ravan during Dussehra celebrations on…

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat says Hindu values inspired Flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar’s courage to protect lives. NEW DELHI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday linked Captain Smit Machchhar’s courage in preventing a possible plane disaster to Hindu values and traditions, saying these values inspire people to protect human lives and ensure the safety of others.Addressing…

External affairs minister S Jaishankar will meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Mumbai on October 20 to discuss ways to enhance the Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership between India and the US. (File photo) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will begin a three-day visit to India on Tuesday, with talks on a proposed…

Mohan Bhagwat invokes Sant Ravidas, stresses diversity and social harmony NEW DELHI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat addressed the organisation’s annual Vijayadashami event in Nagpur on Tuesday, marking the centenary year of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).In his speech at the Sangh headquarters, Bhagwat touched upon a range of issues, from social concerns to current geopolitical…

SC judges jokingly threaten dharna over foot overbridge, pedestrian path NEW DELHI: In the season of dharnas and protests in Delhi, a Supreme Court bench led by Justice J B Pardiwala last week threatened in a lighter vein to sit on dharna at the Delhi HC main gate if by Nov 25 the govt failed…

Dipke issues message in support of Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday after the judicial custody of Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka was extended by two more days, accusing the government of using state machinery to intimidate…

Newly sworn-in Sikkim Governor Dushyant Gautam during the swearing-in ceremony GANGTOK/DELHI: Dushyant Kumar Gautam was sworn in as the 19th governor of Sikkim Monday, succeeding Om Prakash Mathur.Slamming the governing BJP for sticking with Gautam’s appointment as governor despite the shadow of a murder case, Congress said its protest over the issue will intensify and…

It was not clear why the demand for consultation was being made repeatedly, Rijiju said NEW DELHI: Days after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called for an all-party meeting to discuss any fresh delimitation proposal, govt on Monday said it had already consulted many opposition parties, including Samajwadi Party, DMK and NCP (SP), and could not…