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External affairs minister S Jaishankar during a meeting with his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand, in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar met his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand in New Delhi on Wednesday to review bilateral relations, with discussions covering trade, investment, education, energy, defence and people-to-people exchanges.The two ministers also exchanged views…

NEW DELHI: What led to a false hijack scare that sent Air India’s longhaul Frankfurt-Delhi flight being diverted to Jaipur on Wednesday has now become the subject of a probe by both aviation and security agencies. The Boeing 787-9 with about 300 people on board had entered Indian airspace via the long route taken these…

‘All Indians should unite’: Dhruv Rathee after Rahul backs CJP NEW DELHI: YouTuber Dhruv Rathee on Wednesday called for unity to protect India’s democracy after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi extended support to the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) for the first time, following the arrest and judicial custody of its leaders.Rathee reposted Rahul Gandhi’s post on…

AAP’s Sanjay Singh backs CJP activists after arrest NEW DELHI: Senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh on Wednesday warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi against targeting young protesters after Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activists Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das were sent to five days of judicial custody following their detention in an attempt…

File photo: NCP(SP) spokesperson Anish Gawande NEW DELHI: NCP(SP) spokesperson Anish Gawande sharply criticised the arrest of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, calling the preventive arrest ‘bizarre’. Gawande also said Rahul Gandhi had asked the INDIA bloc to be ready at 24 hours’ notice for further protests, as the bloc seeks Supreme Court…

File photo: US secretary of state Marco Rubio is set to visit Mumbai and Jamnagar from October 17-22 NEW DELHI: US secretary of state Marco Rubio will visit Mumbai and Jamnagar from October 17 to 22 as part of a trip to India and Uzbekistan, with talks in India set to focus on strengthening bilateral…

Saudi OpenAI engineer arrested over hidden recording device in executive conference room A Saudi national and OpenAI engineer has been arrested by US federal agents and charged with allegedly installing a hidden audio recording device in an executive conference room at the AI company to capture sensitive discussions about its technology, the US Justice Department…

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Tuesday said the govt was open and keen to “hear” discussions around the long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax as it was “healthy” to have the debate.The minister, however, declined to be specific on the matter as preparations for the Union Budget in Feb are already underway.The FM’s comments raised…

NEW DELHI: Why did opposition INDIA bloc, after making special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls the central point of its attack on Election Commission and govt, give up the challenge to the constitutional and statutory validity of SIR in their joint writ petition before Supreme Court?Opposition members, led by LoP Rahul Gandhi, stated in…

BENGALURU: Karnataka home minister Priyank Kharge and chief minister DK Shivakumar Tuesday reiterated that peaceful protest is fundamental to democracy and promised a review of police action against anti-SIR demonstrators in Bengaluru.Activists, however, said assurances were not enough and demanded the withdrawal of the police licensing order restricting protests to Freedom Park and restoration of…