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New Delhi: The BJP lashed out at the Congress, accusing it of seeking foreign funds to stop Prime Minister Narendra Modi from coming to power in 2014. The party’s allegations came a day after US President Donald Trump questioned a move by former president Joe Biden’s administration to provide $21 million to India for “voter…
The United States Senate has voted to confirm former federal prosecutor Kash Patel as the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), continuing a streak of success for President Donald Trump’s government nominees. But Thursday’s confirmation came by slim margins. Only 51 senators, all Republican, voted in favour of Patel in the 100-seat…
The closed-door summit in Riyadh will take place tomorrow, Saudi Arabia has said. Arab leaders are set to meet Friday in Saudi Arabia to discuss countering US President Donald Trump’s plan for United States control of the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip and the expulsion of its people, diplomatic and government sources have said. Saudi…
Washington: A recent declaration by Donald Trump has raised questions about his views on presidential authority. In a statement on Truth Social, Trump proclaimed himself “king” after his administration’s efforts to dismantle New York City’s congestion pricing program. This program, designed to raise funds for the city’s aging mass transit system, has been a point…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday went hammers and thong at the Congress party after US President Donald Trump acknowledged India’s 2024 Lok Sabha election was “influenced” by the external forces to “get someone else elected”. Hours after Trump criticised the Biden dispensation’s decision to disburse $21 million…
Here are the key developments on the 1,092nd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Thursday, February 20: Fighting A man was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia’s Belgorod region, regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said. A “massive” Russian attack on the port city of Odesa in southwestern Ukraine…
US president’s proposal comes amid scepticism of claimed savings from Elon Musk’s cost-cutting drive. United States President Donald Trump has proposed using some of the savings from tech billionaire Elon Musk’s cost-cutting drive to give Americans cash and pay down government debt. Speaking at an investment summit hosted by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund in…
The United States has designated eight Latin American criminal and drug-trafficking groups as “global terrorist organisations” amid escalating rhetoric from President Donald Trump. In a Federal Register notice filed on Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, without offering details, that the groups have committed or pose a risk of committing “acts of terrorism that…
United States President Donald Trump has escalated his feud with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, calling the Ukrainian president a “dictator without elections”. In a lengthy and scathing post on his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday, Trump also accused Zelenskyy of taking US money and embroiling the country in an endless conflict. “Think of it, a…
The University of Chicago is not the only campus imposing harsh punishments on student protesters. At the University of Minnesota, seven students face up to two-and-a-half years of suspension and $5,000 in alleged damages, months after being arrested during an October protest. The students had occupied a campus building they renamed ”Halimy Hall“, after a…
