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NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump’s approval to a new bill that allows for up to 500% tariff on countries importing Russian petroleum is a threat not just for China and India, but even others, such as the European Union, which have opposed Moscow’s offensive against Ukraine but have been buying energy. An analysis by...

(X @DrSJaishankar) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday (local time) met French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to France and conveyed PM Modi’s warm wishes, underscoring the strength of the India–France Strategic Partnership.Sharing details of the meeting on X, Jaishankar said, “Delighted to call on President @EmmanuelMacron of France today and...

KOLKATA: The ED on Thursday conducted searches at political consultancy firm I-PAC’s office in Salt Lake and its director’s Loudon Street home in connection with a five-year-old case, prompting CM Mamata Banerjee to call it political vendetta and “a crime” and dub Union home minister Amit Shah “nasty and naughty”.Banerjee, who trailed the ED teams...

AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami NEW DELHI: Pushing for expansion of NDA in Tamil Nadu, BJP is crafting a high-pitched campaign to position the alliance as a natural choice for anti-DMK voters amid emergence of actor Vijay-led TVK as the third force in the state’s traditionally bipolar politics. AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami’s meeting with...

CM Pinarayi Vijayan KOCHI: ED deputy director P Radhakrishnan, who investigated the 2020 diplomatic-channel gold smuggling case in which the then principal secretary to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan was implicated, has been asked to go on premature retirement with five years of service remaining. Sources said Union govt issued the order a week ago with...

MEERUT: After razing at least 17 mosques and other structures in Sambhal, the district administration has escalated its crackdown on “illegal” encroachments by imposing heavy financial penalties on the structures built on government and pond land. On Thursday, tehsildar Dhirendra Pratap Singh announced that violators would face a fine exceeding Rs 75 lakh for six...

MEERUT: A 25-year-old wedding caterer was beaten to death and his body set on fire by a teenage auto driver in Meerut after an argument over loud music. The auto driver allegedly assaulted Rohit Kumar with bricks and set his body on fire using engine oil in an attempt to conceal his identity, police said....

In a sweeping overhaul of America’s global footprint, President Donald Trump has authorised the withdrawal of US from 66 international organisations, marking one of the most significant retreats from multilateralism in modern history. The pullout is from all major climate-linked global bodies, including India-headquartered International Solar Alliance and UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Though...

LUDHIANA: In another shocking incident coming in the wake of the discovery of a charred body, a 30-year-old resident of Bhora village was found murdered, his body cut into six pieces, inside a vacant plot near Jalandhar Bypass. The site of the gruesome discovery is barely three kilometres away from his house.His head was found...

NEW DELHI: Bomb threats were emailed to courts across India Thursday, sparking panic, mass evacuations and multi-state security sweeps before authorities declared them hoaxes. Messages claiming RDX-based IEDs and suicide attacks forced shutdowns in Odisha, Bihar, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, among others, paralysing judicial work.In Bhubaneswar, an email warned judges and...