India and the United States may be 99% closer to signing the BTA, but a new proposal from Washington suggests that the trade story isn’t quite finished yet. The United States Trade Representative (USTR) on Wednesday named India among countries that could face additional tariffs over concerns about preventing goods linked to forced labour from...
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Experiment aborted too soon? How ‘sidelined’ Annamalai drifted away from BJP in Tamil Nadu
File photo NEW DELHI: Annamalai Kuppusamy (K Annamalai), who not so long ago was BJP’s biggest face, and also its biggest hope in Tamil Nadu, has quit the party. The former IPS officer, who joined BJP in 2020 and made the party visible in the state like never before, is all set to form his...
‘Can’t breathe’: Video shows UK cops arresting stabbed teen as Indian-origin attacker posed as victim
Henry Nowak and Vickrum Digwa (R) A video widely circulating on social media shows British police handcuffing a dying teenager after he was stabbed by an Indian-origin Sikh man who falsely claimed he had been racially abused by the victim.The victim, 18-year-old Henry Nowak, was in a vulnerable condition and repeatedly tried to tell officers...
10 killed after massive fire breaks out at restaurant in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar
Image Credit: Jatin Surya Kumar/TNN NEW DELHI: At least 10 people have died after a fire broke out at a restaurant in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area on Wednesday morning, officials said.The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said it received a call about the blaze at 09:45 local time and dispatched multiple fire tenders to the...
‘Selectors will do whatever is necessary’: BCCI secretary on Sooryavanshi’s India chances
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: When will Vaibhav Sooryavanshi make his India debut? When will the 15-year-old don the senior India jersey? Could he find a place in the squad for the upcoming T20Is against Ireland?Those questions have dominated discussions ever since the teenage batting sensation took the cricketing world by storm.Sooryavanshi played...
BJP shares AI video mocking DK Shivakumar ahead of Karnataka swearing-in
BJP shares AI video mocking DK Shivakumar ahead of Karnataka swearing-in (Image- BJP Karnataka X) Ahead of Congress leader DK Shivakumar‘s oath-taking ceremony as Karnataka chief minister on Wednesday, the BJP launched a sharp attack on the Congress government through a series of posts on X, criticising and alleging failures in governance.In an AI-generated video...
Video shows moment Hellfire missile cripples tanker bound for Iran’s Kharg Island
The United States military disabled the Botswana-flagged oil tanker M/T Lexie in international waters after the vessel allegedly ignored repeated warnings and continued sailing towards Iran’s Kharg Island, the US central command said. It also released the video from when a US aircraft struck the ship.According to the central command, the US fired a Hellfire...
Watch: Air defence battle over Kuwait as Patriot missiles respond to Iranian strike
Tensions in the Middle East escalated once again early Wednesday after Iran launched missiles towards US military facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain. According to the US central command (CENTCOM), the missiles failed to hit their targets and were either intercepted or broke apart before impact. In response, the US military carried out strikes on an...
More Trump tariffs? US names India in its Section 301 findings; proposes additional duties
The development comes as senior trade officials from the US and India are engaged in a three-day round of discussions in New Delhi. (AI image) Amid ongoing India-US trade deal talks, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has named India among countries that have unfair trade practices. Based on these findings, the...
IND vs AFG: Siraj’s availability hangs in the balance; Nabi on standby for one-off Test
Mohammed Siraj and Auqib Nabi (Image credit: Agencies) TimesofIndia.com in Chandigarh: The Indian team management is likely to make a final call on Mohammed Siraj‘s workload within the next 48 hours ahead of the one-off Afghanistan Test. If the 32-year-old is rested, Auqib Nabi will replace him in the squad.TimesofIndia.com has learnt that medical staff...
