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After Satyendar Jain was granted bail on Thursday, Kejirwal reacted by saying that the Centre is only interested in arresting people, not running the country NEW DELHI: Reacting to the grant of bail to former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal criticised the Centre over his arrest, alleging that it is only...

India-China ties have thawed since the border skirmish in 2020. Former foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale argues that China waits for a strategic opening, acts pre-emptively and then builds a narrative of self-defence.His new book, “China’s Wars: The Politics and Diplomacy Behind its Military Coercion”, examines past conflicts and China’s recent grey-zone tactics.In an interview with...

Chirag vs Manjhi: SC ‘creamy layer’ debate puts Bihar NDA unity to test. NEW DELHI: Could the open sparring over “quota within quota” between two prominent Dalit faces of Bihar last month open up a Pandora’s box for the BJP-led NDA government? Union ministers Jitan Ram Manjhi and Chirag Paswan engaged in an open war...

A weathered and rusted USS Abraham Lincoln docks in Thailand for maintainance A rusted and worn USS Abraham Lincoln arrived in Thailand after an extraordinary 286 days of deployment at sea. The carrier shows visible signs of wear and tear, its hull streaked with rust and its paint visibly weathered after months of combat and...

VVS Laxman to travel with India for Asian games Former India batter and Director of Cricket at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence, VVS Laxman, is set to travel with the Indian men’s team to Japan and will take charge as head coach in the absence of Gautam Gambhir for the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya...

Former minister Konda Surekha expressed her displeasure regarding her cabinet removal HYDERABAD: Former Telangana minister Konda Surekha on Thursday questioned the decision to remove her from chief minister A Revanth Reddy’s cabinet, saying she had neither committed any corruption nor been given an opportunity to explain herself before the action was taken.Surekha said she had...

Jaishankar is on a three-day visit to Ukraine and Poland from September 3 to 5 External affairs minister S Jaishankar speaking in Kyiv said that India is ready to contribute to efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war “in any manner” possible.“If India can be of any help, in any manner, we are there,” Jaishankar said,...

Activist Vidyanand Bapat faced an alleged assault on Thursday morning (Visuals credit: X) PUNE: City-based activist Vidyanand Bapat, who has been opposing the use of high-decibel DJ systems and loudspeakers during festivals, was allegedly assaulted by a man on Thursday morning.Bapat was attacked while speaking to media persons in the Tilak Road area, news agency...

Piyush Goyal says India awaiting tariff edge before US trade deal (File photo) NEW DELHI: India will announce the final details of its proposed Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) with the US only after Washington agrees to provide preferential tariff terms compared with the country’s competitors, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.“As soon...

Earthquake strikes Tibet (representative image) An earthquake of magnitude 5 struck Tibet on Thursday, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).The quake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.The earthquake struck as rescue and recovery operations continued in Tibet following catastrophic flooding near the Gyirong border crossing with Nepal...