Spread the love       File photo Oil prices fell sharply on Sunday after US President Donald Trump declared a deal with Iran “complete” and announced the “immediate toll-free reopening of the Strait of Hormuz”, a key artery for global energy supplies.Brent crude dropped 3.9 per cent to $84 a barrel, while US crude fell 4.8 per cent to around $81 a...

Spread the love       While an intense debate rages over ‘erasure’ of Mohammad Barkatullah’s name from the university that bears it, a more painful question lingers in the lanes of Itwara: Who was Barkatullah? The answer carries history’s cruelest irony. The man who should have been Bhopal’s brightest icon — celebrated with the same fierce pride Bengal reserves for Netaji Bose...

Spread the love       US president Donald Trump US President Donald Trump announced that a deal with Iran has been finalised, declaring in a social media post that “the Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete”.Trump said the Strait of Hormuz would reopen with immediate effect and that the US naval blockade would be lifted.“Congratulations to all!” he...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: Buzz is growing that assembly polls in Punjab may be brought forward to Nov 2026 from Feb 2027, as scheduled. Keeping this in mind, Congress is learnt to have started its preparations, while the ruling AAP has already kickstarted its campaign.Congress sources said the Punjab unit has held discussions on Nov polls, while AICC is...

Spread the love       NEW DELHI: New initiatives to strengthen Bihar’s inland fisheries ecosystem will be launched with the laying of foundation stones for an integrated aqua park at Bhojpur and a national fisheries development board regional centre in Patna Monday.“These initiatives aim to strengthen Bihar’s inland fisheries ecosystem through modern technologies, scientific resource management, employment generation and value addition, while...

Spread the love       PM Modi with Macron NEW DELHI: A hug, a handshake and a pitch worth $1.5 billion. That was the texture of Sunday in Nice, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron jointly threw open ‘Bharat Innovates 2026’ — and where, hours earlier, Modi had quietly worked a room full of people who write the...

Spread the love       ANI photo (File) The US Navy said it rescued 14 Indian seafarers on Sunday as Virat-1, an Indian-flagged mechanised sailing vessel or dhow, was sinking off the Oman coast following a mechanical failure. The Indian Embassy in Oman said all rescued crew members are “safe and in good health” and were moved to a vessel that is...

Spread the love       Rebel camp to merge with NCPI, extends support to NDA NEW DELHI: Chances of even a politically clued-in person having heard of Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) are near-zero. It is now set to be the fifth biggest party in Lok Sabha.In a dramatic development, 20 rebel Trinamool Congress MPs informed Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla...

Spread the love       President Emmanuel Macron hosted PM Modi for bilateral talks NEW DELHI: India and France looked to further expand their strategic partnership in a range of areas, including defence, civil nuclear cooperation, trade and technology, as President Emmanuel Macron hosted PM Modi for bilateral talks.Adoption of an innovation roadmap to deepen cooperation in critical and emerging technology, launch...

Spread the love       Rebel TMC MPs meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at his residence, in New Delhi on Sunday. AGARTALA: The only Bengal link of the Nationalist Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI), oddly, is its Howrah address. Interestingly enough, the six-year-old Tripura-based party, registered in Howrah’s Sankrail, is now tipped to be BJP‘s biggest coalition partner with 20 MPs.TDP...