India news – Page 41

Ladakh violence: BJP accuses Congress of inciting mob; gets a reply from Sonam Wangchuk | India News

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday claimed that Congress councillor Phuntsog Stanzin Tsepag of inciting violence during the recent protest in Ladakh, but activist Sonam Wangchuk denied.In a post on X, BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya asked whether Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wanted this kind of unrest in Ladakh.“This man rioting in […]

‘BJP has mentally retired Nitish’: Kharge says NDA’s internal conflict out in open; targets PM Modi | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday claimed that Bharatiya Janata Party now considers Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar a “burden” ahead of the upcoming assembly elections.Addressing a press conference after the Congress Working Committee in Patna, Kharge said that internal conflict within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was not out in in the […]

‘Ready for alliance with RJD’: AIMIM chief Owaisi demands 6 Bihar seats; warns voters BJP could succeed if denied | India News

NEW DELHI: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday declared that his party is “ready for alliance with RJD,” sending a formal letter to Bihar’s leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav seeking entry into the Mahagathbandhan ahead of the upcoming assembly elections. These remarks come as Owaisi began his Bihar campaign with the four-day “Seemanchal Nyay Yatra” […]

‘Not like Russia & China’: Finland President hails India as ’emerging superpower’; sends message for the West | India News

NEW DELHI: Finland’s President Alexander Stubb recently distinguished India from Russia and China, calling New Delhi an “emerging superpower” and urging Western countries to engage more closely with it.In a Bloomberg Podcasts interview, Stubb was asked about his view on the growing alignment between India, Russia and China. He pushed back firmly saying, “India is […]

After Jaishankar meet, Rubio says Trump administration may ‘fix’ tariffs on India; calls out Europe on Russia sanctions | India News

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has suggested that the Donald Trump administration may be willing to “fix” the additional 25 per cent tariffs imposed on India over its purchases of Russian oil.In an interview with NBC News, Rubio said the US expects European nations to step up their own sanctions against Moscow. “I think […]

Green nod for Arunachal Pradesh’s hydel project near China border | India News

NEW DELHI: An expert appraisal committee of the Union environment ministry has granted clearance to the 2,220MW Oju hydroelectric project located in a strategically important region in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Subansiri district bordering China. One of the largest run-of-river hydro projects in India, it will cost around Rs 25,000 crore and is likely to take […]

‘This is surprising’: Shashi Tharoor on silence of Indian diaspora in US over H-1B, tariffs; urges community to speak out | India News

Shashi Tharoor (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday highlighted the lack of engagement from the Indian-American community on issues affecting India, such as H-1B visa restrictions and trade tariffs, as he welcomed a visiting US Congressional delegation in New Delhi.Tharoor said the five-member delegation, all Democrats with four of them from […]

J&K: Soldier dies in Udhampur after gunshot; probe under way | India News

NEW DELHI: A soldier died from a bullet fired from his service rifle outside a military hospital in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. Police have started inquest proceedings to ascertain whether the soldier died of accidental firing or committed suicide, they said. The soldier-driver was waiting in a parked medicine […]

‘India a pivotal voice’: UN chief Guterres backs calls for UNSC reform; wants council to represent ‘world of 2025, not 1945’ | India News

Stephane Dujarric (File – ANI) United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres is “very supportive” of reforming the UN security council (UNSC) to better reflect current global realities, with India emerging as a pivotal voice in the multilateral system, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told news agency ANI.Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing UN general assembly session […]

The time to decriminalise defamation has come: SC | India News

NEW DELHI: Agreeing to hear a plea filed by the organisation ‘Foundation for Independent Journalism’ seeking to quash the summons issued to it in a criminal defamation case, Supreme Court on Monday said time has come to decriminalise the defamation law.A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma passed the remark while […]