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Congress MP Jairam Ramesh questions delay in formal closure of Monsoon Session NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday questioned the “abnormal” delay in proroguing the Monsoon Session of Parliament, noting that the time gap between adjournment and prorogation is generally two to four days, but the Monsoon Session is yet to be prorogued after being…

Video shared by PM Modi on X. NEW DELHI: PM Modi on Sunday greeted the nation on National Space Day, calling for bigger dreams, greater innovation and the pursuit of new frontiers in space exploration.The Prime Minister in a post on X said, “Happy National Space Day! 🛰️ Here’s to dreaming even bigger, innovating more…

Chirag Paswan hinted that govt may engage while protesters are seeking income-based quotas instead of caste-based reservation NEW DELHI: Union minister Chirag Paswan has said the government is willing to hold talks with protesters opposing caste-based reservation, provided they put forward their demands in a systematic manner.“Any sort of misunderstanding around reservation can create anger…

Anti-reservation protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar NEW DELHI: No permission has been granted for Sunday’s planned protest against the UGC Equity Regulations, 2026, and the reservation system at Shah Auditorium in the capital, Delhi Police clarified.The police described videos circulating on social media claiming that permission had been granted as “false and misleading.”“It is further…

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy; Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel NEW DELHI: The Indian Overseas Congress (IOC), the Congress’ foreign wing, criticised the Centre for its “double standards” in allowing the Gujarat chief minister to visit the US while denying political clearance to Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy for his US visit.“The principal objective of the chief…

The searches were aimed at securing evidence relating to the conspiracy and at ascertaining the roles of persons allegedly associated with the local support network (Photo: PTI). NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday conducted searches at 10 locations across Srinagar, Kupwara, Anantnag, Pulwama and Budgam in J&K to unearth a cross-border conspiracy…

There is a growing sense that something is seriously amiss in India’s foreign policy. Yet, foreign policy debate is still tiptoeing around the big questions.There were three foundational assumptions that underlay Indian choices at the turn of this century. First, no great power in history had acquired such preponderance over its rivals as the US…

Jaishankar said India’s ties with Bangladesh must be based on mutual interest, while stressing that stability with China and the fight against terrorism remain key to New Delhi’s foreign policy NEW DELHI: For any relationship to work, it has to meet the test of mutual interest, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said Saturday on the…

Sergio Gor said India-US ties are driven by Modi-Trump trust, with the bilateral trade deal ‘on its way’ and Quad cooperation set to deepen NEW DELHI: The India-US relationship is anchored in trust and friendship between PM Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump, said US ambassador to India Sergio Gor. The ambassador also said that…

Jaishankar to visit Moscow to co-chair India-Russia trade, economic cooperation meet and hold talks with Lavrov NEW DELHI: At the invitation of Russia’s first deputy PM Denis Manturov, external affairs minister S Jaishankar will visit Moscow on Aug 23-24 to co-chair the 27th Session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and…