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Congress calls pact a surrender, says something being hidden

Jairam Ramesh NEW DELHI: Dubbing the India-US trade deal interim framework as a “surrender”, Congress on Saturday said commerce minister Piyush Goyal’s statement on agri imports was “too clever by half” Read More

US deal boosts India’s growth engine: Amit Shah

Amit Shah NEW DELHI: The announcement of an interim trade agreement between India and the US was met with warm applause from the BJP and its allies, with home minister Amit Shah saying it will give “another boost to India Read More

‘Politically motivated’: Sonia Gandhi slams plea over 1980 voter list inclusion

Sonia Gandhi NEW DELHI: Congress MP Sonia Gandhi Saturday described as “politically motivated and frivolous” a criminal revision petition before a Delhi court against a 2025 magisterial order that declined to order an F Read More

Trust has become India’s strongest currency: PM Modi

PM Modi NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi said on Saturday that the interim trade agreement with the US is yet more evidence of the international community’s growing trust in India and said the series of recent trade deals marks cou Read More

Tamil literature is eternal and its culture global, PM Modi says in Malaysia

PM Modi in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR/NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday chose an Indian community event in Kuala Lumpur to shower praise on Tamil culture and highlight the presence of several Tamilians in key positions in India. Read More

Govt spent barely 40% of Budget on biggest schemes in 9 months

Government has spent just a little more than 40% of the budgeted amount in its biggest schemes in the first three quarters of the current fiscal and expects to spend less than 75% by the end of the year. Read More

Ahead of Macron’s visit, DAC likely to meet next week to approve deal for 114 Rafales

Rafale jet NEW DELHI: Ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to India for the Artificial Intelligence Summit from Feb 18 to 20, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by defence minister Rajnath Singh, is schedul Read More

India, US discuss ways to boost collaboration in critical, emerging defence tech

NEW DELHI: India and the US have discussed ways to strengthen collaboration in “critical and emerging defence technologies” to meet the evolving requirements at a key meeting hosted here, officials said. Read More

Over 1.7 crore tourists, including 36,000 foreigners, visited J&K in 2025: Govt

JAMMU: Over 1.7 crore tourists visited Jammu & Kashmir in 2025, including over 36,000 foreign visitors, the govt informed the assembly on Saturday. Read More

Amit Shah review progress of development projects, reaffirms Modi govt’s commitment to building prosperous J&K

Amit Shah JAMMU: Under PM Narendra Modi’s leadership, Govt of India (GoI) remains firmly committed to the vision of building a developed and prosperous Jammu and Kashmir, Union home minister Amit Shah said at a high-level meeting Read More

BJP mocks NC’s ‘special status’ call for J&K, says no return of Article 370

JAMMU: Governing National Conference’s (NC) insistence on restoration of J&K’s “special status” since forming the govt in 2024 drew on Saturday a sharp counter from BJP, which argued that there is no such term in the Indian Constituti Read More

Shia Muslims protest in Kashmir over deadly blast at Islamabad mosque

JAMMU: Hundreds of Shia Muslims on Saturday staged spontaneous protests in various parts of Kashmir to condemn a suicide bombing at the Khadija Tul Kubra Mosque in Islamabad that killed at least 31 people and wounded more than 169 oth Read More