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Sam Pitroda, the Congress’ overseas unit head, suggested that India’s approach to bilateral ties China needs to change. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday slammed Congress leader Sam Pitroda’s comments questioning the degree of China’s threat to India and said his statements reflect the party’s mindset. Sam Pitroda, the Congress’ overseas unit head, said that threat from China, India’s nuclear armed neighbour, is often blown out of proportion and suggested that New Delhi should stop considering Beijing as an enemy. “I don’t understand the threat from China. I think this issue is often blown out of proportion because the…

A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar said the matter will be heard by a three-judge bench. The Supreme Court on Monday deferred to April first week the hearing on a batch of pleas relating to the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991. Earlier in the morning, the top court expressed its displeasure over the filing of several fresh pleas in a case related to the validity of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 which mandates the religious character of a place to be maintained as it existed on August 15, 1947. “We…

The latest releases brings the number of hostages freed by Hamas in the first phase of ceasefire to 24. Three Israeli men holding dual citizenship were freed by Hamas on Saturday, under terms of the Palestinian militant group’s ceasefire agreement with Israel. The release of Sagui Dekel Chen, Iair Horn and Alexander (Sasha) Troufanov brings the number of hostages freed by Hamas to 24. Under the first phase of the ceasefire agreement – the truce kicked in on January 19 and was brokered by the United States, Qatar and Egypt – Hamas is to release 33 hostages (eight of whom…

The incident occurred when a hydrogen-filled balloon exploded during the opening ceremony of Pokhara Tourism Year. Nepal’s deputy prime minister Bishnu Paudel Pokhara and metropolitan mayor Dhanraj Acharya were airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment after they sustained burn injuries during the opening ceremony of Pokhara Tourism Year on Saturday. They have been airlifted to Kathmandu for further treatment,” Kaski District Police Office’s Superintendent of Police Shyamnath Oliya. the incident occurred when a hydrogen-filled balloon exploded during the event. Paudel, who is also the country’s finance minister, and Acharya were on the stage when the explosion occurred. According to Bhuwan KC,…

A plane carrying 119 Indian deportees from the United States will land at the Amritsar airport tonight.Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said that the arrival of the second US aircraft carrying Indian deportees from the United States would be a “test” for Indian diplomacy. All eyes will be on the US aircraft which will land today in Amritsar bringing back illegal immigrants. Will the deportees be handcuffed and their legs tied with ropes?” Chidambaram wrote on X. A plane carrying 119 Indian deportees from the United States will land at the Amritsar airport on Saturday. The flight is expected…

The MCD mayoral election is scheduled to be held in April. The AAP had won the last mayoral election, held in November 2024, by three votes. In a fresh setback to Arvind Kejriwal, three Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors have switched over to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), boosting the saffron party’s chances of victory in the upcoming Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) mayoral poll. “Delhi will have a “triple engine” government — at the Centre, assembly and municipal level — at the right time to develop it as the capital of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision under a ‘Viksit…

The Mumbai Police said that the extension was granted at the request of Samay Raina’s lawyer. The Mumbai Police have given comedian Samay Raina time till March 10 to appear before them in a probe related to podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia’s controversial remarks on YouTube show ‘India’s Got Latent’. Ranveer Allahbadia, popular on YouTube for his ‘BeerBiceps’ channel, landed in a major controversy over his remarks about parents and sex on comedian Samay Raina’s now-deleted YouTube show ‘India’s Got Latent’. At least two FIRs have been registered against Allahbadia and Raina — one in Assam and another in Mumbai. that Khar…

In the second batch of deportees, 65 were from Punjab, 33 from Haryana, 8 from Gujarat, 2 each from UP, Goa, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and 1 each from HP, J&K. Hoping for a better future, they left home with aspirations of settling in the US. Families sold land, took loans, and made sacrifices to send them abroad. But instead of new beginnings, they returned to Amritsar on a US military aircraft, deported, disheartened and uncertain about what comes next. In the second batch of deportees, 65 were from Punjab, 33 from Haryana, and eight from Gujarat, while Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Maharashtra,…

The BJP has alleged that Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi’s wife Elizabeth, a British national, has ‘Pakistan links.’ Congress Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday said he ‘fully trusts’ the ‘wisdom of the people of Assam,’ amid allegations by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that his wife Elizabeth, a British national, has ‘Pakistan links,’ a claim which he described as a ‘slanderous campaign.’ “I have full faith in the wisdom of the people of Assam that they can see through this obvious slander campaign. The BJP government has no performance to show. They are unable to fulfil any of…

The C-17 aircraft, which landed at the Amritsar airport around on Saturday, was carrying the second batch of Indians to be deported by the Trump administration.Deportees on board the US military aircraft carrying 117 illegal Indian immigrants have claimed that they were handcuffed and their legs were chained during the journey. The C-17 aircraft, which landed at the Amritsar airport around 11.35 pm on Saturday, was carrying the second batch of Indians to be deported by the Donald Trump administration as part of its crackdown on illegal immigrants after February 5. A third plane carrying over 100 deportees is expected…