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NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief ministerMamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the BJP-led central government is attempting to strip citizens of their rights under the guise of revising the state’s voter list. Her remarks came after the BJP demanded a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in the state.Speaking at a public meeting…

NEW DELHI: Amid growing global trade tensions and a recent tariff hike by the US on Indian goods, the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) has called upon the country’s higher education institutions to take a leading role in reviving the Swadeshi Movement.A high-level meeting scheduled for August 11, 2025, will see vice-chancellors and education leaders…

NEW DELHI: The Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) has issued a “notice of caution” against lawyers advertising legal services on social media. “Many lawyers are indulging in posting contents and videos to solicit work by way of advertisement either directly or indirectly through circulars advertising personal interactions, interviews, producing their photographs to publish in connection…

NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday raised serious concerns about the fairness of recent elections, alleging “vote chori” and also making a serious claim that, “Election Commission colluded with BJP to steal elections in Maharashtra.“Speaking at a press briefing, Rahul referred to the recent polling in Maharashtra, Haryana, and…

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday slammed the United States for imposing additional 25% tariff on India and called for hitting the US back with “reciprocal” tariffs of 50 per cent. “We should also impose 50 per cent tariff on US goods,” the Congress leader said. “I think the average Indian tariffs on…

NEW DELHI: India’s biggest online travel agency MakeMyTrip (MMT) has launched a multilingual GenAI trip planning assistant to enable conversational bookings. Initially in Hindi and English, MMT says the platform will “assist users at every stage of travel planning, from discovery to fulfilment, and beyond. Users would find conversational assistance through their entire journey, from…

Image: Instagram@/pascalolaleye A French woman, who has reportedly relocated to India, described India as safer than France in a video that is now going viral on social media. The conversation between a Nigerian YouTuber, Pascal Olaleye, and the woman has stirred mixed reactions online as she stresses that many foreigners misunderstand India due to prevailing…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed Justice Yashwant Varma’s petition challenging the in-house inquiry process and its findings, which held him complicit in huge cash discovered from his official residence premises, and then CJI Sanjiv Khanna’s recommendation to the President and Prime Minister to initiate a removal motion against him.A bench of Justices…

NEW DELHI: Is President Donald Trump punishing India for buying Russian oil or is there more behind the sudden flare-up in Washington’s tone? A 25 percent tariff bombshell, threats of further penalties, and caustic rhetoric from the US President have pushed US-India ties into an uneasy zone.Beginning August 1, Indian goods entering the US will…

Congress MP Manish Tewari (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manish Tewari on Thursday reacted to the United States’ decision to impose a steep tariff on India, calling it an act of “crude bullying” and expressing confidence that India will get through it.President Donald Trump recently announced an additional 25% tariff on India for importing…