NEW DELHI: SC on Monday accepted a fresh request from Reliance Industries Ltd, which questioned govt’s $2.81 billion demand for alleged pilferage of natural gas by RIL from ONGC block in KG Basin, to resolve the dispute bilaterally with the Centre.When the plea for conciliation was made by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, attorney general R…
NEW DELHI: President Donald Trump loves India and is a big fan of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Monday while responding to questions about the reported endorsement earlier by the president of “racist remarks” calling India a hellhole.“I wouldn’t be here if the president didn’t want me to…
NEW DELHI: Days after declaring that a technology boost would transform the country’s eastern and western borders into ‘smart borders’ amid intensified curbs on infiltration, home minister Amit Shah will be touring border areas of four states — Rajasthan, Gujarat, Tripura and West Bengal — over the next month to review their security.Shah will start…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday awarded life imprisonment to a man for murdering his wife for dowry, highlighting how parents’ anxiety to save the marriage of their daughters may push many women into a death trap by sending them back to matrimonial homes despite complaints of torture.Amidst growing number of dowry cases, apex court…
NEW DELHI: Following the launch of the Quad Critical Minerals Initiative last year, the foreign ministers’ meeting on Tuesday is likely to announce key measures for collaboration to strengthen economic security through diversification of supply chains in a separate joint statement.The likely key takeaway from the meeting will be an important step towards countering China’s…
NEW DELHI: India has moved a step closer to the big-ticket defence deal on 114 Rafale fighters with France as the country has finalised the Letter of Request (LoR) for the acquisition of the 4.5-generation multirole jets for the IAF.“The LoR is ready and it is expected to be sent to France in a few…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the National Testing Agency over the NEET-UG paper leak issue, saying no lesson had been learnt and mistakes were being repeated, a reference to recurring incidents of mismanagement of the medical entrance exam‘s conduct.In view of difficulties being faced by lakhs of students after the May 3…
NEW DELHI: Amid the controversy over a govt order to take over Delhi Gymkhana Club (DGC) premises, it has come to light that the Land and Development Office (L&DO) had written three letters to the club management since Sept last year to clear around Rs 48 crore in rent that DGC owed to it.The latest…
NEW DELHI: Accusing the Congress of an attitude towards opposition parties that comes in the way of building the unity of secular forces to fight against RSS-BJP, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Monday cautioned that strengthening opposition unity was a necessity to counter the “growth of right wing forces”. .Reflecting on the INDIA…
TOI correspondent from Washington: In a week already overloaded with US-Iran peace talks, energy crises, and the aftermath of Trump visit to China, few expected the hottest geopolitical clash would involve Marco Rubio, the Taj Mahal, and an Iranian consulate armed with architectural claims and Persian pride.The latest chapter in the US-Iran snark diplomacy began…
