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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took a sharp dig at the Congress and the Gandhi family during his speech in the Rajya Sabha, accusing them of being “habitual thieves” and alleging that they had even “stolen” Mahatma Gandhi’s surname.“For some people, stealing is a family profession. What’s shocking is that those habitual…

India is at the threshold of becoming a global plastic-processing hub, opening newer avenues of growth for the MSME sector in the country, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Thursday. Inaugurating PLASTINDIA 2026, a plastic exhibition with a focus on sustainability and industry growth, Gupta called upon the industry to pursue responsible growth. “India…

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has criticised The Washington Post’s decision to lay off his son, foreign affairs columnist Ishaan Tharoor, describing it as a “perverse act of self-immolation”.Reacting on X, Tharoor wrote: “The bizarre thing about this so-called ‘business decision’ by The Washington Post is that @ishaantharoor’s column flourished on the Internet,” adding that Ishaan…

NEW DELHI: The Budget session of Parliament witnessed an unprecedented move as the Lok Sabha passed the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address without the customary reply by the prime minister.This is the first time since 2004, when the motion was passed without the PM’s reply. In 2004, then PM Manmohan Singh was “prevented…

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said he had advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to attend the House amid concerns over disorder, citing information that an inappropriate incident could have taken place near the Prime Minister’s chair.Birla said the advice was given when the Prime Minister was scheduled to respond to…

NEW DELHI: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said India’s energy security remained the government’s top priority, responding to claims by US President Donald Trump that India may stop buying Russian oil and instead source crude from countries such as the United States and Venezuela.MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India’s decisions on oil imports…

On a phone screen, symptoms line up neatly. Restlessness, fatigue, poor sleep, a lingering sense of worry, and suddenly a bad week starts to look like a diagnosis. For many, it begins with something small: a sleepless night, stress at work, trouble concentrating. A quick search follows.With internet access now nearly universal, people are turning…

Manmohan Singh in Lok Sabha (From a 2005 clip shared by Jairam Ramesh) NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing row over Rahul Gandhi stopped from speaking in Lok Sabha and PM Modi‘s speech being cancelled, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh shared old videos of Manmohan Singh refering to when the then-Prime Minister “was prevented from replying to…

The New Jalpaiguri–Chennai Central Superfast Express derailed near Jakhapura station in Odisha’s Jajpur district while en route to Howrah, Kolkata.The incident occurred at 8.51 am, and no injuries or fatalities were reported, railway officials said, as cited by PTI. One AC coach and two general coaches of the train jumped off the tracks. Passengers have…

The Washington Post has announced what it described as “significant restructuring,” at the organisation which includes shutting down its current Sports Desk and scaling back its international reportage footprint. According to Fox News, about a third of the organisation’s workforce has been affected, close to 300 people.Ishaan Tharoor, foreign affairs columnist at The Post and…