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New Delhi: As the opposition gathered to decide strategy for the upcoming discussion on Budget on Tuesday, Rahul Gandhi faced a unanimous demand from allies that he should start the debate, if only to get back at BJP which had not let him speak for seven days. The demand was led by DMK’s T R…

NEW DELHI: The India-US interim trade deal looks more like a “pre-committed purchase agreement” that overturns every principle of reciprocity, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Tuesday, adding that Union ministers S Jaishankar and Piyush Goyal have avoided giving clear answers regarding the scale, timeline or fiscal impact of agreement with the US.Initiating a discussion…

NEW DELHI: Emboldened by Penguin’s statement that former Army chief General (retd) M M Naravane’s memoir has not been published yet and the author’s endorsement of the same, BJP on Tuesday demanded an apology from Rahul Gandhi and accused him of making baseless claims that were in violation of not only parliamentary conventions but also…

NEW DELHI: A political row erupted in RS Tuesday during Question Hour after BJP MP Samik Bhattacharya raised encroachment of Kolkata Port land and said the area had been publicly referred to as “mini Pakistan” by the Kolkata mayor, a Trinamool MLA.Amid protests from opposition MPs, particularly TMC, MoS ports, shipping and waterways Shantanu Thakur…

NEW DELHI: Niti Aayog has proposed a roadmap for a net zero pathway for the transport sector which includes phasing out diesel vehicles and focusing on cleaner technologies, as well as tightening Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) norms.“The transition strategy should begin with the phased elimination of polluting diesel vehicles and the adoption of lower-emission…

NEW DELHI: Cracking down on deepfakes, the Centre has tightened India’s digital rules by mandating compulsory labelling, traceability and user declarations for AI-generated content. It has also sharply cut timelines to take down unlawful content to as little as three hours from 36 hours and placed direct compliance responsibility on social media platforms and their…

NEW DELHI: Discussion on the no-motion confidence against Lok Sabha Speaker is likely to take place on March 9, news agency ANI reported citing sources.This comes after opposition parties put in motion the process to oust Om Birla as Lok Sabha speaker, alleging that he had acted in a “blatantly partisan” manner in the House…

JAMMU: J&K legislators voiced concern on Tuesday over the US trade deal’s potential impact on Kashmiri apples, with many describing it as a “death blow”.“They (Centre) have told America it can send as much fruits and apples as it wants at zero duty and we will buy it here. Where has their sympathy for Jammu…

NEW DELHI: A 32-year-old man died after falling into an open drain in Delhi. The man fell in the manhole near the Mahashakti Kali Temple in Rohini’s Sector 32 on Tuesday evening, ANI reported.The incident occurred in the Begampur area, where local residents alerted emergency services after the man slipped into the uncovered drain. A…

Union home minister Amit Shah (File photo) NEW DELHI: A massive security deployment is planned in Puducherry’s Karaikal ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit on February 14, with nearly 500 police personnel to be stationed across the region for protection and crowd control at his public programme. Personnel from the Puducherry Police and…