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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Donald Trump (File photo) The received wisdom in Washington circles has been that Pakistan has ‘played’ Donald Trump better than its Indian counterpart. This has included praising Donald Trump to high heavens at every turn, nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize with every breath, offering him (snake?)…

NEW DELHI: Proceedings in Lok Sabha were adjourned for the day seconds after it assembled for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reply to the debate on Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address.The House went into chaos as soon as the proceedings began at 5pm. Congress MPs entered the well and aisles and raised slogans over…

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party‘s Y Khemchand Singh was sworn in as the chief minister of Manipur on Wednesday. The NDA legislature party leader staked claim to form the government in the state earlier in the day. The ethnic violence-torn state was under President’s rule since February last year.Kuki BJP MLA Nemcha Kipgen and Naga…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre whether there was any possibility of it rethinking or relooking at the detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, saying that “his medical condition is not that good”.The top court also asked the Centre to brief it on the government’s stand on the next date of…

NEW DELHI: A Turkish Airlines flight’s made an emergency landing in Kolkata after its right engine caught fire minutes after take-off from Kathmandu airport on Wednesday. The plane had 236 people on board, including 11 crew members.“The Turkish Airlines with flight number ‘THY-727’ caught fire within four minutes of the take off, the right engine…

NEW DELHI: Three minor sisters, who died after jumping from the balcony of their ninth-floor flat in Ghaziabad on Wednesday, had not attended school for the past two to three years.The sisters—Nishika (16), Prachi (14), and Pakhi (12)—were after failing academically, which made them feel embarrassed and increasingly withdrawn. The eldest sister was reportedly a…

NEW DELHI: An eyewitness in the Ghaziabad case said that one of the three minor sisters appeared to have jumped deliberately, while the other two fell while trying to stop her.Arun Kumar, a resident of Bharat City Society, said he noticed something amiss around 2.00am when he saw the girls sitting on a glass balcony…

NEW DELHI: Two Pakistani terrorists were killed on Wednesday in a joint operation by the Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Central Reserve Police Force in the Basantgarh area of Udhampur district, ANI reported quoting officials. Jammu and Kashmir Police said the terrorists were neutralised during an intense encounter in the Basantgarh area…

NEW DELHI: Three minor sisters died after allegedly jumping from the balcony of a ninth-floor flat in Ghaziabad early Wednesday, with police probing the role of an online game they were reportedly addicted to. The sisters—Nishika (16), Prachi (14), and Pakhi (12)—used to play a Korean “love game.” What is the ‘love game’? The Korean…

NEW DELHI: Senior NCP leader Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that discussions on a possible merger of the two Nationalist Congress Party factions were held between Ajit Pawar and Jayant Patil, and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had no right to talk about it. Asserting that he was happy that Sunetra Pawar had been sworn…