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India Prepares for Tricky Trade Dance With Trump

The Indian government is preparing a new blueprint to address key issues in imports of American apples, oil, electric vehicles, satellite communications, among others, as it gears up for trade talks with the US.

NCLAT stays CCI's 5-yr ban on WhatsApp user data sharing with Meta

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Thursday stayed part of a November 2024 order of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) that barred WhatsApp from sharing user data with other Meta platforms for advertising purposes for five years.

Why India badly needs a trauma care ministry

As we head into India's annual Budget exercise, I have a suggestion for finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Even as she balances priorities and determines who gets how much out of the growing pie of tax money, can a new ministry (or department) for trauma care be considered?

Kataria Calls Meet on Jan 28 to Discuss MC's Fiscal Woes

Discussions on MC's ongoing financial challenges and its budgetary demands for the upcoming fiscal to come up at meeting

2 Cops Suffer Burn Injuries During Drug Disposal

Two police officers from Khanna, Punjab, who had travelled to Amritsar to dispose of narcotics suffered serious burn injuries when the fire meant to burn the drugs became out of control.

Minor Among Five Held For Petrol Pump Robberies

Five robbers, including a minor, have been arrested for targeting petrol stations in Jalandhar and Adampur.

Closure of several FIITJEE centres leaves students in lurch

THE COACHING CENTRES WERE SHUT IN MEERUT, GHAZIABAD, LUCKNOW, VARANASI, BHOPAL, PATNA, DELHI AND NOIDA

Can't defy order: SC raps Registry over case deletion

The Supreme Court has placed its own Registry under scrutiny, directing it to explain why cases are being unilaterally deleted from the cause list without informing the judges beforehand.

Govt School Teacher Held For Running Fake Visa Racket

The Delhi Police have arrested a government school teacher from Kapurthala for allegedly running a fake visa racket.

HC Tells UT to Share Metro's Fate by Feb End

The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the Chandigarh administration to apprise the court of the fate of the long-awaited Metro project by February-end.

On Balasaheb Birth Anniv, Both Parties Fight For Legacy

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said that his party may go solo for the upcoming local body polls in Maharashtra and made a veiled attack at rival faction leader Eknath Shinde who later suggested that the former cannot win elections by \"sitting at home and asking others to fight from the ground\".

Scientific Temper, Social Benefit the Only Holy Cows

Can there be \"public science of cow sacrality?\" Veezhinathan Kamakoti, the director of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, recently attempted this when he advocated cow worship based on some scientific research and considerable religious passion.

The Health Leadership Opportunity for India

The public health ecosystem in the country will benefit if New Delhi ups its engagement with WHO in light of the US withdrawing from the global body

2 Drones Recovered From Near Border in Amritsar, Fazilka

The Border Security Force (BSF) has recovered two drones in separate incidents from the border area of Amritsar and Fazilka district of Punjab.

MC Panel to Evaluate Bidders' Documents

After receiving nine bids in the technical bid for the advertisement tender which was opened for the sixth time on Friday last week, the municipal corporation (MC) commissioner T Benith on Wednesday constituted a seven-member committee for scrutinising the documents and to ensure a smooth allotment process.

Mann to Now Hoist Tricolour in Patiala

Earlier, the venue of the CM's function was Faridkot, administrative reasons cited for shift in venue

India eyes US energy to reduce trade deficit

The Trump administration's decision to ramp up American energy output will soften international oil prices, create an alternative import source for India, and also help New Delhi to address Washington's concern regarding the rising trade deficit, three people aware of the development said.

Delhi wants Sheila Dikshit's development model: Rahul

Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday criticised what he alleged was the \"false propaganda\" of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), stating that the people of Delhi want his party's \"real development model\", which was witnessed during the 15-year tenure of former chief minister, the late Sheila Dikshit.

Cops Rule Out Murder, Say Manu Bhaker's Grandma, Uncle Died in Mishap

A day after Olympic medallist and international shooter Manu Bhaker's mother Sumedha Bhaker raised suspicion that her mother and brother's death in the road mishap four days ago could be a planned one, Dadri superintendent of police (SP) Arsh Verma on Thursday said that there was negligence on the part of the car driver, who was driving at high speed.

Bleak returns for India's star players on domestic circuit

Ranji Trophy: Top stars flop India's stars faltered on their return to domestic cricket after being told to play in home competitions

Ex-CAG officer flags 'restrictive' provision of RTE, writes to Mann

The Punjab government has faced flak for its failure to ensure 25% admissions for economically weaker and disadvantaged children in unaided private schools under the provisions of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.

US Congress passes bill to detain illegal immigrants

A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from implementing an executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States, calling it \"blatantly unconstitutional\".

Foreign secy set to visit Beijing amid thaw in ties

High-profile tour

Gharial May Have Swept Downstream From Harike: Experts

A week after a gharial was rescued from an irrigation canal near Dhaula village in Muktsar, wildlife experts have concluded that the reptile might have swept downstream from Harike Wetland.

Stalin: Advent of Iron Age from Tamil soil

BATTLE OF CIVILISATIONS

At 122 seats, JD(U) eyes larger share in Bihar alliance

INSIDERS IN NDA SAID THE NITISH KUMAR-LED PARTY WANTS THE BJP TO ACCOMMODATE SMALLER ALLIES FROM ITS QUOTA OF 121 SEATS

Amritpal moves HC for nod to attend Parliament session

Khadoor Sahib MP says he runs risk of disqualification

Guv to unfurl flag in F'bad, CM in Rewari

Haryana governor Bandaru Dattatraya will unfurl the National Flag in Faridabad and chief minister Nayab Singh Saini in Rewari at the state-level Republic Day function on January 26.

Husain Artwork Row: No FIR Against Gallery

A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking registration of a first information report (FIR) against the CEO and MD of DAG, formerly known as Delhi Art Gallery, over the display of two allegedly \"obscene\" artworks by acclaimed artist MF Husain at an exhibition last year.

Trump tells Davos: Make your products in the US or pay tariffs

President Donald Trump used an address on Thursday to the World Economic Forum to promise global elites lower taxes if they bring manufacturing to the US and threatened to impose tariffs if they don't.