Washington: Nearly all applicants for US visas will have to submit their social media details under new rules by the State Department. The State Department regulations say people will have to submit social media names and five years’ worth of email addresses and phone numbers. When proposed last year, authorities estimated the proposal would affect […]
Patna: The Bihar cabinet will be expanded on Sunday with four new ministers set to take the oath of office. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Governor Lalji Tandon earlier in the day. The JD(U) on Thursday decided to not be a part of Narendra Modi’s new cabinet, saying it would not accept the BJP’s offer […]
At the time of writing this, news reports suggest Rahul Gandhi has submitted his resignation to the Congress Working Committee, which wants to reject it. Many feel this is an oft-repeated, stretched out drama to make Rahul look good and something that will result in no change. Yes, such dramas have occurred in the Congress […]
The government on Saturday exuded confidence that India and the U.S. would continue to work together for further growing ties following Washington’s decision to withdraw concessions under the Generalized System of Preferences. “In any relationship, in particular in the area of economic ties, there are ongoing issues which get resolved mutually from time to time, […]
Washington: President Donald Trump has ended India’s designation as a beneficiary developing nation under a key preferential trade programme after determining that it has not assured the US that it will provide “equitable and reasonable access to its markets.” The Generalised System of Preference (GSP) is the largest and oldest US trade preference programme and […]
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Modi government 2.0 hit the ground running. The first decisions of first Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, held in less than 24 hours of his Council of Ministers being sworn-in by the President, are pro-poor, pro-farmer, pro-unorganised labor and for welfare of families of soldiers killed in terror and Naxal attacks. Prime […]
Is Rahul Gandhi salvageable as a politician? For the Congress Party this poses an existential question. If the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty is beyond repair, then India’s oldest party must either find a way to eject him from its helm or face nearly certain extinction. For India, the stakes are only slightly less high. […]
Is Rahul Gandhi salvageable as a politician? For the Congress Party this poses an existential question. If the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty is beyond repair, then India’s oldest party must either find a way to eject him from its helm or face nearly certain extinction. For India, the stakes are only slightly less high. […]
Narendra Modi’s number two man, Amit Shah, is India’s new Home Minister. Zero tolerance towards terrorism and checking illegal immigration will be the focus areas for Shah, who may also take some tough actions such as implementing the NRC across the country and annulling Article 35A in Jammu and Kashmir. The BJP in its manifesto […]
