[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday travelled in a bullet train (Shinkansen) from Tokyo to Sendai, the capital of the Miyagi prefecture, where they visited the premises of Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd, a leading Japanese semiconductor company. Modi and Ishiba, at their meeting on Friday, had…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has held that the motor vehicles tax, which is imposed for use of public places and infrastructure, cannot be levied if a vehicle does not use the same.“Motor vehicle tax is compensatory in nature. It has a direct nexus with the end use. The rationale for levy of motor vehicle…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Union agriculture minister Shivraj Chouhan Saturday countered US President Donald Trump’s description of India as a “dead economy,”, saying the latest GDP figures showed that “India is a long live economy” on the path to becoming developed and self-reliant. Trump’s statement was endorsed by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi who, too, had said…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: There are no permanent friends or enemies in international relations, only permanent interests, defence minister Rajnath Singh stressed on Saturday, amid the tariff tension with US and the thaw in India-China relations.India will “never compromise with its fundamental interests and principles”, and will remain steadfast on its policies and self-reliance drive to…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India’s peak outbound travel month of June saw a decline in the number of Indian visitors to the US in 2025 over the previous year for the first time this millennium, barring the Covid period.With 2.1 lakh Indians headed to America in June, the number was 8% lower than 2.3 lakh in…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Indian Army fired as many as 30,000 artillery and mortar shells as well as over3 lakh rounds of small arms across the Line of Control in response to Pakistan’s ceasefire violations during the May 7-10 hostilities, Northern Command chief Lt-General Pratik Sharma said on Saturday.“For every round fired by Pakistan (after IAF…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Holding that the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has not been able to deliver the desired results in the real estate sector, Union housing and urban affairs minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday flagged a high probability of stressed projects that reach the tribunal never getting completed.Speaking at realtors’ body NAREDCO’s annual…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly and Kalkaji MLA, Atishi, on Saturday wrote to Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, citing the killing of a sevadaar in the Kalkaji temple and claimed the national capital has turned into the “capital of crime, extortion and gang wars” under the BJP-led government.There was no immediate…
[ad_1] Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap (File photo) NEW DELHI: Recently expelled from both his family and party in Bihar, Tej Pratap Yadav on Saturday made a striking anti-family remark while addressing a gathering in Jehanabad. During the event, when someone from the crowd shouted “Abki Baar Tejashwi Sarkar,” Tej Pratap reacted sharply.“Don’t talk nonsense…
[ad_1] PM Modi and US President Donald Trump (File photo) NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump “no longer has plans” to visit India later this year for the Quad Summit, The New York Times reported on Saturday, detailing how ties between Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have “unravelled” in recent months.In a report titled…