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US-India deal will benefit farmers & traders—RSS affiliates come out in govt support amid Oppn attack

Factsheet says India intends, not pledges, to buy goods worth $500 billion from the US, Swadeshi Jagran Manch co-convener Ashwani Mahajan claims

The many lives of Mumbai mayor’s bungalow: From Balasaheb’s arrest to roar of the Byculla tigers

After 4 yrs of silence, the distinguished address will be home for Ritu Tawde. Before this, Mumbai's 1st citizen lived in Shivaji Park bungalow, now being turned into Thackeray memorial.

‘Met Epstein 3-4 times as part of delegation’—Hardeep Puri after Rahul rakes up issue in Parliament

Stressing that his interactions with Epstein were 'minimal', Union Minister Puri accused Rahul Gandhi of misleading the country.

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind: Focus of Congress, CPI(M) showdown in Kerala in run-up to polls

As Assembly polls near, CPI(M) and BJP have criticised Congress for accepting support of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. In turn, the Congress has accused CPI(M) of double standards.

‘Not ashamed?’: Rahul mounts fierce attack on India-US trade deal in LS, says Modi ‘sold the nation’

The PM has sold India to Americans because they are choking him & they have got a grip on his neck, he says, reasserting that Modi is 'compromised'.

Rijiju accuses Congress MPs of ‘abusing’ Om Birla, says LS Speaker ‘hurt’ after no-confidence motion

Union minister claimed that 20-25 Congress MPs entered the Speaker's chamber and 'abused' him. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and KC Venugopal were also present, he added.

Centre revises Vande Mataram version adopted by Constituent Assembly, Oppn slams ‘rewriting of history’

MHA order states that when both national song and anthem are played together, Vande Mataram will be played first, with everyone required to stand at attention.

MVA’s future in limbo? Differences with Sena-UBT, possible NCP merger leaves Congress in thinking mode

Chandrapur Municipal Corporation mayoral poll is just the latest flashpoint. Cracks between Congress & Sena-UBT have been widening for some time now.

‘Pre-committed purchase pact & 2-minister ping-pong’: Tharoor’s scathing jibe at India-US trade deal

Thiruvananthapuram MP, who backed the Centre on Op Sindoor, took a swipe at ministers Piyush Goyal & Jaishankar for evading questions on India’s purported pledge to US on Russian oil.

In a first since 1987, Oppn seeks to remove Speaker, accuses Om Birla of being ‘blatantly partisan’   

Oppn notice says Birla’s remark that he told Modi not to attend LS last Wednesday based on ‘concrete information’ that Congress MPs planned ‘some unexpected act’ was ‘false’, ‘derogatory’.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.