Indian team to visit US ahead of BTA negotiations

Indian team to visit US ahead of BTA negotiations

Sunday, 20 April 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Indian and US officials will hold three-day talks from April 23 in Washington for a proposed trade pact with terms of references (ToRs) covering around 19 chapters such as tariffs, non-tariff barriers, and customs facilitation, official sources said. The Indian official team is visiting the US to give further impetus to...

Bangladesh tells Pakistan, Say Sorry

Bangladesh tells Pakistan, Say Sorry

Saturday, 19 April 2025 | Pioneer News Service/Agencies | New Delhi/Dhaka

Bangladesh has demanded a formal public apology for the “atrocities” committed by Pakistan during the 1971 Liberation War and raised pending financial claims during the first Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) meeting in 15 years. Bangladesh has also sought $4.52 billion from Pakistan as part of its share of pre-1971 assets....

PM Modi directs Delhi to clean Yamuna

Friday, 18 April 2025 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a comprehensive review meeting on the Yamuna to assess the current status of the river and discussed the ongoing and future plans for its cleaning and rejuvenation. The agency-wise action plan to clean the river was reviewed in the meeting. It was also decided...

Will file CFSL report on authenticity of Biren tape shortly: Centre tells SC

Friday, 18 April 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that a forensic report on the authenticity of a leaked audio clip regarding the alleged role of former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh in the ethnic violence in the northeastern State was ready and would be filed shortly in a sealed...

India goes for jugular vein: Pakistan should vacate PoK

Friday, 18 April 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

India on Thursday brushed aside Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir’s remarks that Kashmir is Pakistan’s “jugular vein,” and asserted that the only link between Kashmir and Pakistan is Islamabad’s illegal occupation of part of the region (PoK) that it must vacate. Addressing a gathering of overseas Pakistanis in Islamabad on...

Dhankhar flays SC timeline for Presidential assent to Bills

Friday, 18 April 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday severely criticised the higher judiciary by questioning the three-month timeline set by the Supreme Court for the President of India on assent to State Bills, saying this tantamount to judiciary acting as a ‘super Parliament’. He also opined that Article 142 of the Indian...

Government answerable to the people: Centre to SC

Government answerable to the people: Centre to SC

Friday, 18 April 2025 | J Gopikrishnan | New Delhi

The Centre on Thursday assured the Supreme Court that it will neither denotify Waqf properties, including ‘Waqf by user’, nor make any appointments to the Central Waqf Council and State Waqf Boards till May 5.  The assurance on the matter by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta came when he informed a...

Expenditure panel nod for Rs 3,400 crore projects in Delhi

Thursday, 17 April 2025 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

The Delhi government’s Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) on Wednesday approved projects worth Rs  3400 crore, which include construction of 27 decentralised Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs). Additionally, the Delhi government has also approved a proposal regarding construction of a prison in Narela and setting up charging stations for electric buses at...

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