India has significantly increased its crude oil imports from the United States since President Donald Trump began his second term in office, sources familiar with trade data reported. This surge marks a notable shift in India’s energy procurement strategy, with imports rising by more than half compared to the previous year. Government sources revealed that...
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has stated that Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has yet to respond to its June 12, 2025 letter, which invited him for a formal discussion over his allegations of election rigging in the Maharashtra Assembly polls. Rahul Gandhi had authored a June 7 opinion piece alleging that the 2024...
The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has officially confirmed that the Asia Cup 2025 will be hosted in the United Arab Emirates, with matches held across two iconic venues: Dubai International Cricket Stadium and Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The tournament is scheduled to run from September 9 to September 28, 2025. A total of 19 T20...
RJD leader and Bihar Assembly Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on August 2, 2025, publicly claimed that his name was missing from the draft electoral roll, despite possessing a valid EPIC (Elector’s Photo Identity Card) number. During a press conference in Patna, he displayed a “no records found” message on the Election Commission’s website,...
Former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Special Court for elected representatives in Bengaluru for the rape of a 47‑year‑old woman, a domestic worker at the family’s farmhouse in Hassan district. The court also imposed a ₹10 lakh fine. The verdict, handed down on August 2, 2025, followed his conviction...
Ahead of Day 2 of the fifth Test between India and England at The Oval on August 2, 2025, the BCCI announced that Jasprit Bumrah had been released from India’s squad as part of a planned workload management strategy. Bumrah was not included in the playing XI, and the absence was confirmed officially by the cricket...
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief patron, Shibu Soren, is in critical condition and currently on ventilator support, sources reported on Saturday. The 81-year-old leader has been undergoing treatment at Delhi’s Sri Ganga Ram Hospital for over a month after being admitted in the last week of June due to a...
Two terrorists were killed, and one was injured in an ongoing encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, the Indian Army confirmed on Saturday morning. The operation was launched in the forest area of Akhal following specific intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists on Friday. During the search, the terrorists opened...
In a bold move escalating global tensions, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he has ordered two nuclear submarines to be deployed near Russian waters. This decision came in direct response to what he called “highly provocative statements” made by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Taking to his social media platform Truth Social, Trump...
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday strongly dismissed allegations made in a UK parliamentary committee report, which accused India of engaging in transnational repression (TNR) activities in the United Kingdom. Calling the claims “baseless,” the MEA stated that they are rooted in unverified and dubious sources that are primarily associated with anti-India hostility....