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Nikki Haley casts doubt on Republican nomination for Trump; also says ‘we can’t have a President Kamala Harris’

Nikki Haley, one of the two Indian-origin contenders gunning for a Republican nomination in the 2024 US presidential elections, has cast...

USA

Singapore Presidential polls: Indian-origin Tharman Shanmugaratnam among three candidates to fight for top position

Singapore-born Indian-origin Tharman Shanmugaratnam and two Chinese-origin former executives of government-linked companies will be fighting...

Singapore

Singapore PM Lee addresses Iswaran probe, affair between former MPs in statement to parliament

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivered a special statement in Parliament today where the resignation of two former ruling party...

Singapore

Indian-origin Tharman Shanmugaratnam officially launches campaign for Singapore President

Former Indian-origin minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam formally launched his campaign for President of Singapore campaign and pledged to...

Singapore

WFI ex-chief Brij Bhushan gets bail in sexual harassment case

The Rouse Avenue Court in New Delhi granted regular bail to outgoing WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a case of sexual...

India

Manipur Cauldron: Amid national outrage, PM Modi calls sexual assault on women shameful, promises action

PM Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed "shame" over an incident in Manipur where two women were paraded naked on May 4.

India

Narendra Modi pips Trump, Biden, Lady Gaga to clock over 90 million followers on Twitter

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now one of the most followed politicians in the world on Twitter, with his account crossing a...

India

Alliance to challenge BJP in 2024 forms I-N-D-I-A, Modi calls it a bloc of negativity

The anti-Modi alliance has revealed the name of its bloc to take on the BJP in 2024 as Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance...

India

Police arrest men staging nude protest for scheduled caste, tribal rights

Police in Chhattisgarh took more than a dozen nude male protesters into custody while they were marching towards the state legislative...

India

Former Kerala CM Oommen Chandy dead at 79; PM Modi, Congress leaders mourn his passing

Former Kerala Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy died after suffering from a prolonged illness at Chinmaya Hospital in...

India

Visa applicants' NHS fees to rise 'significantly': UK PM Rishi Sunak

Indian-origin United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned that visa applicants from around the world, including Indians, will have to...

UK

Indian-origin Singapore Presidential candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam hopes for 'strong Singapore culture'

Speaking at the 5th Singapore Sheng Gong Cultural and Folklore Beliefs Festival, Indian-origin Presidential candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam...

Singapore

Singapore Parliament pays tribute to Indian-origin MP Tharman Shanmugaratnam on his last day

Members of Parliament in Singapore paid tribute to senior Indian-origin minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam on his last day as an MP for his...

Singapore

Himachal CM announces work plan to plant10,000 hectares of land under green initiatives

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that the state forest department has set an afforestation drive target of...

India

NRIs welcome PM Modi outside White House; Biden praises Indian-American community

Members of the NRI and Indian-origin community turned out in large numbers on a rainy morning at the South Lawn of the White House to...

USA

CMs, leaders across India wish Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as he turns 53

Chief ministers of several Indian states and leaders from various political parties extended birthday greetings to former Congress president...

India

India lift Intercontinental Cup; Odisha CM announces INR 1 crore award for football team

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced a cash reward of INR 1 crore for the Indian men's football team after they won the Hero...

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'Fabricated, politically motivated charges': Trump lashes out at Biden, prosecutors after being indicted in federal documents case

Former United States’ President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to dozens of criminal counts of willfully mishandling US government...

USA

Section of US highway collapses in Philadelphia; state Governor may declare emergency

The governor of the US state of Pennsylvania is expected to issue a disaster declaration today following the collapse of an elevated portion...

USA

Donald Trump indictment: Ex-president is all sound and fury in his first speech after being charged

At Republican conventions in Georgia and North Carolina, Trump said, “I’ve put everything on the line and I will never yield. I will...

USA

Protesting wrestlers to pause protest till cops complete investigation by June 15

Following their marathon meeting with Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, the protesting wrestlers told the media that the Indian...

India

Indian-American Nikki Haley slams Trump, DeSantis over Ukraine comments

Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley slammed her ex-boss Donald Trump and 2024 rival Ron DeSantis over their...

USA

Biden Administration clears first Congress hurdle in debt ceiling Bill

United States lawmakers in the House of Representatives voted yesterday to raise the national borrowing limit as a crucial first step to...

USA

'Modiji will explain to God...': Congress, BJP war of words turns transcontinental with Rahul Gandhi's US visit

The political battle between the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party erupted in a new arena as Congress leader Rahul...

USA

Wrestlers, Opposition slam government and Delhi Police over forcible detentions

Even as they faced widespread criticism for detaining and filing first information reports (FIRs) accusing protesting wrestlers of rioting,...

India