Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago convinced Europe’s leaders that they needed to spend more money on defense. On Monday, leaders from across the European Union and Britain will meet in Brussels to debate a vexing question: how to pay for it. It is a concern made more acute by President Trump’s return…
India head coach Gautam Gambhir has found words of support from his rival Brendon McCullum ahead of the 1st India vs England T20I in Kolkata. Speaking ahead of the opener on January 22, McCullum said that Gambhir was a strong leader of men and backed him to do well in the near future. Gautam Gambhir…
BATHINDA: A nine-hour shutdown called by farmers’ unions fighting for a legally guaranteed minimum support price mechanism for crops struck Punjab off the transport map Monday, with buses going off the road and 150-odd trains passing through or originating in the state either cancelled or curtailed.Thousands of stranded passengers spent the day at railway stations…
Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav (File photo) PRAYAGRAJ: Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, the Allahabad HC judge who publicly backed the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) at a VHP event during the weekend, had previously advocated making “cow protection a fundamental right of Hindu community”.Justice Yadav was among two judges invited to the provincial convention of VHP’s…
NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor on Sunday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party and said that the latter’s “attack-dog behaviour” had turned out to be an “embarrassment for India”, after the US rejected the saffron party’s allegations of backing anti-India agenda.He said that the BJP “neither understands democracy nor diplomacy” and accused the Prime Minister…
NEW DELHI: The US on Saturday rejected the BJP’s allegations that organisations funded by the US State Department and elements in the American “deep state” were behind attempts to destabilise India through targeted attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and business tycoon Gautam Adani. A spokesperson at the US embassy described the allegations as “disappointing”…