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It is not uncommon to see a country’s election campaigns politicise various global issues, but what is rather unusual and perhaps unique in the case of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, is “how far he can go” for personal electoral gains. His attempts have reached a level where actual diplomatic relations are seeing a fallout…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he told French President Emmanuel Macron that he would not agree to a ceasefire deal that failed to stop Hezbollah rearming and regrouping. Macron has called for a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah as well as an end to arms exports used in the Gaza Strip…

Madhya Pradesh BJP MLA and former minister Ajay Vishnoi has sparked debate within his party by raising concerns over its ongoing membership drive in the state. In a recent post on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, Mr Vishnoi questioned the process, implying that the campaign had been outsourced to external agencies and money…

The strike by Samsung Electronics workers in Tamil Nadu’s Sriperumbudur is likely to end today as significant progress has been made in negotiations between the striking workers and the company, according to sources from both sides. The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), which represents the workers, will discuss the terms of the agreement in…

The all-important meeting to find a way out to resolve the 17-plus-month-long ethnic strife in Manipur was held in New Delhi on Tuesday, the Union Home Ministry said in a statement. The meeting was the first of the deliberations convened by the government after the ethnic conflict broke out between the majority Meitei and minority…

The United States warned Israel on the possibility of withholding some assistance barring improvements in aid delivery to Palestinians in Gaza, the State Department said Tuesday. In a letter sent Sunday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made “clear to the government of Israel that there are changes that they need…

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar has said he will not rest until he brings Maharashtra on the “right track” regardless of how old he is. Be it 84 or 90, this old man will not stop, the octogenarian politician said on Monday at Phaltan in Maharashtra’s Satara district. He was speaking during the induction of…

Mumbai Police served a notice to a teenage boy, his father, and another person from Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh asking them to join questioning in connection with bomb threats posted on social media targeting three flights, officials said on Tuesday. Three international flights originating from Mumbai received bomb threats on Monday. While a New York-bound Air…

Voters at polling booths will be identified as per election rules but with due respect to their cultural values, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Tuesday. Mr Kumar made the comments in response to a question on controversies surrounding women wearing hijab to polling booths and debate around democratic rights versus cultural rights. “The…

The CBI arrested an inspector and a sub-inspector posted at the Burari police station here for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 10 lakh on Tuesday, officials said. The agency arrested Sub-Inspector Bhupesh Kumar while he was receiving a part payment of Rs 10 lakh of a total demand of Rs 1.5 crore on behalf…