PM Modi with US President Donald Trump (File photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit the United States in September for the United Nations General Assembly meeting, which is to take place in New York City.According to the provisional list of speakers for the high-level debate of the 80th session of…
File picture of Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo : AP New Delhi: India is among the countries being added to an expanded UK government list of countries where foreign criminals will be deported once they are sentenced before their appeals. The move, the UK government said, was part of…
Image for representation. India has been added to the United Kingdom’s “Deport Now, Appeal Later” scheme, which allows foreign criminals to be deported before their appeals are heard. The Home Office on Sunday said the list has expanded from eight to 23 countries in a bid to speed up removals and reduce migration. Those deported…
Justice Surya Kant (File photo) NEW DELHI: “Ka adhikaar baa hamaar jab malik paisa na de?”This is exactly what a labourer from Bihar will ask a phone download App, which will soon be readied by, to get free legal assistance to lawfully deal with a contractor denying him his just wages.This pioneering effort to create…
TOI correspondent from London: India’s ministry of external affairs has condemned a UK parliamentary select committee report that names India as one of 12 countries, alongside Russia, China and Iran, as allegedly involved in “transnational repression” of individuals in Britain as “baseless” and emanating from “dubious sources”.Official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Friday the claims…
NEW DELHI: India on Friday strongly rejected a British parliamentary committee report that accuses it of engaging in transnational repression (TNR) activities in the UK, dismissing the claims as baseless and sourced from “dubious” and “discredited” individuals with a history of “anti-India hostility”.Ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal in a statement said: “We have…
Indian High Commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami NEW DELHI: Indian High Commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami schooled the Western journalist over criticising India’s oil imports from Russia and said that the New Delhi is the third largest consumer of energy in the world and imports over 80% of its products. “What would you…
NEW DELHI: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal Saturday said that India managed to get extensive benefits without making any compromises under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the UK.“We have protected many of our sensitive items like rice and sugar. Dairy has not been opened, so is ethanol. India has kept itself…
India-UK trade pact to benefit youth, MSMEs, startups: PM Modi TUTICORIN: The India-UK FTA will benefit Tamil Nadu (TN) youth, MSMEs, and startups, PM Narendra Modi said at Tuticorin airport, where he launched infrastructure projects worth over Rs 4,800 crore across southern TN on Saturday. Among the major projects unveiled was the Rs 450 crore…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his British counterpart Keir Starmer Photo : AP New Delhi: Eighteen years after India and the UK started discussions for a Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement, India and the UK on Thursday signed a landmark trade deal to boost two-way trade by eliminating tariffs on cars, textiles, whisky and range…