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FTA: India-EFTA to roll out the deal on October 1

September 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid the ongoing negotiations between New Delhi and Washington on the proposed bilateral trade deal, the India-EFTA agreement is set to be launched on October 1, the media reported on Monday. India’s first European trade deal ensures USD 100 billion in investment and tariff cuts, and has the potential to […]

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Palestine: Will Trump’s 21-point “peace plan” really end the Gaza War?

September 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: When US President Donald Trump claimed in April 2025 that the war between India and Pakistan is “1,000-year-old”, he may not have known that Pakistan came into existence only in 1947. But, being a Christian, does he know that the ‘Palestine problem’ is over 3,000 years old—and its roots may […]

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Roving Periscope: Despite Trump’s “dead economy” slur, India’s global rating goes higher

September 29, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Only two months ago, the mercurial US President Donald Trump had denounced Indian economy as “dead.” Ironically, he is still negotiating with India on trade and tariffs issues. But global rating agencies are not waiting for his ‘commandments,’ and praising the South Asian nation’s fast-growing economy. On August 14, S&P […]

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Pakistan Displays Rare Earth Minerals to Trump during a 90-Minute Meeting

September 28, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 28: A new picture of Donald Trump’s meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Asim Munir at the White House has surfaced, showing them presenting rare earth minerals to the US President. The picture showed Munir pointing at an open wooden box that contained the rare earth minerals as Trump […]

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Karur Stampede: TVK Accuses DMK of “Conspiracy,” Wants High Court to Set up a SIT, or Order CBI Inquiry

September 28, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 28: The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) is suspecting a DMK-led Tamil Nadu government “conspiracy” in the Karur stampede on Saturday night in which 40 people were killed and over 100 injured and has approached the Madras High Court with a petition urging it to set up a Special Investigation Team […]

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Karur Stampede Death Toll Rises to 40, Five TVK Members including Two Top Leaders Booked

September 28, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 28: Two top leaders of actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) including his close aide N Anand and the party’s joint general secretary CT Nirmal Kumar, have been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder for the stampede at a rally in Karur on Friday evening with the death […]

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US’ 21-Point Peace Plan for Gaza, No New Home for Palestinians

September 27, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 27: The United States has shared a 21-point proposal to end the war in Gaza and for the creation of a pathway for a future Palestinian state, official sources said on Saturday. The plan further entails proposals for immediate release of hostages, encouraging Palestinians to remain in the Strip and granting amnesty […]

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36 Killed, over 80 Injured in Stampede at Actor Vijay’s Political Rally

September 27, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 27: At least 36 people were killed and over 80 injured in a “stampede-like-crush” at a political rally addressed by the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and actor Vijay in Karur in Tamil Nadu on Saturday evening, according to hospital authorities. The victims include six children, nine men and 16 […]

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Bareilly Cleric, 7 Others Arrested after Violence Amidst Yogi’s Warning to Miscreants

September 27, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 27: Amidst stern warning from the Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath to all the alleged miscreants, the police have arrested eight persons, including local cleric and chief of Ittehad-e-Millat Council Tauqeer Raza Khan, whose call for a protest against removal of placards displaying “I Love Muhammad” led to a […]

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Police Investigating Sonam Wangchuk’s Alleged Links with Pakistan

September 27, 2025 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 27: A Pakistan angle has emerged in the probe against Ladakh climate and statehood activist Sonam Wangchuk who was arrested on Friday under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) for allegedly instigating a mob that led to violence, with the police in Ladakh investigating his alleged links with Pakistan and foreign […]