Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) With US President Donald Trump imposing an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods – raising the total duty to 50 per cent – and Prime Minister Narendra Modi responding by asserting that he was “ready to pay a personal price” for protecting the interests of India’s farmers, fishermen, and livestock holders, the Shiv Sena-UBT on Thursday questioned the nature of the PM’s so-called friendship with the US leader. Speaking to IANS, Shiv Sena-UBT spokesperson Anand Dubey …

Bengaluru, Aug 7 (IANS) Karnataka BJP president B.Y. Vijayendra on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate on Sunday the Yellow Metro Line in Bengaluru, benefitting eight lakh people. Addressing a press conference at the BJP’s state office, Vijayendra stated that the Prime Minister will arrive in Bengaluru on Sunday morning. From there, he will visit Sangolli Rayanna Railway Station, where he will inaugurate the Vande Bharat train service between Bengaluru and Belagavi.”P…

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Hailing the policy decisions taken on school fee fixation, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Thursday the government would foil all profit-making designs of unscrupulous institutions which indulge in unfair fee hikes.Talking to reporters after interacting with parents on Assembly premises, CM Gupta said, “For the first time, a Delhi government since 1973 is standing firmly with parents and there is no behind-the-scenes manipulation on the fee issue.”She said he…

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The cost of home-cooked vegetarian and non-vegetarian thalis declined 14 per cent and 13 per cent, respectively, in July this year compared to the same month of the previous year, amid benign commodity prices, according to Crisil’s monthly indicator of food plate cost.The decline in vegetarian thali cost year-on-year was led by a sharp drop in the prices of vegetables — primarily tomato, onion, and potato (TOP) — on a high base: − Tomato prices fell 36 per cent on-y…

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s fresh allegation of a fraud by the Election Commission in Bihar invited a sharp response on Thursday from BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya who accused him of crying foul without evidence and dismissed the Opposition agitation as “political optics”. BJP leader Malviya said that the protests were not in consonance with the fact that Opposition parties had failed to find even a single infirmity in the Bihar draft voter list that needs filing of a…

Bengaluru, Aug 7 (IANS) Commenting on US President Donald Trump’s move to impose 50 per cent tariff on India, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated on Thursday that despite the BJP mocking him, the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, was proven right again and again.Taking to social media platform X, CM Siddaramaiah stated, “I fully agree with LoP Rahul Gandhi. Be it GST, demonetisation, Chinese aggression, or COVID failures, farm laws, Rafale, PM CARES, and elec…

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The data, traffic and other details accumulated by Elon Musk’s Starlink will be stored in India, and the domestic user traffic is not to be mirrored to any system/server located abroad, the Parliament was informed on Thursday.The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has granted a Unified License (UL) to Starlink Satellite Communications Private Limited after agreeing to the stipulated terms and conditions of the UL, including security conditions.The satellite company is…

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Defending champions Saint Lucia Kings have named veteran Namibian international David Wiese as the captain for the upcoming season of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), starting August 14. The allrounder joined the franchise in 2022 and returned once again last season, where he played a key role in helping Kings win the trophy. Coming down the lower-middle order to bat, Wiese scored crucial 121 runs in 11 games at an explosive strike rate of 168.05 and an average of 40…

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) On a cloudy Monday morning, The Oval resembled a colosseum. Spectators held their breath, waiting to see which way the final game of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series would tilt – in favour of India or England? When Mohammed Siraj charged in to bowl the first ball of the 86th over, just six runs stood between India and a famous win. On his 1,113th delivery of the series, he unleashed his fifth-fastest ball of the tour — a 143 kmph yorker that evaded Gus Atkinson’s at…

Chennai, Aug 7 (IANS) Popular Tamil actor and comedian Yogi Babu is all set to make his much-awaited debut in the Telugu film industry with director Murali Manohar Reddy’s upcoming Telugu film, ‘Gurram Paapi Reddy’. ‘Gurram Paapi Reddy’ features Padma Shri awardee and comedy legend Brahmanandam in the lead role. The project was already garnering a lot of attention. Now, with the addition of Yogi Babu, who is known for his impeccable comic timing and impactful screen presence, the buzz has only g…