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Trump Now Says USAID’s $21 Million for Voter Turnout in India ‘Given to My Friend Modi’
This is the first time that Trump has mentioned any one’s name in connection with the claim of the $21 million funding by USAID.
Feb 22, 2025
Politics
No 'Namaz Break': Himanta Government Scraps 90-Year-old Tradition in Assam Assembly
The move has drawn criticism from opposition parties, who argue that it disregards the needs of Muslim legislators.
Feb 22, 2025
Media
ED Slaps Rs 3.44 Crore Penalty on BBC India Over FEMA Violations, Rs 1.14 Crore Each on 3 Directors
The ED had opened an investigation into the BBC under the Foreign Exchange Management Act in April 2023, two months after Income Tax authorities searched the broadcaster's Delhi and Mumbai offices.
Feb 22, 2025
World
India Supports Two-State Solution, Jaishankar Says as Trump Considers Gaza ‘Takeover’
Addressing another major conflict, Jaishankar said that “the world expects that parties concerned deal with each other to end the war” in Ukraine.
Feb 22, 2025
World
India Says Trump’s Remarks on USAID Funding ‘Deeply Troubling’ But Has Not Asked US for Details
Trump claimed a $21 million grant by USAID for voter turnout in India – which the Elon Musk-led DOGE had cancelled – was to topple the Modi government and added, “we have to tell the Indian government”. Yet 72 hours on, neither side appears interested in sharing the details.
Feb 21, 2025
World
Asked to Relax SAARC Impasse, Jaishankar Told Dhaka to ‘Not Normalise Terrorism’
When asked if adverse remarks by Bangladeshi officials were affecting bilateral talks, the MEA also said that they “are of course not helpful”.
Feb 21, 2025
World
India, China ‘Worked Hard to Protect’ G20, Jaishankar Tells Wang Yi
Although this was the first G-20 meeting since the Trump administration began its second term, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio refused to attend.
Feb 21, 2025
Recent
'VIP Culture,' 'Mismanagement': Opposition Leaders on Kumbh Stampede, Yogi Government
Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav, Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal were among leaders who have reacted to the tragedy.
Feb 21, 2025
Top Stories
Gujarat: World Bank Withdraws $40 Million Funding for Waste-to-Energy Plants Amid Community Backlash
Local communities, environmental and civil society groups had approached the World Bank with concerns regarding the environmental and health impacts of pollutants that the proposed plants would emit.
Feb 21, 2025
Top Stories
'Homeless Do Not Choose the Street of Their Volition': CCG in Open Letter to Justice B.R. Gavai
During a hearing over shelter homes for the homeless, Supreme Court Justice B.R. Gavai said that "freebies" were the reason people were not willing to work.
Feb 21, 2025
Politics
Akhil Gogoi Briefly Suspended From Assam Assembly For Disrupting Minister
While deputy speaker Numal Momin asked him to sit down several times, Gogoi continued to attack the minister.
Feb 21, 2025
Politics
Railways Ministry Directs X to Remove Videos of New Delhi Railway Station Stampede: Report
The notice said that sharing of such video may create unwarranted law and order situation.
Feb 21, 2025
World
'News of Attack on Minorities in Bangladesh is an Exaggeration': Border Guard Bangladesh Chief
Talking about the recent border fencing issue between the two countries, Siddiqui added that no side is allowed to construct permanent structure within 150 yards.
Feb 21, 2025
Top Stories
'Education System Can't be Controlled through Remote from Delhi': Telangana Deputy CM on UGC Regulations
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has also expressed his disapproval stating that the regulations will create room for "politically motivated" appointments in higher education sector.
Feb 20, 2025
Media
Editors Guild Expresses Shock at Govt's Blocking of Site Over Modi Cartoon; DIGIPUB Condemns Harassment
'What is more deplorable is the abrupt manner in which access to the entire web portal was blocked, purportedly, after the state head of a political party complained to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting...'
Feb 20, 2025
World
‘Safe and Secure’: Indian Embassy in Panama Confirms Deportees’ Arrival
The exact number of Indian deportees has not been disclosed as verification of their nationality is still underway.
Feb 20, 2025
Media
'Reduced to a Non-Functional Entity': Mumbai Press Club on Delay in Constitution of New Council of PCI
The MPC said that at the core of the crisis is the attempt to oust two important and active journalist bodies from representation in the Press Council.
Feb 20, 2025
Politics
Kathua: Admin Fails To Complete Probe in Man’s Suicide Due to 'Police Torture'
“We have not received the report from the forensic lab which has caused the delay,” an official said.
Feb 20, 2025
Analysis
How Fact-Checkers and Internet Sleuths Proved USAID's Long History With Modi Government
AltNews cofounder Mohammed Zubair and one Aditya Ojha have dug up a series of public posts and releases by those in the Narendra Modi government, and its agencies and bodies, that go on to show that it worked pretty closely with USAID.
Feb 20, 2025
World
'Trying to Get Somebody Else Elected': Opposition Demands White Paper on USAID and India After Trump’s Claims
'We have got to tell the Indian Government...This is a total breakthrough,' Trump said at a Saudi-backed Miami event.
Feb 20, 2025