Day: June 2, 2023

Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana has filed a writ of habeas corpus challenging a recent US court order that paved the way for his extradition to India where he is facing trial for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. Last month, the US District Court Central District of California approved the extradition of the 26/11 attack accused Rana to India. Filing the Writ of habeas corpus through his attorney, Rana, 62, challenged his extradition by the Government of India. Rana’s extradition would violate the United States-India extradition treaty…

BJP MP and Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh allegedly groped women athletes, asked inappropriate personal questions, demanded sexual favours to back their careers, brushed his hands across a minor’s breast and stalked her, two First Information Reports, or FIRs, against him say. Mr. Singh is also accused of creating problems for and denying professional opportunities to, those who rejected his alleged sexual advances. Based on the complaints of seven women wrestlers at Delhi’s Connaught Place police station last month, the two FIRs — one combining complaints…

The U.S. Senate passed bipartisan legislation backed by President Joe Biden that lifts the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, averting what would have been a first-ever default. The Senate voted 63-36 to approve the bill that had been passed on Wednesday by the House of Representatives, as lawmakers raced against the clock following months of partisan bickering between Democrats and Republicans. The Treasury Department had warned it would be unable to pay all its bills on June 5 if Congress failed to act by then. “We are avoiding default tonight,”…

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan who welcomed the PM expressed his belief that solid steps are being taken to make continuous progress on the path of development, welfare and mutual harmony. Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Friday arrived in Bhopal amid a rousing welcome. On this occasion, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan who welcomed the PM expressed his belief that solid steps are being taken to make continuous progress on the path of development, welfare and mutual harmony. “The Prime Minister of Nepal, Shri Pushp Kamal Dahal…

Rahul Gandhi is in the US for a three-city US tour and was interacting with journalists at the National Press Club in Washington.  Rahul Gandhi expressed confidence in a united opposition’s potential to remove the BJP from power after the 2024 national elections.  He predicted that the outcome of the 2024 general elections will ‘surprise’ people and expressed confidence about the strength of a united opposition.  On losing his Parliament membership over his conviction in a defamation case, Rahul Gandhi said it was “an advantage” for him.  He also said…

The 52-year-old former Congress president, who is in US, also emphasised that the Opposition in India is well united and it would reflect in 2024. Exhuberating confidence in winning big in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections and underlying the fact that there is a hidden undercurrent building, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is in the US for a three-city US tour, said that the outcome will surprise people. The leader’s remarks were in response to a series of questions during an interaction with the media at the National Press Club…