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London, November 15 Britain’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the government’s scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful, dealing a crushing blow to PM Rishi Sunak before an election expected next year. Under the plan, Britain intended to send tens of thousands of asylum seekers who arrived on its shores without permission to the East African country …

SAN FRANCISCO, November 15 Chinese leader Xi Jinping has landed in San Francisco for talks with US President Joe Biden that may ease friction between the two superpowers over military conflicts, drug-trafficking and artificial intelligence. However, deep progress on the vast differences separating them may have to wait for another day. Officials on both sides of the Pacific have set …

US President Joe Biden has once again called his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping a “dictator”, just hours after they met for the first time in more than a year and held candid and productive discussions to revive bilateral ties. The two leaders met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. Powered BWell, look, he is …

Washington, November 14 The US and China could easily veer towards a conflict if their “complex and competitive” relationship is not well managed, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has warned ahead of the much-anticipated summit between President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Biden and Xi are scheduled to meet in San Francisco on Wednesday on the …

India, losers in the previous two semifinals of the World Cup, are in the final after a 12-year gap following yet another complete team performance — Virat Kohli scored his 50th ODI century, Shreyas Iyer got his second in a row, Mohammed Shami finished with seven wickets, and the home team defended an eminently defendable 397 against New Zealand. At …

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that India is not ruling out an investigation into Canada’s allegations about the involvement of the Indian government’s agents in the killing of a Khalistani separatist in that country but wants it to provide evidence to back its claims. Jaishankar made the comments on Wednesday in response to questions during a conversation with …

Chandigarh, October 20 Three officials of the Chandigarh Industrial and Tourism Development Corporation (CITCO) have been indicted in a case of fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 35 lakh bank guarantee by a private security agency. An inquiry conducted by a retired Additional District and Sessions Judge revealed that manager (commercial) Anil Sharma and clerks Balwinder Kaur and Rikhi Ram connived with …

New Delhi, October 21 The Congress on Saturday unveiled its first list of Rajasthan poll candidates fielding Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot from Sardarpura and his ex-deputy Sachin Pilot from Tonk. Both Gehlot and Pilot are representing the same constituencies. State unit president Govind Singh Dotasra will contest from Lachhmangarh, and former Congress in-charge of Punjab Harish Chowdhary from Baytoo. Divya …

New Delhi, October 21 A day after the central election committee of the BJP held marathon meetings to finalise Rajasthan poll candidates, the party on Saturday fielded former chief minister Vasundhara Raje from her traditional Jhalarpatna seat which she holds, and former Congress MP Jyoti Mirdha from Nagaur. The list of 83 candidates named also includes four-time MLA Narpat Rajvi …

Patiala, October 21 The Patiala police have cracked the murder of an elderly man who was stabbed to death on Thursday. The police have arrested 25-year-old Gurtej Singh, who was in a relationship with the victim’s wife. “The wife of the deceased has been arrested and she has confessed that she was in touch with Gurtej for the past few …