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Trudeau seeks support from old ally Britain, pro-Khalistan Sikhs sense opportunity – Times of India

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau TOI Correspondent from LONDON: Straight after a huge diplomatic crisis engulfed India and Canada on Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought support from Britain, one of its Five Eyes allies.Trudeau rang UK PM Keir Starmer in the evening to discuss what he described as a “targeted campaign against Canadian citizens by agents linked to the govt of India”.Trudeau said the leaders discussed the need to ensure the safety and security of their citizens and the importance of upholding and respecting the rule of law and that he underscored Canada’s “continued interest in cooperation with India”. The No. 10 statement on the call, which was more reserved, said they spoke about “allegations” under investigation in Canada and “agreed on the importan...

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Maritime heritage complex to be built in Lothal: PM Modi | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday posted on social media that developing a National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) in Lothal "will create new opportunities in the world of culture and tourism." Union Cabinet on Oct 10 decided to develop NMHC at Lothal in Gujarat.Modi also shared a link to a write-up by him on Linkedin on the subject where he said, "This new project will surely ignite enthusiasm among history buffs and tourists alike.The complex will bring ancient Lothal back to life as a mini-replica of the dock city. At the heart of this complex will stand an iconic lighthouse museum, soaring 77 metres high-set to be among the world's tallest of its kind. Various immersive galleries will make the experience even better." Cabinet also accorded in-principle approval for P...

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India has said it is taking seriously allegations of plot to kill American citizen: US

Washington, Oct 16 (PTI): India has stated it is taking seriously the allegations of a plot to kill an American citizen, the United States on Tuesday said as a team of visiting Indian officials had a meeting with the officials of the State Department and Department of Justice here. “I don’t have a readout on the meeting yet. The meeting was here as a follow-up on conversations we have been having with the Government of India at the senior-most levels over the past several months,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters at his daily news conference. “They have told us that they are taking the allegations seriously, that the activities contained in the DOJ indictment do not represent government policy,” Miller said in response to a question. “So the meeting that happene...

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Citizen safety & justice key to security: Shah to IPS trainees | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Union home minister and minister of cooperation, Amit Shah, addressed the 2023 batch probationers of the Indian Police Service (IPS) in New Delhi, urging them to eliminate anti-national activities with a ruthless approach. Interacting with the 76 RR batch, Shah emphasised the importance of citizen safety as the cornerstone of national security and highlighted that PM Modi's Viksit Bharat in 2047 would be a terror-free and drug-free country, having internal security, and will ensure protection of human rights and rights of citizens.Shah encouraged the probationers to reflect on their responsibilities, stating that they have a greater role than the previous 75 batches. He stressed that it is up to them to shape the future of policing in India, ensuring that the nation progresses i...

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Netanyahu vows ‘no ceasefire’ in Lebanon after Hezbollah threats

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected on Tuesday (October 15, 2024) the idea of a ceasefire in Lebanon that would leave Hezbollah close to his country’s northern border, as the militant group threatened to widen its attacks.Mr. Netanyahu’s comments came as the United States ramped up pressure over Israel’s conduct of the wars in Lebanon and Gaza, criticising the recent bombing of Beirut and demanding that more aid reach the Palestinian territory.In a call with French President Emmanuel Macron, Mr. Netanyahu said he was “opposed to a unilateral ceasefire, which does not change the security situation in Lebanon, and which will only return it to the way it was”, according to a statement from his office.Mr. Netanyahu and the Israeli military have insisted there must be a buffer zo...

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India not cooperating with Canada on Nijjar investigations: US

Washington, Oct 16 (PTI): India is not cooperating with Canada on the latter’s investigation into the killing of a Sikh separatist last year, the United States alleged Tuesday. “When it comes to the Canadian matter, we have made clear that the allegations are extremely serious and they need to be taken seriously. We wanted to see the government of India cooperate with Canada in its investigation. Obviously, they have not chosen that path,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters at his daily news conference. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a day earlier alleged that officials of the Indian government were involved in the assassination of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last June in Surrey. “The RCMP has clear and compelling evidence that agents of the Go...

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EC modifies Sharad faction symbol for more visibility on EVM – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has modified the size of the Sharad Pawar faction of NCP's symbol - featuring a 'Man blowing a turha (traditional trumpet)' - to make it more prominent on electronic voting machines after such a request was made by the party, according to CEC Rajiv Kumar, reports Manash Gohain.However the Election Commission turned down the demand for removing the 'Trumpet' from the list of free symbols from Maharashtra on the grounds that there are no similarities between the two as the shape of Turha and Trumpet are different.Moreover, when NCP-SP proposed 'Man blowing Turha' as its choice, 'Trumpet' was already in the list of free symbols for Maharashtra.Earlier this month, the Election Commission had allowed NCP-SP (Sharadchandra Pawar) to accept voluntary contributio...

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Entertainment

Varun Dhawan expresses gratitude to South filmmakers and actors: ‘It’s mostly them giving me great opportunities in action’ | Hindi Movie News – Times of India

Varun Dhawan opened up about his experience working in the action-packed project Citadel: Honey Bunny and how the South Indian film industry has been taking notice of his work. Dhawan shared his gratitude towards South filmmakers and actors, acknowledging the recognition and opportunities he's received from them in recent times.Reflecting on his time shooting for Citadel, Dhawan humorously recounted the behind-the-scenes moments, including the frequent presence of Amazon’s security team.He joked about his interaction with a security officer, saying, "Anywhere we would shoot, there would be one guy from Amazon who would come and say, 'I'm here for your security.' I would say, 'I can see what security you're giving me.' But the real question was, 'Did you enjoy it, Varun?' And I definitely d...

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Cash, caste, crop: Maha results will hinge on several factors | India News – Times of India

MUMBAI: Five months ago, the Mahayuti alliance had to settle for a dismal score of 17 of the state's 48 LS seats, its poor tally dragging down the BJP's numbers at the Centre and leaving the opposition confident of a repeat in the assembly polls. Yet, just a week ago, BJP made a comeback by winning an unprecedented third term in the Haryana polls, trumping exit poll forecasts.It's at this juncture that the Election Commission of India has announced a single-phase poll for Maharashtra on Nov 20, with the Nanded bypoll also scheduled on the same day. Counting will take place on November 23. The model code of conduct for parties and candidates comes into force immediately, which ensures that no new schemes or grants can be announced by ministers.This election is a battle for survival. It may ...

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Donald Trump clashes with Bloomberg editor over tariff: ‘Must be hard for you…’ – Times of India

Former president Donald Trump clashed with the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, John Micklethwait, over tariff and told him it must be hard for the editor to spend 25 years talking about tariffs as being negative and then have somebody explain that he was totally wrong.John Micklethwait pressed Trump at the Economic Club of Chicago over his plans to impose a universal tariff on imports and his threats to use tariffs on American companies that outsource their manufacturing.Micklethwait noted Trump’s plans would essentially halt trade with China, place at least a 10 percent tariff on European nations and have a drastic effect on the U.S. economy, where 40 million jobs rely on trade.“That is going to have a serious effect on the overall economy,” Micklethwait said.“It must be hard for you t...

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Election Commission turns down NCP-SP demand to freeze trumpet symbol

NCP (SP) President Sharad Pawar. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Election Commission on Tuesday (October 15, 2024) said it had agreed to a request by NCP (Sharad Pawar) for prominent display of its poll symbol — man blowing 'turha' — on ballot units of EVMs, but turned down the demand to freeze the trumpet symbol.Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said the NCP-SP had conveyed to the poll authority that its election symbol — 'man blowing turha' — was not displayed prominently on the ballot units of EVMs."We had asked them to specify how would they want their poll symbol to be displayed on the ballot unit. The NCP-SP had given us three options on the poll symbol and we accepted the first suggestion made by them," Mr. Kumar said.However, the CEC made it clear that the Commission did not wis...

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4 cops, minor & her kin charged with killing teen after ‘elopement’ | India News – Times of India

BIJNOR/SHAMLI: Four police officers - one of them from another jurisdiction and off duty - and a minor girl along with two members of her family have been charged with murder and conspiracy after a teenager accused of eloping with her was found hanging at the home of a sub-inspector (SI) who was investigating the case and leading the team that brought the couple back to Bijnor from Ambala in Haryana on Monday morning.However, instead of taking Deepak Kumar, 19, to Seohara PS in Bijnor, SI Sunil Kumar took the youth to his house Sunday night. He was travelling with head constable Rajiv Kumar and woman constable Annu Rani. The girl's family, including her father, uncle, and cousin, a constable posted at Bareilly PS who was on leave, the Bijnor police team to Ambala.The SI said Deepak had "ha...

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Omar Abdullah to take CM oath today; Rahul, Akhilesh to attend event | India News – Times of India

Omar Abdullah (PTI photo) SRINAGAR: INDIA bloc heavyweights will be present in strength as National Conference's Omar Abdullah takes oath as CM of J&K for the second time Wednesday at a venue along the Dal, ending six years of central rule since BJP's withdrawal from the then coalition government forced his predecessor Mehbooba Mufti of PDP to resign, reports Saleem Pandit.Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge and SP's Akhilesh Yadav will be among those attending the swearing-in.Sources said at least eight ministers could be sworn in along with Omar. J&K PCC chief Tariq Hameed Karra could be the only one from Congress to get a berth. DMK's Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, Supriya Sule of NCP, and AAP's Sanjay Singh are expected, too.Source link

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Harris vs Trump is now 50/50 in Nate Silver’s latest prediction – Times of India

Nate Silver has released his latest forecast and Kamala Harris-Donald Trump are literally 50/50 In his latest forecast, Nate Silver Tuesday said it's now literally 50/50 between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. "We’re just not seeing as many Harris +3 type numbers in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania as we did immediately after the debate. It hasn’t been a huge swing, but even a half point to a point makes a difference," the Silver Bulletin said."There's been about 1 point of movement toward Trump in MI/WI/PA. Not much elsewhere. But that's enough to take things from 55/45 Harris to a pure 50/50," Nate said. Three weeks before the election, the presidential race is the most tight between vice president Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump. Kamala Harris was marginally leading...

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Opinion

A trying time for the YSRCP

YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy. File | Photo Credit: ANI Several leaders have deserted the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) after it suffered its worst-ever poll debacle in the Assembly elections this year. This casts some doubt over the future of the 13-year-old party.YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy steered the party to power in 2019, winning 151 of the 175 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh. However, in the 2024 Assembly elections, the party’s performance was dismal. It lost against the Telugu Desam Party (TDP)-led National Democratic Alliance and won only 11 seats. Of these, seven were from the Rayalaseema region. Some leaders who were discontent with Mr. Reddy’s functioning chose to air their grievances publicly after the party’s disastrous performance. Three Rajya Sabha MPs, two MLCs, and party ...

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Sports

Only connect — the essence of T20 batting, and India’s new freedom

Many years ago, I interviewed the coach of the Uruguayan football team, and something he said has stayed with me ever since. Speaking of Brazil’s skill, he said that often the players would suddenly break into a pattern or complete a move that caught even their coach by surprise. Metaphorically, it caused jaws to drop and grown men to drool. India’s T20 batting is doing that now. Sometimes it is difficult to understand where the strokes come from — although many work on these at the nets and away from public scrutiny. Suryakumar Yadav’s flick or shovel high into the stands between square leg and the sight screen behind the wicketkeeper is so much a part of his game now that the initial shock has worn off. Clearly, there is no limit to what a player can do armed with just a bat and lots of ...

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President Murmu calls for deeper economic cooperation between India, Algeria

Algiers, Oct 15 (PTI): President Droupadi Murmu has called for deeper economic cooperation between India and Algeria, underlining that the African nation's rapid growth and expanding economy offer many opportunities in various sectors. The President in an address to the Algerian-Indian Economic Forum on Monday emphasised India’s rapid rise and impressive progress in ‘Ease of Doing Business’, and invited Algerian companies to join India’s ‘Make in India’ and ‘Make for the World’ initiatives. "The stepping up of the India-Algeria relations is based on our shared values, common challenges, and mutual trust," Murmu said at the event jointly organised by the Algerian Economic Renewal Council and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). The President said Algeria’s rap...

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‘As host, we cannot propose bilateral meeting’: Pak minister Ahsan Iqbal

Islamabad, Oct 15 (PTI): Hours after External Affairs S Jaishankar landed in Pakistan to attend a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Islamabad on Tuesday said it was for India to decide if it wants to have a bilateral meeting with the Pakistani side on the sidelines of the conclave. Pakistan's Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said that as the host of the SCO meeting, Islamabad would go by what the guests would like to have. "We cannot propose. We have to go by the guests. If the guests want a bilateral meeting, we will certainly be too happy," he said. Iqbal was responding to a question on whether Pakistan would like to propose a bilateral meeting between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan. "As hosts, we cannot really, impress upon anyone wheth...

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Letters to The Editor — October 16, 2024

Frayed ties The mutual bashing by both India and Canada seems to have taken a serious turn (Page 1, October 15). However, the core issue is the ‘sheltering’ of Khalistani elements in Canada which cannot be overlooked. It is unfortunate that ties have deteriorated but the issues can still be resolved. Govardhana Myneedu, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh I am an octogenarian and an ex-serviceman who served in the Indian Air Force in all the three wars — 1962, 1965 and 1971. I am flummoxed by how India is surviving without friends. We are no friend to Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and now Canada. How long will this go on? C.K. Prem Kumar, Kalvakulam, Palakkad, Kerala Flood ‘mitigation’ The rains are upon us and we in Tamil Nadu are watching the ‘efforts’ in trying to ‘make Chennai and other dist...

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Lufthansa fined $4 million for blocking 128 Jewish passengers in 2022 – Times of India

German airline Lufthansa has been fined $4 million for refusing to 128 Jewish passengers to board a flight in 2022, the US government announced on Tuesday. The passengers were wearing a garb specially worn by Orthodox Jewish men and they were not let to board a connecting flight in Frankfurt, Germany. The airline at that time apologized and said it had zero tolerance for "racism, anti-Semitism and discrimination of any type."Those passengers were not travelling together and many of them did not know other but the airline treated them as a single group and prevented all of them from boarding for the alleged misbehavior of a few, the U.S. Department of Transportation said. USDOT said the penalty is the largest it has ever issued against an airline for civil rights violations.Lufthansa agreed...

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Jaishankar Dines With PM Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan Looks At Lahore Declaration

Islamabad, Pakistan: In a historic move, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar Tuesday landed in Pakistan capital Islamabad to attend the ongoing two-day meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) even as his arrival rekindled hopes of a resumption of dialogue between both countries that has remained stalled since 2016. Jaishankar, who landed here early afternoon at the Nur Khan Airbase of Pakistan, also attended the informal dinner that was being hosted Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The minister, who is on a 24-hour visit in Pakistan, will also be addressing the SCO CHG plenary meeting Wednesday. While no bilateral meeting between both countries have been planned, PM Sharif and Minister Jaishankar were seen exch...

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Horoscope Today, October 16, 2024: Read your today’s astrological predictions – Times of India

Read today's horoscope, October 16, 2024. Today we'll be taking a closer look at what the stars have in store for each of the 12 zodiac signs. Our astrologer has analyzed the movements of the planets and the alignment of the stars to bring you the most accurate and up-to-date horoscope predictions for the day ahead. Whether you're looking for guidance on love, career, or simply a heads up on what to expect, this has got you covered.Let's dive in to see what the cosmos have in store for you today.AriesToday, you’ll perform excellently at work, leading to good rapport with your boss and possibly new responsibilities, including a promotion. Chronic health issues may resolve, and you may receive incentives for your hard work. Disputes with siblings will be settled, and job seekers might find n...