US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the US and India are “pretty close” to making a trade deal, which will be much different than the earlier pacts. While speaking to reporters at the Oval Office, Trump said India and the US were pretty close to making a trade deal. “They want to make a deal. We’re going to make a deal. Pretty close, yeah,” Trump said in response to a question.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the probe into the killing of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Punjab’s Mansa district and registered a first information (FIR), said officials on Wednesday. A team of the central agency has also arrived in Punjab to investigate the matter.
In a major development, the Delhi Police on Tuesday transferred another case registered against Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka to the Crime Branch. The Crime Branch will now investigate two cases against the CJP leaders, sources told news agency PTI. The other case linked to Das and Ranka allegedly entering the Jantar Mantar area was transferred to the Crime Branch on Monday.
Even as US President Donald Trump continues to stress that he would never allow Iran to go nuclear, Tehran has reportedly refused to surrender the stockpile of its enriched uranium under a potential agreement. Further, the Islamic Republic has reiterated that no talks would be held with the United States until the demands raised by it are fulfilled.
The differences between US President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy have clearly began to emerge, with the former once again issuing to warning to the latter on Tuesday (local time) and underlining that it is time for him to “make a deal” with the Russians and bring an end to the conflict that began in February 2022.
A fresh arrest was on Tuesday made in the Tiger Shroff firing case, with Haryana’s Sonipat police arresting a man identified as Sameer, who allegedly facilitated contact between the shooters and Anil Pandit. Notably, Pandit, who reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack, is suspected of operating from the US and has alleged links to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
In a significant development, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will begin his three-day visit to India on Tuesday to advance bilateral ties in energy, trade and investment, defence, critical technologies, and exchange views on the West Asia crisis. This would be Rubio’s second India visit this year which comes amid persistent friction in bilateral ties. During his earlier trip in May, he held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar besides attending a Quad foreign ministers’ meeting.
The West Bengal Health Department has stepped up preparations for the remaining days of Durga Puja after a stampede in north Kolkata killed 19 people and injured 25 others. Doctors and medical teams will be stationed at five major pandals in the city to ensure prompt treatment if another emergency occurs.
Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched a ballistic missile attack on a military camp in Yemen’s southern Shabwa province on Monday, killing at least 53 soldiers and injuring around 200 recruits, Yemeni military officials and the provincial government said. The Houthis acknowledged targeting the camp, in one of the deadliest attacks since fighting intensified again this summer.
Amid violent protests in France, US President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) issued a stark warning regarding the future of Europe, saying that France and the broader continent face total collapse unless they immediately seal their borders and deport migrants who “hate their countries. “And, as you know, Paris is going to be a Muslim city very soon. And that wasn’t the deal. That wasn’t the deal. I told Emmanuel Macron, you should close up your borders,” Trump said.
