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Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has dismissed concerns around Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Russia visit, saying that the US can’t hold India to a loyalty test every five minutes. Speaking at Indus X (India-United States Defence Acceleration Ecosystem), she categorised the India-US ties as enduring and bipartisan and stressed that whoever comes to the White House knows the importance of the relationship. “Countries wish to, as India says, have strategic autonomy and I have no problem with that. But it is our (US and India’s) deep interests that will ultimately lead to a stronger partnership,” she added. Rice, Director at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, called Russian military equipment “junk” and said PM… Read More »On PM Modi’s Russia Trip, US Ex-Diplomat’s “Can’t Hold Loyalty Test” Remark

<p>Leader Of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi launched a fresh attack against the Rashtriya Sayamsevak Sangh on Tuesday saying the outfit considers certain states, languages, and religions inferior to others.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Congress leader remarked while addressing a gathering in Virginia as part of his three-day visit to the United States. Gandhi said that all the states have their own history and tradition but RSS ideology considers certain states and languages as inferior to others.&nbsp;</p> <p>”What the RSS says is that certain states are inferior to other states. Certain languages are inferior to other languages, certain religions are inferior to other religions, and certain communities are inferior to other communities,” said the Congress MP.&nbsp;</p> <blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-media-max-width=”560″> <p… Read More »Rahul Gandhi In US Launches Fresh Attack On RSS: ‘For Them Certain States, Languages Are Inferior’

“This or that” challenge has become a trend on social media, with celebrities being asked to pick between two names in a rapid-fire round. Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag also engaged in the challenge at the Delhi Premier League T20 tournament, asked to make his preferences known from some of the biggest names in cricketing history. During the challenge, Sehwag came across the names of three Indian players – Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, and Rohit Sharma. It was the Mumbai Indians star who stood tall at the last.  The challenge started with Sehwag being asked to pick between MS Dhoni and Ben Stokes, and the former India captain earned the nod. However, Dhoni lost to… Read More »Dhoni vs Virat vs Rohit: Sehwag’s Clear Choice In “This Or That” Challenge

A rail mishap was averted on Monday in Madhya Pradesh after a tractor stalled on the tracks and a train driver stopped in time by applying brakes, a police official said. The incident took place at Guramkhedi on Jabalpur-Itarsi rail route at 10am, Pipariya RPF police station in-charge Gopal Meena said. “The driver of Somnath Express applied brakes after seeing a tractor on the track. His alertness averted a mishap. An RPF team removed the tractor. Efforts are on to nab the tractor driver,” Mr Meena said. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

<p>A young Bangladeshi Hindu boy who was claimed to have been beaten to death inside a police station over a blasphemous social media post is alive, said the law enforcement of the country.&nbsp;</p> <p>On September 4, Utsav Mondal, 18 was thrashed by an angry mob over a comment on Facebook containing derogatory remarks against the Prophet Muhammad. Later, an announcement was made over mosque loudspeaker declaring his death but law enforcement confirmed the next day that the injured youth was alive, reported Dhaka Tribune.&nbsp;</p> <p>The authorities had refused to disclose his location due to security concerns.&nbsp;</p> <blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”> <p dir=”ltr” lang=”en”>Utsav Mondol is alive. Finally <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bangladesh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#Bangladesh</a> Army has published his photos. So keep asking… Read More »Bangladeshi Hindu Boy, Claimed To Have Been Beaten To Death Is Alive, Say Authorities