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 Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday reacted to Biocon chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw's proposal to fund the road development project in Bengaluru, and offered a take on how the idea could be executed. Chidambaram reacted to Mazumdar-Shaw's proposal to fund the road development project in Bengaluru. Chidambaram reacted to Mazumdar-Shaw's proposal to fund the road development project in Bengaluru. While Chidambaram called the idea "great", he also argued that not funds, but the execution of the public work was the actual problem. In a lengthy tweet, Chidambaram detailed how he thinks the Karnataka government should tweak the Biocon chairperson's idea. "Governments can tweak Mrs Shaw's idea: Public money, tender, etc. can be followed to select the contractor. After selection, the contractor will be placed under the supervision of a willing company or industrialist like Mrs Shaw," Chidambaram wrote. The Congress leader reasoned that while th...

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has thanked President Donald Trump for extending Diwali greetings and hoped for joint efforts to fight terrorism. The remark assumes significance amid the US' growing proximity with Pakistan, a country known for exporting terror and providing a safe haven to terrorists. "Thank you, President Trump, for your phone call and warm Diwali greetings. On this festival of lights, may our two great democracies continue to illuminate the world with hope and stand united against terrorism in all its forms," said PM Modi in an online post. The early morning post dropped hours after Trump lit a lamp at a special Diwali event at the White House and told reporters that he has had a conversation with PM Modi. He went on to reiterate his claims that the prime minister has assured lowering Russian oil imports and that he stopped the India-Pakistan conflict in May. The event was attended by the Indian Ambassador to the US, Vinay Kwatra, besides FBI chief Kash P...

 KABUL/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -A high-level delegation from Afghanistan arrived in Doha on Saturday for peace talks with Pakistan, an Afghan government spokesperson said, after the countries extended a ceasefire to their fierce border clashes. “As promised, negotiations with the Pakistani side will take place today in Doha,” Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement, adding that the Kabul team was led by Defence Minister Mullah Muhammad Yaqoob. A Pakistani delegation was already in the Qatari capital on Friday for the talks and was to be joined by more senior officials, three government and security officials told Reuters. PAUSE IN WORST FIGHTING SINCE TALIBAN TOOK KABUL The government in Islamabad has not confirmed its participation in the talks. Pakistan’s defence and foreign ministries did not respond to requests for a comment. Pakistan and Afghanistan on Friday extended the 48-hour truce for the duration of the Doha talks, sources said, as they seek to resolve the clashes that killed...

 U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Friday (October 17, 2025) it would be premature to give Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, saying as he hosted Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he hoped to secure peace with Russia first. “Hopefully they won’t need it. Hopefully we’ll be able to get the war over with without thinking about Tomahawks,” Mr. Trump told journalists including an AFP reporter as the two leaders met at the White House. Mr. Trump added that he was confident of getting Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the invasion he launched in 2022, following a phone call with the Kremlin chief a day earlier. The U.S. and Russian presidents agreed on Thursday to a new summit in the Hungarian capital Budapest, which would be their first since an August meeting in Alaska that failed to produce any kind of peace deal. “I think that President Putin wants to end the war,” Mr. Trump said. But Mr. Zelenskyy, who wore a dark suit for his third meeting with Mr. Trump in Washington since the U.S....