Philip Coggan dismantles Donald Trump’s idea that America is being ‘ripped off,’ revealing how savings, investment, and budget deficits, not foreign cheats, really drive trade surpluses and deficits| thefederal.com
The Supreme Court set timelines and said failure to comply with them would make the inaction of the governors subject to judicial review by the courts| thefederal.com
Bessent warns of higher secondary tariffs on India if Trump's talks with Russian counterpart Putin in Alaska fail| thefederal.com
As the 80th UNGA session approaches, Modi may speak on Sept 26, following Trump’s opening address; bilateral trade talks continue despite recent US tariffs on India| thefederal.com
Vikas Swarup says Trump is miffed India refused to credit him for mediating the May military ceasefire with Pakistan, which might have led to punitive tariffs| thefederal.com
The Federal’s Editor-in-Chief S Srinivasan says Trump's tariff blitz set to hit India's exports to US could roll back decades of steadily warming economic and strategic ties| thefederal.com
A Federal team visits Ramanagara, where Sholay was shot, only to find no remnants of Gabbar’s den or Thakur Baldev Singh’s haveli| thefederal.com
From front-row topper to last-bench struggler, Rajinikanth recounts his Karnataka days in a moving video| thefederal.com
The Federal at the spot: The owner of the property says he votes for BJP, but not an organiser| thefederal.com
Retired Bombay HC judge Justice B G Kolse Patil says EC is showing ‘arrogance’, and calls for public protests or suo motu action by SC to pull up culprits| thefederal.com
Opposition leader was protesting against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar; calling the exercise an 'assault on Constitution'| thefederal.com
The secretary of state wished the people of India ahead of Independence Day and said US, India will work together to face challenges| thefederal.com
In the wake of SC order to shift strays to shelter homes, the lesson here is -- it's not wise to allow activists to frame policies and laws as they tend to take extreme positions| thefederal.com
Opposition leaders held as they allege voter list manipulation and call for EC accountability; Capital Beat discusses the dramatic and united INDIA bloc protest| thefederal.com
Rahul Gandhi urged the public to support the campaign against alleged voter fraud, calling the duty 'critical'| thefederal.com
Kharge’s dinner for the Opposition was the third initiative within a month by the Congress high command to bring INDIA Bloc leaders together| thefederal.com
The Supreme Court has framed questions to answer in a dispute between Tamil Nadu government and Governor RN Ravi over the delay in assent to bills passed by the legislative assembly. A bench of...| thefederal.com
Top court rules that the Bills shall be deemed to be cleared from the date they were re-presented to the Governor| thefederal.com
The apex court on Tuesday came down heavily on Ravi and said his reserving 10 bills for the President's consideration was against constitutional provisions| thefederal.com
Opposition parties in Kerala allege tampering of electoral rolls led to BJP MP Suresh Gopi's win, citing last-minute additions, voters with questionable addresses| thefederal.com
New Delhi will also watch the high-voltage talks closely, as a disappointing outcome could impact trade tariffs| thefederal.com
Comments come ahead of Trump's high-profile meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday| thefederal.com
From a splash of black oil in Thrissur to a political war cry in Kannur, the CPI(M) is signalling not a shift in long-term philosophy but a revival in tactical intensity| thefederal.com
When matters get out of hand, we shouldn’t shy away from filing a police complaint; the need of the hour is anti-trolling legislation| thefederal.com
Muhammad Tufail, the father of the killed 'civilian' Mudassar in Pakistan's Muridke, said he has seven sons, of whom another was martyred earlier| thefederal.com
In a televised address to the nation, PM Modi said India has only temporarily halted its counter-terrorism operations against Pakistan| thefederal.com
Stray dog attacks have been making frequent headlines in recent months. Chennai, Bengaluru, Nagpur, and many other cities have been reporting such incidents. But are these attacks truly increasing, or...| thefederal.com
The victim had been on ventilator support at a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram for a few days after she tested positive for rabies infection| thefederal.com
Maneka says getting Delhi’s 3 lakh dogs off roads and accommodating them in 3,000 pounds with facilities will cost around Rs 15,000 crore| thefederal.com
The petitioner, the counsel said, was subjected to harassment and was unable to feed community dogs in line with the Animal Birth Control Rules| thefederal.com
FMCG sales and stocks saw pre-festival upticks in July, supply in other consumer sectors is intact, no discernible change in bank credit outflows or retail investment| thefederal.com
Rajinikanth, Lokesh Kanagaraj, Anirudh, Latha, Shruti, and Dhanush light up Coolie’s first show in Chennai; could this be Thalaivar’s biggest yet?| thefederal.com
India has identified and released the names of these officers after several videos and images of the funerals went viral on social media| thefederal.com
The apex court bench also directed authorities to sterilise, immunise canines and launch helpline to tackle rising dog bite cases and rabies risk| thefederal.com
The poll body calls it an attack on voters' integrity, urging Rahul Gandhi to provide a written affidavit for his allegations on voter data| thefederal.com
Lokesh Kanagaraj’s I-D release offers vintage Rajinikanth swagger and a festival of cameos, but the script’s uneven pace keep it from joining the director’s top-tier works| thefederal.com
Rajinikanth’s 'Coolie' smashes advance sales worldwide. Can it break all-time records?| thefederal.com
While SC uploaded the detailed order of the two-judge bench on Wednesday, a new bench will hear the case today in the wake of widespread protests against the former| thefederal.com
The filmmaker-author's book 'Loal Kashmir' documents diverse narratives of affection and resilience amid conflict and the 2019 communication blackout| thefederal.com
The J&K government’s ban on 25 books in the name of public order is all about policing thought and erasing accounts inconvenient to the state; it does not just target the writers, but readers as well.| thefederal.com
The Congress leader's explosive allegations challenge EC’s credibility, question SC’s silence, and underscore the Leader of Opposition's vital role in safeguarding democratic integrity| thefederal.com
Delving deeper into these banned books, it is obvious that most of these provide self-explanatory reasons why they found a place in this ‘scroll of honour’| thefederal.com
Women in Uttarakhand’s disaster-prone Tehri Garhwal region are stepping up as nature guides, helping create awareness about ecological degradation among tourists and younger generation| thefederal.com
Rooted in traditional belief systems, sacred groves across states like West Bengal, Meghalaya, and Arunachal Pradesh are emerging as natural sanctuaries, preserving rare species and forest ecosystems| thefederal.com
The ABC programme is the only humane way to solve the stray dog crisis. The SC directive seems impractical; local bodies need to carry out aggressive ABC drives| thefederal.com
The issue was brought to the CJI's attention on Wednesday morning, along with a reminder of a previous court order that prohibited relocating or killing stray dogs| thefederal.com
The Election Commission’s stonewalling of investigations into the Leader of Opposition’s electoral roll fraud claims threatens democratic accountability and electoral integrity| thefederal.com
PETA says displacement and jailing of dogs has never worked, and that the solution is an effective sterilisation programme; activists say taking dogs off roads will invite monkeys instead| thefederal.com
From cloudbursts in Dharali to melting glacier at Gaumukh, Uttarkashi faces rising natural disasters as climate change, reckless construction, and tourism erode the ecology of Uttarakhand’s sacred...| thefederal.com
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JD Vance encouraged PM Narendra Modi to have his country communicate with Pakistan directly and to consider options for de-escalation, officials said, as per the report| thefederal.com
Prime Minister Narendra Modi directed the armed forces that Indian retaliation to any action by the Pakistani military should be "bigger and stronger"| thefederal.com
Vice Admiral AN Pramod said the Navy was prepared with full readiness in the Arabian Sea within 96 hours of the terrorist attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22| thefederal.com
In the hotline message to his Pak counterpart, the Indian DGMO also highlighted India's "firm and clear" intent to respond to these "fiercely and punitively" if repeated later| thefederal.com
Chief of Army Staff reviews security situation with Army commanders of western borders after ceasefire and airspace violations on Saturday night| thefederal.com
The government’s PIB Fact Check team unearthed several cases of fake news with old images showing crashed aircraft in the context of Operation Sindoor| thefederal.com
In landmark ruling, top court says governors of states cannot inordinately delay or withhold assent to Bills passed or re-passed by state assemblies| thefederal.com
Modi speaks of how India will deal with Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, what its talks in the future will involve, and who approached other nations for help| thefederal.com
The questions are with reference to the recent judgement setting a timeline for Governors' and the President’s assent to bills, and the SC's powers under Art 142| thefederal.com
His statement assumes significance as the Centre has been asserting that the abrogation of Article 370 has crushed terrorism and brought unprecedented normalcy in the region| thefederal.com
Air Marshal AK Bharti, however, thanked the media for telling them Kirana Hills houses some nuclear installation, adding that they did not know about it| thefederal.com
The government accused Islamabad of glorifying militants, suggesting that such ceremonies may have become a routine practice in Pakistan| thefederal.com
Addressing media with his Army and IAF counterparts, A N Pramod says Navy tested and refined tactics and procedures at sea during multiple weapon firings in Arabian Sea, within 96 hours of the...| thefederal.com
Government sources clarify after US President claims he pressured India, Pakistan to reach a ceasefire by threatening to stop trade with them| thefederal.com
Donald Trump said the leadership of India and Pakistan had the strength and the wisdom, and the fortitude to fully know and to understand the gravity of the situation| thefederal.com
Congress MP praises Foreign Secretary for “outstanding job”, describes him as an “effective voice” for India; other political parties too hit out at trolls| thefederal.com
