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- The Hindu
Slum demolitions in Delhi: Cong. MP raises issue in Lok Sabha
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Economic Times
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- Economic Times
Five rounds of India-US trade talks held so far: Centre
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PM Modi didn't say Trump was lying: Rahul Gandhi over India-Pak mediation claims
Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads After Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's challenge by stating in Parliament on Tuesday that no world leader asked India to stop Operation Sindoor, Gandhi on Wednesday said that the prime minister didn't say President Trump was to media queries about Modi's statement in Parliament, Gandhi said: "It is obvious, the prime minister has not said that Trump is lying. Everyone knows that he is not able to speak. That is the reality. If PM Modi speaks, then he (Donald Trump) will say things openly and reveal the entire truth, that is why he is not able to speak".The Lok Sabha debate on Operation Sindoor on Tuesday witnessed exchanges between the prime minister and the leader of the Opposition on the operation and the subsequent politics flared up soon after President Trump announced a 25% tariff on Indian exports plus penalty for buying energy and arms from Russia. The opposition Congress taunted Prime Minister Modi by saying his "silence" on "insults", including Trump's repeated claims about forcing India-Pakistan ceasefire didn't help him get a special treatment on the tariff front and it said Modi should now stand up to spokesperson Jairam Ramesh said: "President Trump has slapped a tariff of 25% plus penalty on imports from India. All that 'taarif' (praise) between him and Howdy Modi has meant little. Mr Modi thought that if he kept quiet on the insults that the US President has hurled on India -- the 30 claims of stopping Op Sindoor, the lunch for the Pakistan Army Chief, and the US support for financial packages to Pakistan -- then, India would get special treatment at the hands of Trump. Clearly, that has not happened."
