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Jill Biden gets the priciest gift from Indian PM Modi in 2023 — a $20,000 diamond

WASHINGTON, January 4, 2025 (AP) — President Joe Biden and his family were given tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from foreign leaders in 2023, according to an annual accounting published by the State Department on Thursday, with first lady Jill Biden receiving the single most expensive present: a $20,000 diamond from India’s leader. The 7.5-carat diamond from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was easily the most costly gift presented to any member of the first family in 2023, although she also received a brooch valued at $14,063 from the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States and a bracelet,

Civil, criminal cases against Adani assigned to one judge: US court order

New York, Updated Jan 4 (PTI) A New York court has ordered that the criminal and civil cases filed against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and others in a bribery scheme are “related” and will be assigned to the judge overseeing the criminal case. The order available on the court website of the US District Court Eastern District of New York says that “in consultation with District Judge Garaufis, because USA v. Adani et al., 24 Crim. 433 (NGG), Securities and Exchange Commission v. Adani et al., 24 Civ. 8080 (VMS), and Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cabanes, 24 Civ. 8081

Get new book with chapters on Patel, Savarkar, Mookerjee to learn India’s true history: BJP to Congress

New Delhi, Jan 3 (PTI) The BJP asked the Congress on Friday to stop reading the Nehru-Gandhi family’s history book and learn the country’s “true history” from a book that has chapters on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, V D Savarkar, Subhas Chandra Bose and Syama Prasad Mookerjee, among many others. Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters here, former Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the Congress, during its rule, named “thousands of” educational institutions in the country after former prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. “If the Congress is so interested, it can give us suggestions and

“Mamata wants to make Bengal like Bangladesh”: Union Minister Giriraj Singh

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 3 (ANI): Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday criticized West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her remarks on the Border Security Force (BSF), accusing her of trying to turn West Bengal into a region akin to Bangladesh. “Mamata Banerjee wants to make West Bengal like Bangladesh. That is why she is accusing the BSF, which protects the country on the border. Bangladeshi Muslims and Rohingyas are being settled in West Bengal, and their number now surpass those of the local Muslim population… If she has some courage, she should implement NRC and CAA in

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