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Maharashtra minister Kokate gets two years jail in 30-year-old cheating-forgery case, gets bail

Nashik, Feb 20 (PTI) A court in Nashik in Maharashtra on Thursday sentenced state agriculture minister and NCP leader Manikrao Kokate to two years in jail and fined him Rs 50,000 in a 30-year-old case of cheating and submitting fake documents to get flats under government quota. His brother Sunil Kokate was also convicted in the case registered in 1995 on the complaint of former minister late TS Dighole. The Kokate siblings had got two flats on College Road in Yeolakar Mala here under the chief minister’s 10 per cent discretionary quota after claiming they did not own flats and

Rahul Gandhi targets Modi government over inflation

Raebareli (UP), Feb 20 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the BJP government at the Centre of diverting attention from real issues and promoting capitalists. Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to his Parliamentary constituency, first visited the Hanuman temple at Churuva border. After spending some time at the temple, he proceeded towards Bachhrawan. At Bachhrawan, the former Congress president addressed a party workers’ conference and urged them to maintain a stronghold at the booth level. “Inflation has risen significantly, and the BJP government is only promoting capitalists,” he alleged. Meanwhile, some BJP workers claimed they have

Govt should bring out white paper on USAID’s support in India over decades: Congress

New Delhi, Feb 20 (PTI) Amid a row over alleged funding by USAID for raising voter turnout in India, the Congress on Thursday demanded that the Indian government should bring out a white paper on the US agency’s support to both governmental and non-governmental institutions in India over the decades. The Congress also dubbed US President Donald Trump’s claims related to USAID as “nonsensical”. The opposition party’s assertion comes after President Donald Trump questioned the purpose of providing USD 21 million to India for “voter turnout”. “Why do we need to spend USD 21 million for voter turnout in India?

Trump’s freeze on USAID could give China an opening on the world stage

WASHINGTON, February 20, 2025 (AP) — President Donald Trump’s restrictions on foreign aid and targeting of a key agency funding programs around the world may be offering an opening to America’s biggest adversary — China. From the dismantling of the USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) to quitting international groups, Trump’s drastic “America First” moves have raised concerns among some lawmakers and experts about whether the U.S. is ceding global influence to its rivals, especially at a time when Washington is fretting over Beijing’s growing clout at the cost to American interests. Foreign assistance offered the U.S. a source of

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