India Arrests Cockroach Party Leaders for Jumping Barriers at Protest Site
Two top leaders of India’s Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) were arrested in New Delhi for protesting at a prohibited venue.

Two top leaders of India’s Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) were arrested in New Delhi for protesting at a prohibited venue.

India’s Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), a youth movement that takes its self-deprecating name from an insult by an Indian official, said on Thursday that police have begun mass arrests of CJP activists to stave off a mass demonstration planned in New Delhi on Saturday.

A senior United Arab Emirates official on Friday publicly described the attempted crashing of a Flydubai passenger jet as a “terrorist act” for the first time, as Israel investigates if the Omani co-pilot accused of trying to bring down the aircraft was acting on behalf of another party.

Captain Smit Machchhar, the copilot of Flydubai Flight FZ1073, appeared on camera for the first time since the dramatic incident.

Prime Ministers Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Narendra Modi of India celebrated flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar on Wednesday after the details of how Flydubai Flight FZ1073 appeared to have thwarted a potential hijacking came to light.

The Ministry of External Affairs of India condemned “malicious post son social media” on Thursday, responding to rumors circulating on Twitter that genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping and ally President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa had fallen ill after dining at the Indian-hosted BRICS summit this weekend.

Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar visited Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday with a message of solidarity, offering India’s support to end the ongoing Russian invasion of the country.

Chinese dictator Xi Jinping made a pitch for China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) at the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation (SCO) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday, at a time of growing discontent with the heavy debt loads, environmental impact, and challenges to sovereignty from Communist China’s signature infrastructure initiative.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged Russian strongman Vladimir Putin to “move away from endless war” and find a resolution to his ongoing invasion of Ukraine during a meeting on Monday.

India’s capital of New Delhi was plunged into chaos on Monday as a huge protest by the “Cockroach Party” of disaffected young people shut down city streets and triggered a massive police response.

A joint international law enforcement operation between the United States, Canada, and Europe led to the arrest of 24 individuals linked to three India-based transnational crime groups, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday.

India on Tuesday ordered a temporary block of the Telegram messaging app on the unusual grounds that students have been using the platform to cheat on tests.

Trump told Breitbart News after warm interactions with European leaders at the G7 summit that “they think I was right.”

“Acting President” of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi as India moves to cement its oil and other commercial-related ties with the South American nation.

About a hundred motorized rickshaws in the crowded streets of India’s capital, New Delhi, are sporting banners with President Donald Trump’s face, an American flag, and the message “Happy Birthday America! 250 Years Old.”

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants coronavirus-era work from home practices to save fuel during the Strait of Hormuz oil crisis.

Iran ramped up its missile and drone attacks on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday night, setting a major oil port known as the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone ablaze. Three Indian nationals were injured, prompting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to denounce Iran’s actions.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a two-day visit to Israel on Wednesday in what both governments billed as an opportunity to build closer relations by making common cause against terrorism – and which some observers viewed as a ticking clock on potential American action against Iran, since a strike would not be likely until Modi leaves Israel.

Brazil and India finalized a deal on critical minerals and rare earths on Saturday, followed by an agreement between Brazil and South Korea on Monday to increase their cooperation on minerals, technology, cultural exchange, and trade.

India on Friday joined the Pax Silica framework, a U.S.-led effort to create a secure supply chain for critical technologies that would be immune to meddling from China. India’s membership had been in doubt due to trade tensions with the United States under President Donald Trump.

India sought to make a splash in the world’s fastest-growing tech industry this week by hosting an A.I. Impact Summit in New Delhi, with a who’s-who of industry leaders and artificial intelligence visionaries on the guest list. The summit was a public-relations disaster, because the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi evidently underestimated how much rivalry and personal animosity exists in the A.I. world.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won a two-thirds majority of parliamentary seats in Thursday’s election.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that India has not indicated it will stop buying Russian oil, as claimed by President Donald Trump on Monday.

Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri appeared to confirm President Donald Trump’s claim that New Delhi would be expanding Venezuelan oil purchases in comments on Monday, stating that India was already buying Venezuelan oil and has refineries specially outfitted to handle crude from that country.

President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States and India have reached a trade agreement and that India has committed to stop buying Russian oil.

A private plane carrying a deputy chief minister crashed in an open field in western India on Wednesday.

The European Union has agreed to open its borders to mass immigration from India as it signed the largest free trade agreement in the history of the bloc.

Russian President Vladimir Putin promised an “uninterrupted” supply of cheap oil to India after meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, defying President Donald Trump’s effort to use tariff pressure to get India to stop funding Putin’s war machine in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi on Thursday for meetings with top officials, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Ukraine war ‘peace’ talks were “difficult” but “necessary”, Russia’s Putin said, adding coming to a consensus on Ukraine “is no easy feat”.

Top Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday that the Russian government is extremely interested in helping India expand its use of nuclear power, indicating it will be a top priority for Vladimir Putin when he visits the country this week.

The government of South Africa on Thursday announced an investigation into how 17 of its citizens became mercenaries on the battlefields of Ukraine. The men are sending “distress signals” pleading for rescue, and their families claim they were tricked into fighting.

At least nine people were killed when a car exploded near the historic Red Fort in New Dehi, India on Monday evening. The incident is being investigated under India’s counter-terrorism law, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seemed convinced that the deadly explosion was a deliberate act.

Hundreds of people gathered at the India Gate in New Delhi on Sunday to protest air pollution, brandishing slogans such as “I Miss Breathing.”

The Chinese government on Thursday insisted its massive oil imports from Russia are “legitimate and lawful” and threatened “countermeasures to firmly defend its sovereignty” if President Donald Trump pressures Beijing to stop buying Russian oil.

The External Affairs Ministry of India issued a statement on Thursday indicating that the country is seeking to “expand our energy procurement” from the United States, following President Donald Trump telling reporters the day before that New Delhi is planning to limit its Russian oil purchases.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry’s response to the Gaza ceasefire deal on Thursday was tepid and sour, expressing doubt that anything less than the creation of a Palestinian state would bring peace.

According to data from analytics firm Kpler, Russia remained India’s top supplier of oil in September, despite heavy pressure from the United States for India to scale back its imports and choke off Russian President Vladimir Putin’s funding for his war in Ukraine.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave an address to the nation on Sunday in which he told his citizens to stop using “foreign made” products.

The Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Tuesday that trade discussions with a U.S. delegation to New Delhi were “positive” and “forward-looking.”
