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- Business Standard
'Let them sail': Russian lawmaker shrugs off Trump's nuclear sub threat
A senior Russian lawmaker has said that Russia has enough nuclear submarines at sea to handle any potential threat from the two US subs ordered into position by President Donald Trump, news agency PTI reported. Viktor Vodolatsky, a member of the Russian Parliament (Duma), told state news agency TASS that there is no need for a response from Russia to Trump's decision. "The number of Russian nuclear submarines in the world's oceans is significantly higher than the American ones, and the subs that US President Donald Trump ordered to be redirected to the appropriate regions have long been under their control,' he said. 'So no response from the Russian Federation to the American leader's statement about the submarines is required." Vodolatsky also said: 'Let the two US subs sail, they have been in the crosshairs for a long time now.' Trump orders US nuclear submarines on alert On Friday, Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social that he had ordered the movement of two US nuclear submarines to 'appropriate regions'. He said the decision was in response to what he described as 'extremely provocative statements' made by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, now the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council. In his post, Trump wrote: 'Based on the highly provocative statements of the Former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev... I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that." Russian minister backs peaceful approach, warns against direct conflict Responding to comments made by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a Fox News interview, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov welcomed the US position that a direct military clash with Russia must be avoided. 'We wholeheartedly concur with this position. Such shared understanding has been facilitated through constructive Russian-American dialogue,' Lavrov said. 'While Europeans are hysterically pushing for Ukraine's integration into NATO... Marco Rubio recently reaffirmed a responsible stance, explicitly stating that a direct military confrontation between the United States and Russia must be avoided," he said. Trump slams Medvedev, India and Russia In another post on Thursday, Trump attacked both India and Russia, calling them 'dead economies' and suggesting they could 'take their dead economies down together'. He also criticised Medvedev. 'Russia and the USA do almost no business together. Let's keep it that way. Tell Medvedev, the failed former President of Russia, who thinks he's still President, to watch his words. He's entering very dangerous territory!' Trump said. In response, Medvedev dismissed Trump's remarks, saying they showed nervousness. 'If some words from the former president of Russia cause such a nervous reaction from the supposedly mighty president of the US, then Russia is doing everything right,' he wrote on Telegram. He also reminded Trump of Russia's Cold War-era nuclear capability, designed to retaliate even if the country's leadership were destroyed in a first strike. Mocking Trump's interest in pop culture, Medvedev added: 'He should remember his favourite films about 'The Walking Dead' and think about how dangerous a 'dead hand' can be, even one that doesn't exist in nature,' ending his post with a laughing emoji. (With agency inputs)
Hindustan Times
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- Hindustan Times
'Tamasha kehne ki himmat...': PM Modi blasts Opposition over Operation Sindoor
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- Indian Express
Cong MP says jailed gangster threatening to kill son, urges LS Speaker to summon Punjab DGP
Punjab Congress leader Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa Friday alleged that jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria has threatened to kill his son. The Gurdaspur MP also met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and urged him to summon Punjab Police chief and senior superintendent of police, Batala, alleging that the threats to his son was an attempt to muzzle him and to prevent him from attending Parliament. 'Jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuriya has threatened to kill my son. One of my associates met my son and within one hour of leaving, he was fired upon today,' Randhawa said in a post on X. Speaking to The Indian Express, Randhawa said that on Friday morning, his associate Parminder Singh from Fatehgarh Churian and some other party supporters had come to meet his son at his office at 10 am Thursday. A hoto of the meeting was posted online. 'An hour later, shots were fired at Parminder's turban shop (in which no one was injured),' Randhawa said, adding he has brought the matter to the notice of the Punjab DGP. 'After the firing incident, on Thursday evening, one person repeatedly wrote objectionable comments on my son's social media post,' the MP said. Randhawa, who is in Delhi for the ongoing Parliament session, added, 'No gangster can shake me. Threats did not deter us even during terrorism days. We are not scared of threats'. He further hit out at the Punjab government, saying, 'Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and (AAP national convenor) Arvind Kejriwal have turned Punjab into a gangster's paradise where law and order has totally collapsed.' Bhagwanpuria, a dreaded gangster with over 128 criminal cases, including murder, extortion, arms smuggling, and drug trafficking, was detained by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) under the PIT-NDPS Act and shifted from central jail in Bathinda to Assam's Silchar jail in March this year. Linked to the murder of singer Sidhu Moosewala and associated with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, Bhagwanpuria leads a syndicate known for its extensive criminal activities across Punjab and beyond. The incident follows a history of tension between Randhawa and Baghawanpuria. Randhawa had previously accused Bhagwanpuria of influencing voters in Dera Baba Nanak during elections, including the November 2024 Assembly bypoll, where he alleged the gangster's family was intimidating locals to support AAP candidates. Conversely, Bhagwanpuria's relatives have accused Randhawa and his son of involvement in the June 2025 murder of the gangster's mother, Harjit Kaur, and cousin, Karanvir Singh, in a gang-related attack by the rival Davinder Bambiha gang in Batala. Randhawa has denied these claims, calling them conspiratorial. Randhawa said a MLA of ruling AAP said 'killing of Bhagwanpuria's mother was not a murder, but a political murder. The police should have taken his statement and questioned him about how it was a political murder'. He said the Punjab Police has done nothing about the threats issued to him and his son by Bhagwanpuria. 'I spoke to the DGP and he assured me that he will look into the matter. But what can he do? These gangsters have police protection,' he said. Continuing to target CM Mann, who holds the home portfolio, Randhawa accused the Punjab Police of going soft on Bhagwanpuria. 'He is a known drug smuggler. Why has no action been taken against his properties by the Punjab Police under NDPS Act,' he asked in apparent reference to properties of alleged drug smugglers being demolished by the state police under AAP government's Yudh Nasheyan Virudh drive. He claimed that most of the dreaded gangsters fall under the jurisdiction Batala police, but bardly any action has been taken. 'I have given repeated complaints to the then DIG Border Range Satinder Singh and to SSP Sohail Quasim Mir regarding a DSP and SHO in Dera Baba Nanak who are hand in glove with gangsters. If I am wrong, then police should contradict me. But they are silent and doing nothing,' he said. Randhawa, who along with party MPs Charanjit Singh Channi, Gurjit Singh Aujla and Amar Singh met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, said that they MPs apprised the Speaker about the threats made to his son. 'We demanded that the Lok Sabha Speaker should summon DGP Gaurav Yadav and Batala SSP Sohail Quasim Mir over the issue. The Speaker expressed concern and has asked us to given the details in writing,' said Randhawa. While the police are yet to issue an official statement on Randhawa's latest allegations, AAP spokesperson Neel Garg said the Congress leader should give full details of the incident so that the matter can be investigated. Garg claimed that everyone knows that gangsters got patronage under previous Congress governments. 'AAP government has zero tolerance towards gangsterism. We don't spare anyone who tries to disturb law and order in the state. Ever since AAP came to power, we have put several gangsters behind the bars and even attached their properties,' Garg said. Leader of Opposition in Punjab and senior Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa said, 'A jailed gangster openly threatening a senior INC leader, former Deputy CM, and sitting MP, this is not just a law and order failure, it's a damning indictment of the complete collapse of governance under Mann and Kejriwal.' 'If gangsters can intimidate elected representatives from behind bars, what chance does the common man in Punjab stand? Is this the 'badlav' AAP promised a state where criminals rule and citizens live in fear?' Bajwa said in a post on X. He alleged that the AAP government has reduced Punjab to a playground for gangsters, 'while Kejriwal remains busy marketing false narratives'. Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring said, 'A gangster has the audacity to threaten a senior INC leader…from inside the jail. Imagine the plight of the common people in Punjab. This reflects the complete collapse of law and order in Punjab'.
