New Delhi: All Indian seafarers in the Gulf and West Asia region are safe, and no incident involving Indian-flagged vessels has been reported in the past 24 hours, the government said Sunday. The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, through the Directorate General of Shipping (DG Shipping), has facilitated the safe repatriation of more than 2,084 Indian...

Peshawar: Pakistan security forces Sunday killed two terrorists during an intelligence-based operation in restive Lakki Marwat district of northwest Pakistan, police said. The operation was conducted in the Shahbazkhel area of Lakki Marwat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, early Sunday, according to a police official. The operation was launched on confirmed intelligence regarding the presence of militants...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will Monday a plea by former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and others discharged in the liquor policy case, seeking the recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing a CBI petition against the trial court decision. The AAP leader will argue his plea, which will come up for hearing at 2.30...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Sunday met the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and discussed the West Asia crisis and its economic impact. Jaishankar was on a two-day visit to the Gulf nation from Saturday. Conveyed warm greetings of Prime Minister @narendramodi and our gratitude for ensuring the well-being...

New Delhi: Foreign investors maintained their aggressive sell-off in Indian equities, withdrawing Rs 48,213 crore (USD 5.14 billion) in the first 10 days of April, as rising geopolitical tensions and global macroeconomic uncertainties reduced risk appetite. The sell-off follows a record outflow of Rs 1.17 lakh crore (about USD 12.7 billion) in March, the worst monthly exodus...

New Delhi: Filing of patent applications has increased by 30.2 per cent to 1,43,729 in 2025-26 against 1,10,375 in the previous fiscal, on account of several initiatives taken by the government to strengthen the intellectual property rights ecosystem, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Sunday. India is the world's 6th largest patent filer. "Our patent filings...

Lucknow: Skipper Shubhman Gill and Jos Buttler hit half centuries after pacer Prasidh Krishna returned a four-wicket haul in an impressive show to help Gujarat Titans beat Lucknow Super Giants by seven wickets in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match, in Lucknow Sunday. Aiden Markram (30) top scored for LSG. Their big hitters could not convert starts...

Mumbai: Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to field against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in an Indian Premier League match in Mumbai Sunday. MI made two changes to their playing XI, bringing in Mitchell Santner and Mayank Markande in place of AM Ghazanfar and Deepak Chahar. RCB skipper Rajat Patidar brought in Jacob Duffy...

Washington: President Donald Trump Sunday said the US Navy would "immediately" begin a blockade to stop ships from entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz, after US-Iran peace talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement. Trump sought to exert strategic control over the waterway responsible for the transportation of 20 per cent of global oil supplies before...

New Delhi: India Sunday categorically rejected China's renaming of some places in Arunachal Pradesh and said such claims and attempts to manufacture baseless narratives cannot alter the undeniable reality that they are part of Indian territories. China should refrain from actions which inject negativity into relations and undermine efforts to create a better understanding, it said. New...