Washington: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri Wednesday launched the India-US Trade Facilitation Portal as the two countries eye the USD 500 billion bilateral trade target. Misri, who is on a three-day visit to the US, launched the portal at a virtual event that was attended by India's Ambassador to the US Vinay Mohan Kwatra, officials and trade representatives...

Kathmandu:  Nepalese President Ram Chandra Paudel will address a joint session of both houses of the Parliament Friday. The Office of the President has sent a letter to the Parliament Secretariat requesting necessary arrangements for the address. President Paudel has called the joint session of the Parliament for Friday, April 10, 2026, according to a notice issued...

Dancers perform on third day of Berhampur Resham City Festival at Khallikote College playground in Berhampur   Participants practice ahead of 1st Indoor All India Rowing Championship, organised by the Odisha Association for Rowing & Sculling, at J.N. Indoor Stadium in Cuttack   Artists perform ‘Boulo’, a play organised by Sanga Sathi Theatre, at Rabindra Mandap in...

Beirut: Israeli strikes hit several dense commercial and residential areas in central Beirut without warning Wednesday afternoon, hours after a ceasefire was announced in the US-Israeli war with Iran. Lebanon's health ministry said at least 89 people were killed and 700 were wounded. US President Donald Trump told PBS NewsHour that Lebanon was not included in the...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet is learnt to have cleared Wednesday the draft bill for amendments to the Women's Reservation Act that will ensure an increase in the number of Lok Sabha seats to 816, with 273 reserved for women, and its implementation in the 2029 general elections. Sources privy to the development said that a meeting...

New Delhi: Jos Buttler returned to his ballistic ways with a six-laden half-century before captain Shubman Gill changed gears for a well-made fifty, powering Gujarat Titans to 210 for four against hosts Delhi Capitals in the IPL Wednesday. Buttler (52 off 27), who had a forgettable T20 World Cup in India, finally found the form he is...

Bhubaneswar:  A retired accounts officer killed his wife with a kitchen knife and surrendered before police Wednesday, officials said. The deceased has been identified as Priyambada Sarangi (54), and the accused is her 62-year-old husband, Debraj Sarangi. The incident took place in Swasti Nagar here within the jurisdiction of the Airfield police station. According to preliminary investigations,...

Nayagarh: The death toll from a firecracker explosion in Odisha's Nayagarh district rose to four Wednesday, police said. A total of six people, including a minor boy, sustained serious burn injuries in the blast that occurred while preparing firecrackers at Korada village under Nuagaon police limits April 3. One person had died while undergoing treatment at AIIMS...

Beijing: Iran will allow ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz during the two-week ceasefire, but any decision to open the Strait entirely in future will depend on the results of the peace talks with the US, a senior Iranian diplomat said Wednesday. So far, 3,000 ships are waiting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz,...

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals skipper Axar Patel won the toss and elected to bowl against Gujarat Titans in an Indian Premier League match here Wednesday. DC are unchanged from the previous game, while GT brought in Kumar Kushagra and regular skipper Shubman Gill too returned to the playing 11 after missing the last match against Rajasthan Royals...