Washington: US President Donald Trump said Saturday that a deal to end the war with Iran will be signed Sunday and the Strait of Hormuz will be "open to all" immediately after that. "The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL," the president said...

Nice: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in France Saturday where he is scheduled to hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and also attend the G-7 Summit. In the first leg of the visit, the prime minister will hold a bilateral meeting with Macron Sunday and also inaugurate 'Bharat Innovates' alongside the French president. The event will...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit President Droupadi Murmu's in-laws' village of Pahadpur in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district June 20 and participate in several programmes, officials said Saturday. Pahadpur, the native village of Murmu's late husband Shyam Charan Murmu, is located about 20 km from Rairangpur town, where the main state-level function marking the second anniversary of...

People soak in Raja spirit with pitha and swings at the OTDC-organised Raja Utsav in Bhubaneswar   Young girls prepare for Raja celebrations in Kafla Bazaar, Cuttack   Artists showcase classical dance during Panchama Veda Utsav at Rabindra Mandap, Bhubaneswar     A vendor prepares traditional Raja Paan at a shop in Sahid Nagar, Bhubaneswar, ahead of...

Kolkata: A former minister in the erstwhile Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal, Manas Bhunia, Saturday resigned from the Trinamool Congress, adding to the ever-growing crisis in the embattled party following its electoral drubbing in the assembly polls. Bhunia told PTI that he sent a letter to party chairperson Mamata Banerjee, announcing his decision to quit all...

Amritsar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have to choose whether students are more important to him or an "incompetent" and "failed" minister, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke said Saturday at a protest in Amritsar as part of its nationwide campaign seeking Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation. Students and youth assembled in large numbers at the Golden...

Dubai/Washington: Iran said Saturday it could sign the framework for a peace deal with the United States in the coming days, but dismissed a suggestion by mediator Pakistan that it would be signed within the next 24 hours. The US and Iran signalled Friday that an agreement to end three months of war was close, with a...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, accompanied by his wife Jayshree Kambhampati, Saturday visited the Jagannath temple in Puri, an official statement said. They paid obeisance to Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra and sought the blessings of the sibling deities for the continued peace, progress and prosperity of Odisha and the well-being of its people....

Washington: US President Donald Trump will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G-7 meeting in France Wednesday, local media reported quoting US officials. This will be the first meeting between the two leaders since February last year in Washington. Trump embarks on the visit to France for the G-7 Summit Monday morning. The...

Islamabad: US President Donald Trump is expected to discuss plans to demine the Strait of Hormuz with allies during next week's Group of Seven summit in France, a senior US administration official said Saturday, as mediators said an agreement to end the war was close. Britain and France, who are both members of the G7, have expressed...