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New Delhi: The Centre Monday announced that the Viksit Bharat -- Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act will come into force across the country from July 1, replacing the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. The new Act will have a...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari chaired the first cabinet meeting Monday and said his government has granted transfer of land to the BSF for erecting a fence along the Bangladesh border and approved immediate implementation of the Census exercise in the state. The...

Beijing: US President Donald Trump will pay an official visit to China from May 13 to 15 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced Monday. This will be the first visit to China by a US president in...

Shimla: Six tourists from Gujarat were killed while four others sustained serious injuries as the car they were travelling in plunged into a deep gorge at Chamba district's Kakira in the wee hours of Monday, police said. The Toyota Innova vehicle, overloaded with 10 people...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has rejected Iran's proposal to end the months-long war as "totally unacceptable" without sharing details, even as a key Republican leader urged him to consider the "military option". Trump received the Iranian proposal Sunday amid hopes that it could lead...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks calling for measures to be taken by citizens to overcome the challenges posed by the West Asia conflict, saying that the "compromised PM" is no longer capable of running the...

Gir Somnath: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Somnath Monday to a rousing welcome, as large numbers of people gathered for the event, cheering and greeting him with enthusiasm. PM Modi held a roadshow upon his arrival in the city to participate in the Somnath...

Kathmandu: A Turkish Airlines aircraft caught fire while landing at Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) Monday morning, forcing the suspension of flight operations for around two hours, airport officials said. There were 277 passengers and 11 crew members on board the plane, and all are...

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Sunday that Iran has conveyed its response to a US proposal aimed at ending the conflict in West Asia, as efforts continued to sustain a fragile regional ceasefire. Pakistan has been mediating talks between Washington and Tehran amid...

Guwahati: Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya Sunday appointed BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma as the chief minister of Assam Sunday, paving the way for the NDA's third consecutive government in the state. After being unanimously elected leader of the BJP-led NDA's legislature party, Sarma, along with...