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Kolkata: West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya Wednesday announced that the oath-taking ceremony of the new government in the state will be held May 9. Bhattacharya told reporters that the swearing-in ceremony will take place at Brigade Parade Ground in central Kolkata from 10 am....

New Delhi: India and Vietnam Wednesday elevated their relations to enhanced comprehensive strategic partnership and vowed to significantly expand economic and defence ties following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vietnamese President To Lam. Modi said the two countries have a common outlook for...

New Delhi: The Sports Ministry Wednesday said the blanket ban on bilateral sporting ties with Pakistan that was imposed last year will remain in force, but athletes from across the border will not be stopped from coming here for multi-lateral events. The ministry also reiterated...

Kyiv: Russia fired dozens of drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday, disregarding a unilateral ceasefire announced by Kyiv that began at midnight. The Russian Defence Ministry claimed that Ukraine hadn't abided by its own ceasefire, saying that air defences shot down...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Wednesday resigned along with his cabinet colleagues, paving the way for formation of a new government led by the BJP, officials said. The BJP-led NDA bagged 102 seats in the 126-member assembly. The assembly elections were held in...

Tehran: A fire in a shopping centre near Iran's capital killed eight people and injured 36, state TV said Wednesday. The fire started Tuesday in the Arghavan shopping centre in Andisheh town in Tehran province. It was not clear what caused the blaze, and state...

Chandigarh: An explosion occurred near the army cantonment area in Khasa late Tuesday night in Punjab's Amritsar, the second such incident which took place around three hours after a blast outside the headquarters of the Border Security Force's Punjab Frontier in Jalandhar. According to the...

New York: Vivek Ramaswamy, the billionaire entrepreneur backed by President Donald Trump has won the Republican Party primary to become its candidate for Ohio governor, defeating an opponent who tormented him with racist propaganda. Winning 87 per cent of the votes, Ramaswamy dealt a decisive...

Washington: President Donald Trump has suspended "Project Freedom," to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, claiming progress in negotiations with Iran toward an agreement to end the war. In a post on Truth Social Tuesday, Trump said, "Great progress has been made toward a...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that every sixth BJP MP in the Lok Sabha secured his or her seat through "vote chori" and asked if they should be labelled "ghuspethiya" in that party's own parlance. Gandhi also claimed that the BJP...