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New Delhi: India Saturday summoned Iranian envoy Mohammad Fathali and conveyed its strong protest after two Indian-flagged vessels had to reverse course in the Strait of Hormuz following an incident of firing by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri conveyed to the envoy India's...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Saturday approved a 2 per cent increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for central government employees effective from January 1, 2026, providing an increase in their take‑home pay. The Cabinet okayed to release an additional...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Delhi Police has arrested four radicalised men from Maharashtra, Odisha and Bihar who allegedly planned terror activities, carried out recce of sensitive locations to target them and attempted to recruit others through encrypted online platforms, officials said Saturday. An Improvised Explosive Device (IED)...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation tonight at 8.30 PM, a day after a bill to implement women's reservation in legislatures was defeated in the Lok Sabha. "The Prime Minister will address the nation at 8.30 PM (April 18)," an official...

New Delhi: A day after a united opposition defeated a Constitution amendment bill to tweak the women's quota law and increase the number of seats in legislatures through delimitation, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Saturday accused the Congress of being anti-women, and said it will...

New Delhi: A central team, comprising officials from the Department of Industrial Safety and Boiler Inspectors, is likely to begin a probe into the deadly accident at the Vedanta power plant in Dabhra tehsil of Sakti district, Chhattisgarh, that led to the death of several...

Dubai: Iran Saturday announced a partial reopening of its airspace after a seven-week hiatus because of the war, state media reported. The Civil Aviation Organisation said air routes over eastern Iran were reopened at 7 am (0330 GMT), according to the state-owned IRAN newspaper. It...

New Delhi: The proceedings in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha were adjourned sine die soon after the session began on Saturday, marking an end to the Parliament's Special Session. A day earlier, the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, was defeated in the Lok Sabha....

Washington: The United States Department of the Treasury has extended a waiver permitting the delivery and sale of sanctioned Russian oil already loaded onto vessels, pushing the deadline to May 16, according to a document released on its official website. The earlier 30-day waiver had...

Ottawa: Air Canada has announced it will suspend service on several routes to the United States due to soaring jet fuel costs. According to a statement from Canada's largest carrier Friday (local time), jet fuel prices have doubled since the start of the Iran conflict,...