Colombo: Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached staff-level agreement on economic policies to conclude the combined fifth and sixth reviews of the island nation's reform programme, the global body said in a statement Thursday. An IMF team was here in Sri...
Guwahati: A voter turnout of 17.87 per cent was recorded in the first two hours of the assembly elections in Assam, where the BJP-led NDA is seeking a third consecutive term in power, while the Congress is striving to reclaim a state it lost a...
Thiruvananthapuram: After 23 days of high-voltage campaigning and an equally intense silent push, Kerala stepped into decision day Thursday, with around 2.71 crore voters set to determine who will govern the state. Even before dawn broke, the electoral machinery was in motion. By 5.30 a.m.,...
Kohima: Voting for the by-election to the Koridang Assembly constituency in Nagaland’s Mokokchung district began Thursday morning amid heavy security arrangements, election officials said. A large number of voters, including women, were seen standing in queues at most of the 30 polling stations across the...
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Wednesday registered 12 cases to probe a gherao of judicial officers, who were deputed for work relating to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in West Bengal's Malda. The move came following a directive from...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Kathmandu: The Kathmandu District Court has reportedly issued an arrest warrant against former Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his wife, former Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba, in connection with a money-laundering investigation. The Kathmandu Post reported that the arrest warrants were issued Tuesday...
It is a patently false contention to tell religious leaders to mind things moral and spiritual and leave temporal or...
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The defeat of the Bill linked to women’s reservation in the Lok Sabha on 17 April is not merely a...
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By Aakar Patel What explains our inability or, if we are to be charitable, our reticence, to influence the world...
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By Dilip Cherian If you thought turf wars in Delhi were messy, Tamil Nadu has just offered a tighter, sharper...
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