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Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, whose private chat with senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had created waves, Wednesday said he would not publicly discuss conversations held with leaders of his party. Shivakumar's statement came in response to questions from the media at the...

New Delhi: US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor presented his credentials to President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Wednesday, according to an official statement. Gor, 38, was sworn in as the US Ambassador to India in mid-November last year. The US Senate...

New Delhi: Wholesale price inflation extended upward momentum for the second straight month, recording at 0.83 per cent in December 2025, driven by an uptick in prices of food, non-food articles, and manufactured items on a month-on-month basis, government data showed Wednesday. Wholesale Price Index...

Bangkok: A construction crane fell on a passenger train in northeastern Thailand Wednesday, killing at least 22 people, officials said. The crane, which was being used to construct an elevated high-speed railway, fell onto the moving train as it was travelling from Bangkok to Ubon...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday greeted the nation on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a harvest festival celebrated in different parts of the country as per local traditions and customs. Makar Sankranti marks the transition of the Sun in the zodiac sign of...

Hong Kong: China's trade surplus surged to a record of almost USD 1.2 trillion in 2025, the government said Wednesday, as exports picked up in December. Customs data showed that China's global surplus rose 20 per cent from the previous year, with exports at USD...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Tuesday held a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, focusing on cooperation in areas of trade, critical minerals, nuclear energy and defence. Jaishankar said he and Rubio agreed to remain in touch on these issues....

Nuuk: A senior Greenland government official said Tuesday it's “unfathomable” that the United States is discussing taking over a NATO ally and urged the Trump administration to listen to voices from the Arctic island nation. Naaja Nathanielsen, Greenland's minister for business and mineral resources, said...

Washington: Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton say they will refuse to comply with a congressional subpoena for them to testify in an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The Clintons are slamming a Republican-controlled committee's attempts as “legally invalid” as GOP...

Chennai: TVK Tuesday claimed that there were several lapses in the Karur stampede case and said its founder leader Vijay has sought the CBI to defer questioning him further to next week due to his prior commitments, which include work to get screened his last...