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Jakarta: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday recalled the historic rescue of Indonesian leaders by former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik and praised former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's role in supporting the South-East Asian country's independence. Modi, who became the first Indian prime minister to address...

Dubai: Three tankers were struck by projectiles Tuesday in the Strait of Hormuz, British military said, in the latest attacks targeting vessels moving through the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf. The new assaults threatened to choke off the flow of traffic in the strait...

Ayodhya: Former Ram temple trust chief Champat Rai Tuesday said he would respond to all allegations of embezzlement of donations against him after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) submits its final report. In a handwritten letter addressed to "Ram bhakts", the former general secretary of...

Ankara: President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the US will lift sanctions on Turkiye that were issued after Ankara purchased a Russian missile defence system that led to the country being kicked out of the F-35 fighter jet program. There are still a number...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that banks and the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) cannot include advocates in the banking sector's "Caution List" merely on allegations of professional negligence, holding that such action amounts to an impermissible assessment of a lawyer's professional competence, which...

Pune: A new twist has emerged in Pune's Lohagad Fort murder case, with sources claiming that the prime accused, Siya Goyal, had allegedly entered into a secret marriage with her boyfriend, Chetan Chaudhary, several months before her planned wedding to businessman Ketan Agarwal. According to...

Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday filed the first charge sheet in the Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd (RCFL) case against seven accused, including two Reliance Group companies, for causing a loss of Rs 4,097 crore to public sector banks, according to a statement...

Beijing: At least 20 people died and 331 others were injured in one of China's worst floods, which also created a snake scare as around 900 slithering reptiles escaped from a farm which collapsed under the force of surging waters, authorities said Tuesday. The extreme...

Imphal: Massive joint operations by Central and state security forces continued for the second consecutive day Tuesday to track down the perpetrators behind the killing of two Assam Rifles personnel -- a Warrant Officer and a Havildar -- in an ambush in Manipur's Ukhrul district....

Damascus: Two explosions occurred near the Ministry of Tourism in Syria's capital, Damascus Tuesday afternoon, injuring 18 people, including four police officers, local media reported citing the latest information released by the country's Interior Ministry. The explosions occurred just before the meeting between French President...