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Bengaluru: Confident Group Founder and Chairman C.J. Roy allegedly shot himself dead at his office in Bengaluru Friday. The cause behind the suicide is yet to be ascertained. Preliminary investigations have revealed that Roy shot himself during an IT raid on his office. However, the...

Washington: President Donald Trump said Friday that he will nominate former Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Fed, a pick likely to result in sharp changes to the powerful agency that could bring it closer to the White House...

New Delhi: The negotiations between India and Chile for a free trade agreement (FTA) will be concluded soon, and the pact will provide greater access to critical minerals for domestic businesses, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Friday. The South American nation has huge...

Jerusalem: Israel said Friday that it will reopen Gaza's border crossing with Egypt in both directions over the weekend, allowing Palestinians to enter and leave the territory after nearly two years of closure. COGAT, the Israeli military body in charge of coordinating aid to Gaza,...

New Delhi: The BJP Friday refrained from making any comment on the controversial Equity Regulations of the University Grants Commission but asserted that it will not allow injustice to be done to anyone. The government is committed to ensuring "justice for all", BJP Rajya Sabha...

Beijing: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in the Chinese financial center of Shanghai Friday in his bid to boost business opportunities for U.K. firms in the world's second-largest economy, just hours after US President Donald Trump signalled a possible opposition to any deal between...

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Crime Investigation Department (CID) has started its probe into the plane crash in Baramati that killed Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others, an official said Friday. The state police have issued orders about the CID probe into the accidental death...

Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has expressed mixed reactions to the current phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, particularly the hearings on claims and objections to the draft voters’ list. While the Commission is happy with...

Kolkata: Kolkata Police informed Friday that the investigating team probing the devastating fire at the factory-cum-warehouse has arrested the manager and deputy manager of 'Wow Momo'. The arrests were made late Thursday night, and the two persons have been identified as Momoronjon Sit and Raja...

Caracas (Venezuela): Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez Thursday signed a law that opens the nation's oil sector to privatisation, reversing a tenet of the self-proclaimed socialist movement that has ruled the country for more than two decades. The reform will undoubtedly be her government's signature...