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Mumbai: Reserve Bank Friday announced a record dividend of Rs 2.87 lakh crore to the government for the year-ended March 2026, providing a financial boost for the exchequer amid rising import bills and supply chain disruptions due to the West Asia conflict. The dividend is...

Tel Aviv: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday there was "slight progress" during talks with Iran amid uncertainty as to whether a deal will be reached or war will resume. He spoke days after US President Donald Trump said he was holding off...

Islamabad: Pakistan Friday announced that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will travel to China from May 23-26, during which he will hold talks with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. His visit assumed special significance as the two countries are also commemorating the 75th anniversary...

Kabul/New Delhi: Continuing with its humanitarian support for Afghanistan, India Friday delivered 20 tonnes of Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) and Tetanus & Diphtheria (Td) vaccines to Kabul to boost immunisation efforts among Afghan children. Taking to X, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson, Randhir JaiswaL...

New Delhi: Heatwave to severe heatwave conditions are likely to persist over the plains of northwest India, Central and East India, and parts of Peninsular India during the next six to seven days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Friday. The IMD stated that heatwave...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday modified its March 11 order that had directed the Centre, states and others to disassociate from three academics, following a row over an NCERT book chapter containing "offending" contents on corruption in the judiciary. The apex court left it...

New Delhi: The foreign ministers of the Quad nations will deliberate on the fallout of the West Asia crisis and the prevailing situation in the Indo-Pacific at an India-hosted meeting Tuesday. The New Delhi meeting will be attended by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio,...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday granted three-day interim bail to activist Umar Khalid, who is in custody in a case under the anti-terror law UAPA concerning the "larger conspiracy" behind the February 2020 riots in the city's northeastern parts. A bench of Justices...

Dhar (Madhya Pradesh): Amid an extensive deployment of police and Central Reserve Police Force personnel, members of the Hindu community will assemble to perform the Mahaarti at the Bhojshala complex Friday between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. As the event aimed to proceed peacefully, tensions...

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate Friday conducted fresh searches at multiple premises in West Bengal as part of its money laundering probe linked to former Kolkata Police DCP Shantanu Sinha Biswas and an alleged criminal Biswajit Poddar alias Sona Pappu, who were arrested earlier, officials said....