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New Delhi: AAP MP Raghav Chadha Friday said he has been "silenced, not defeated", a day after being removed as the party's deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha. He also alleged that his own party had sought to prevent him from speaking in Parliament. In...

Washington: The Chief of Staff of the US Army, General Randy George, has stepped down and retired with immediate effect after being asked to do so by Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth, in a sudden move that underscores a widening shake-up at the Pentagon. “General...

New Delhi: Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov Thursday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral ties in areas of investment, energy and industrial cooperation. Manturov, on a two-day visit to India, also held talks with External Affairs Minister...

New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri Thursday called for a return to diplomacy to resolve the crisis in West Asia as he represented India at a UK-hosted meeting of over 60 nations that focused on securing global shipping routes through the volatile Strait of Hormuz....

Kolkata: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, at a virtual meeting Thursday, directed the West Bengal Police to ensure the arrest of every culprit behind the harassment of seven judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in Malda district at the earliest by midnight. At the meeting,...

New Delhi: Budget Session of Parliament will reconvene April 16 after a brief recess to pass Bills to increase the number of Lok Sabha seats from 543 to 816, so that the women's reservation law can be implemented at the earliest. Sources said the two...

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Thursday said that six Indian ships carrying products like LPG, LNG, have safely crossed the Strait of Hormuz so far as New Delhi remains in touch with Iran and other countries for safe transit of Indian ships...

Hong Kong: Oil rose more than 7% and world shares fell after President Donald Trump said in his first national address since the Iran war began that the US will continue to hit Iran very hard. Trump also said in his Wednesday night speech that...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday took serious note of seven judicial officials engaged in SIR exercise being taken "hostage" in West Bengal's Malda district, terming it deplorable and seeking responses from the state home secretary, DGP and other officials for their "inaction". A bench...

Florida: NASA's Artemis II Moon mission lifted off from the US state of Florida, carrying four astronauts on the first crewed flight around the Moon in more than 50 years. The Space Launch System rocket, with the Orion spacecraft on top, launched from NASA's Kennedy...