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Imphal: In a fresh bout of violence over the alleged assault of a Tangkhul Naga community member in Manipur's Ukhrul, several abandoned houses were set on fire and shots fired Tuesday morning, prompting the state government to suspend internet services in the district for five...

Silchar/Shillong: The death toll in the coal mine blast in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district has climbed to 30, with two more persons succumbing to injuries at a hospital in Silchar, an official said Tuesday. Both were residents of Katigorah in Assam's Cachar district and...

New York/Washington: In the coming weeks, the US and India will work toward finalising the interim agreement on trade with a view to concluding a mutually beneficial Bilateral Trade Agreement, the White House has said. The two countries will also continue negotiations to address remaining...

Dhaka: Bangladesh has secured a reduced 19 per cent tariff under a trade agreement with the United States that would exempt some textiles and garments manufactured with US materials, interim government chief Muhammad Yunus said. In an X post on Monday, he said Washington had...

New Delhi: Penguin Random House India (PRHI) has said it holds the exclusive publishing rights to former Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane's memoir titled Four Stars of Destiny, and clarified that the book has not yet been published, amid reports of unauthorised copies in...

Dhaka: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam Monday said he had requested Pakistan to end its boycott of the T20 World Cup match against India, scheduled for February 15 in Colombo, during his meeting with PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi in Lahore. Pakistan had decided...

Kolkata: The final electoral roll in West Bengal will not be published before February 21, while attempts are being made to release it by the end of this month, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal said Monday. The Supreme Court Monday extended the deadline...

Washington: Lawmakers tried Monday to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, but the former girlfriend and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein invoked her 5th Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that would be incriminating. Maxwell was to be questioned during a video call to the federal prison camp in...

New Delhi: Amid West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's apprehension of 'mass exclusion' of voters in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, the Supreme Court Monday said it would not allow anyone to create an impediment in the exercise. A...

New Delhi: India's approach on crude oil purchases has been to maintain multiple sources of supply and diversify them to ensure stability in the energy flow, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said Monday amid a swirling controversy over Washington's claim that New Delhi has agreed to...