New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez Friday and the two leaders agreed to take the bilateral relations to new heights in the years ahead. The phone call between Rodriguez and Modi was the first since the capture of...
Pune: Sunetra Pawar, Rajya Sabha MP and the wife of deceased deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, is likely to be sworn in as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Saturday, NCP sources said. "Tomorrow, a Parliamentary board meeting of the Nationalist Congress Party will take place, where...
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...
By Dilip Cherian It’s telling that Punjab is still kicking the can down the road on appointing a regular Director...
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The last nail into the coffin of whatever freedom is believed to be there in Hong Kong, a unique territory...
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India’s recent trade agreement with the United States is being celebrated by the government at the Centre as a significant...
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The people of Bangladesh have spoken decisively that they still believe in democracy and would not be swayed by polarising...
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