New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday alleged that the IndiGo "fiasco" is the cost of this government's "monopoly model" and asserted that India deserves fair competition in every sector, not match-fixing monopolies. In the wake of IndiGo cancelling over 550 flights Thursday alone and...
New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin will be given a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan Friday, followed by official talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Putin commenced his State Visit to India Thursday evening, which included an exceptional personal gesture from Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...
New Delhi: A team of officials from the US is expected to visit India next week for talks on the proposed bilateral trade agreement, sources said Thursday. The visit is crucial as India and the US are working to finalise the first tranche of the...
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday formally asked President Asif Ali Zardari to appoint Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir as the first Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of Pakistan. Last month, the parliament passed the 27th Constitutional Amendment providing for...
New Delhi: The BJP Thursday dismissed as a "blatant lie" Rahul Gandhi's allegation that the government does not let foreign dignitaries meet him, the Leader of Opposition, saying he had met many foreign guests, including the prime ministers of New Zealand and Mauritius, this year....
New Delhi: The Union government Thursday refuted a news report that claimed India has signed a deal to lease a $2 billion nuclear-powered submarine from Russia. Terming the report as "misleading", the Press Information Bureau (PIB) said in a fact-check post on X that no...
New Delhi: The government has approved the release of 25 lakh additional liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) during the FY 26 to clear pending applications and move toward saturation of household LPG access, an official statement said Thursday....
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday alleged that the government tells visiting foreign dignitaries not to meet the Leader of the Opposition due to its "insecurity". Gandhi's remarks came hours ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's two-day visit to India. The Leader of the...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host a private dinner for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, hours after he lands in New Delhi to further expand a nearly eight-decade partnership that has remained steadfast notwithstanding fractious geopolitical environment and tensions. Boosting defence ties,...
New Delhi: An Indian national from Kerala, who was in detention of Houthi rebels in war-torn Yemen since early July, has been released. Anilkumar Raveendran was among the crew members of cargo ship MV Eternity C. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said India welcomes...
After a protracted, bloody conflict in which over 100 people were killed and about half a million civilians in both...
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When Tarique Rahman, the 60-year-old son of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and chief of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party...
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Air pollution is increasingly being recognised as India’s gravest public health crisis in the post-COVID period, with medical experts warning...
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By Aakar Patel Intent has an ally in apathy. Intent seeks to take ground; apathy will kindly adjust. Intent is...
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