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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...

Washington: The United States has removed sanctions on Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodriguez, according to an update posted on the website of the US Treasury Department. The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control on Wednesday (Local time) said Rodriguez had been removed from its...

Seoul: North Korea appears to be speeding up the construction of its third 5,000-tonne Choe Hyun-class destroyer, a South Korean lawmaker said Thursday, as Pyongyang has been seeking to strengthen its naval power. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the construction of another 5,000-tonne...

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to take oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha April 10, according to sources from the Chief Minister’s residence. He is likely to travel to Delhi April 8 or 9 to complete the formalities in the...

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Wednesday strongly refuted circulating reports claiming that India has formally sought observer status in the so-called "Islamabad Peace Process", terming them completely fake. In an official post on its X handle, @MEAFactCheck, the MEA's fact-checking unit cautioned...

Amaravati: The driver of a private travel bus that caught fire after colliding with a tipper, killing 14 passengers in Andhra Pradesh’s Markapuram district March 26, did not possess a valid driving licence, police said Wednesday. The police also announced the arrest of the bus...