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Beijing: China Monday launched massive military drills in the middle areas of the Taiwan Strait as a “punitive and deterrent” action against Taiwan's separatist forces, days after the US announced a record USD 11.1 billion arms sales to Taipei. The two drills, in which a...

Unnao/New Delhi: The Unnao rape case survivor Monday expressed satisfaction after the Supreme Court stayed a Delhi High Court order suspending the convict Kuldeep Sengar's life sentence and said she has full faith in the justice system. The apex court, after hearing the Central Bureau...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Monday called the killing of a Tripura student in Uttarakhand's Dehradun a horrific hate crime, as he accused the ruling BJP of normalising hate. Twenty-four-year-old Angel Chakma from Nandannagar in the West Tripura district was...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday kept in abeyance the directions in its November 20 verdict that had accepted a uniform definition of the Aravalli hills and ranges. A vacation bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices J K Maheshwari and Augustine George Masih...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said that as the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) negotiations advance with other nations, India-Australia trade pact continues to anchor the country’s economic engagement in the Indo-Pacific, aligned with ‘Make in India’ and the vision...

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal took a swipe at the government Monday over the death of booth-level officers in various parts of the country engaged in the SIR exercise, asking whether the presence of one alleged "infiltrator" was not okay, but the death...

New Delhi: Flight and train operations across several parts of the country were severely affected Monday due to dense fog, with Delhi Airport witnessing large-scale disruptions, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. A total of 128 flights were cancelled at the Delhi airport, including 64 arrivals...

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday claimed that not just mining, but the real estate development that is being opened up by the double-engine government will cause further havoc in an already devastated ecosystem of the Aravallis. Congress general secretary and former environment minister Jairam...

Jakarta: Indonesian police are conducting identification procedures for 16 people killed in a fire that broke out at a nursing home in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province, local authorities said Monday. The victims' bodies are being identified at Bhayangkara Hospital of the North...

New York: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said a peace plan to end the war was “90 per cent” ready, while US President Donald Trump asserted they were “getting a lot closer, maybe very close”, after their meeting to find a path to ending the four-year...