New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will hold a meeting with his Japanese counterpart Shinjiro Koizumi Thursday to further strengthen bilateral defence relations, enhance strategic trust and cooperation, promote stability and security in the Indo-Pacific region, and identify new areas of collaboration, according to a...
Islamabad: Pakistan Wednesday extended the closure of its airspace to Indian aircraft until September 24, according to the country's airports authority. Pakistan and India imposed matching airspace restrictions on each other's airlines after the Pahalgam terrorist attack in April 2025. Pakistan airspace not available for...
New Delhi: Observing that there is a need to institutionalise the reforms in NEET exams, the Supreme Court Wednesday directed the National Testing Agency to inform it about the steps taken to implement recommendations of the Radhakrishnan panel and the Nandan Nilekani committee. A bench...
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said he will discuss the situation in the region with visiting US Ambassador Sergio Gor, but ruled out raising internal issues with Washington's representative, saying only the central government can resolve those issues. "It is after...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday embarked on an official visit to Singapore with a ministerial delegation to participate in the 4th India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR). Sitharaman is leading a delegation comprising S Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs; Piyush Goyal, Minister for Commerce...
Washington: President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was delaying the 50 per cent US tariffs on USD 20 billion worth of Canadian imports after the two countries reached a last-minute deal less than two hours before the sanctions were to go into effect. The announcement,...
Ranchi: Amid a 25-day students' agitation over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment exams, the JMM-led government has cancelled 44 tests conducted by the state PSC and an outsourced agency since 2014. The government has also cancelled the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) Combined Graduate Level...
New York: US President Donald Trump doubled down on his plan to take over the Strait of Hormuz, posting Tuesday a map of the crucial artery for global energy supplies showing it as “New US Territory”. After posting the map on Truth Social a day...
Washington: President Donald Trump Tuesday said the US has no planned talks with Iran but insisted the Strait of Hormuz remains "open and operating," despite limited traffic and a reported strike on a ship exiting the waterway. Trump wrote on social media that a US...
Damascus: Israeli airstrikes on an air base in northwest Syria early Tuesday caused material damage without inflicting any casualties, Syrian state TV and the Foreign Ministry said. State TV said eight strikes hit the runway of the Abu Duhur air base in the northwestern province...
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By Dilip Cherian The death of Rakesh Mehta, former Chief Secretary of Delhi, is deeply saddening. But beyond the shock...
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It is surprising that the administration in Paris, France, in charge of managing institutions like the Eiffel Tower bent over...
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The judiciary is one of the three pillars of Indian democracy that the people traditionally trust, most for the redress...
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