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New Delhi: The opposition will boycott the election of the deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha as a mark of protest against the Modi government not appointing a deputy speaker in the Lok Sabha for seven years, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said Thursday. The government...

New Delhi: Congress Lok Sabha MP Hibi Eden and DMK Parliamentary Party leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi moved motions Thursday to oppose the amendments to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam in the Lok Sabha. This comes as a three-day special sitting of the extended Budget session of...

Tehran: Iran will not compromise on its nuclear enrichment rights, said the country’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baqaei, adding that its entitlement to nuclear energy is firmly grounded in international law and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), state media reported Thursday. Addressing a press conference...

Washington: India’s strong economic growth is helping cushion fiscal pressures, but risks from subsidies and elevated debt remain, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. “Strong growth makes life much easier. It can’t be much in a better position if they were growing as India is...

Dubai: The leader of Iran's joint military command threatened Wednesday to halt trade in the Gulf region if the US does not lift its blockade of Iranian ports. Even so, US President Donald Trump said the war in Iran was very close to over in...

Milan: Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni was supposed to be Europe's bridge to US President Donald Trump. It may be burning. After chastising Pope Leo XIV, Trump turned his ire on Meloni, long one of his closest European allies, for calling his papal broadside unacceptable and...

Islamabad: A Pakistani delegation, led by Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, reached Tehran on Wednesday as part of Islamabad's efforts to resolve the conflict between the US and Iran. The Inter Services Public Relations, the media wing of the military, said...

Lucknow:  A massive fire broke out at a slum cluster in the Vikas Nagar area of the state capital Wednesday evening, destroying about 200 shanties and causing widespread panic among locals. The fire was now largely under control, officials said, adding that no loss of...

Tel Aviv: Israel's military said Wednesday that it had struck more than 200 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon as it presses ahead with its aerial and ground war there despite the US-Iran ceasefire. Lebanon's National News Agency reported airstrikes and artillery shelling in multiple southern...

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Wednesday announced results for Class 10 board exams, officials said. "The results have been declared," a senior board official said. The CBSE started with two editions of board exams for Class 10 from this year. Students...