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Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will Friday release the election manifesto of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled later this month. The BJP is describing the manifesto as the “Sankalp Patra”. HM Shah released a social...

Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to visit New Delhi next month, it was announced here after his "productive meeting" with India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on a range of issues, including trade and the Quad. Misri, who is on a three-day...

Washington: The US Thursday said it looked forward to hosting the Indian delegation here later this month to discuss the bilateral trade deal agreed to in February. US Ambassador to India Sergei Gor announced the Indian delegation’s upcoming visit to Washington after a meeting with...

Colombo: At least 10 Indian fishermen have been arrested and their trawler confiscated by the Sri Lankan Navy for alleged poaching in Sri Lankan waters. A release from the Sri Lankan Navy Thursday said it seized an Indian fishing boat and apprehended 10 Indian fishermen...

Mumbai: A fire broke out at Terminal 1 of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai Thursday evening, and it was brought under control swiftly, officials said. The airport operations remained unaffected, and there were no casualties, they added. A short circuit caused the...

Tel Aviv: Worshippers were able to pray again at Jerusalem's holy sites Thursday after Israel lifted restrictions it imposed on large public gatherings throughout the war with Iran nearly six weeks ago. Jerusalem's police said Wednesday that they would lift restrictions on all holy sites...

Dubai: Iran's parliament speaker warned Thursday that continued Israeli attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon would bring "explicit costs and STRONG responses." Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf issued the warning in a message on X. He insisted, like other Iranian officials, the two-week ceasefire extended to Lebanon, something...

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala crossed the voter turnout of 75 per cent by 5 pm, as polling continued in 140 assembly constituencies Thursday. The crucial elections will decide whether the ruling LDF will get a straight third term, or if the UDF makes a comeback, or if...

Dubai: The head of the United Arab Emirates' major oil company Thursday sharpened his rhetoric against Iran over the Strait of Hormuz being closed off, saying "the weaponisation of this vital waterway, in any form, cannot stand." Sultan al-Jaber, the CEO of the state-run Abu...

Kolkata: Ratna Debnath, mother of the raped-murdered RG Kar hospital doctor and the BJP candidate from Panihati, filed her nomination papers Thursday. She was accompanied by senior BJP leader and former Union minister Smriti Irani and district party leaders. Speaking to reporters after filing her...