New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has designated Haldia seaport in West Bengal as an immigration checkpost, making it the 41st such seaport in the country, according to a gazette notification Monday. Last year in September, the Ministry designated 34 sea and river ports as...
Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said that it is "imperative" for India and China to respect each other's "core interests" and take concrete actions to implement the "important consensus" reached by the leaders of both countries. Wang, who is in New Delhi to...
Washington: US President Donald Trump said "respect" from Iran would be key to sustaining peace after the end of the Iran-Israel war, expressing optimism about fully reopening the Strait of Hormuz to create "an oil gusher". "As long as they respect us, I don't want...
New Delhi: India and the United States are moving decisively towards finalising a bilateral trade agreement that could unlock new economic opportunities and deepen bilateral economic ties, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said Tuesday as US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer arrived here for...
New Delh: The Congress Tuesday cited a media report which claimed that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's family bought acres of land in Ujjain in zones benefiting from infrastructure projects, and said the engine of plunder is running at full speed under the BJP's...
New Delhi: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval Tuesday said that India welcomed the memorandum of understanding reached between Iran and the US and viewed the development with cautious optimism and hoped it would contribute positively to regional and global stability. Addressing the 16th BRICS...
New Delhi: Amid a rebellion by around 20 MPs and similar moves by some MLAs in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress has sent a fresh list of its office bearers and national working committee members to the Election Commission (EC), asserting that Mamata Banerjee continues...
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer Tuesday began bilateral talks here on issues related to the first phase of the bilateral trade agreement. Greer is in New Delhi on an official visit for the trade pact talks,...
Chennai/Bhubaneswar: The death toll in the ammonia gas leak at a private seafood processing and export facility in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur district increased to nine Tuesday, the government said. The health department, in its release, said that all the deceased are women. Seven of them...
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs George Kurian has resigned from the council of ministers after his Rajya Sabha term came to an end. The BJP had decided not to renominate him in the recent Rajya Sabha polls. President Droupadi Murmu has...
After numerous hiccups, threats and counter-threats exchanged between US President Donald Trump and Iran’s top leadership, the US and Iran...
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The fate of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose popularity rating had been alarmingly dipping, was sealed the moment Andy...
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In a disconcerting new report, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that almost every child in India is...
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By Aakar Patel Last week, on 17 June, it was reported that the ‘US has renamed the Indo-Pacific Command back...
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