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Guwahati: A Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) lost radar contact during a sortie over Assam’s Karbi Anglong district Thursday, defence officials said. According to the Defence Public Relations Officer (PRO), the fighter aircraft went missing from radar contact during what...

New Delhi: Bihar's longest serving chief minister Nitish Kumar and BJP president Nitin Nabin are set to enter Rajya Sabha unopposed while NCP-SP supremo and veteran politician Sharad Pawar will return to the upper house once again after they filed their nomination papers Thursday. The...

Kolkata: In a sudden move, days before the assembly elections in West Bengal are scheduled to be announced, Governor CV Ananda Bose resigned from his chair in New Delhi Thursday evening. A "shocked" West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that Tamil Nadu Governor and...

Ottawa: A 45-year-old Indian-origin woman was stabbed to death by unidentified persons in Canada's Ontario province, police said. The incident took place "just before 9:30 pm March 3" at LaSalle town in Essex County, the LaSalle Police Service said in a statement Wednesday. The victim...

Moscow: The Kremlin said Thursday that Iran hasn't asked Russia for military assistance as it faces the US and Israeli attacks. Asked whether Russia could go beyond rhetoric and offer military assistance to its ally, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded that "there have been no...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the West Asia conflict has reached India's backyard but he has not spoken, and while the country needed a steady hand at the wheel, it has a "compromised PM who has surrendered...

Dubai: Iran's foreign minister said Thursday that America "will come to bitterly regret (the) precedent it has set" after a US submarine sank an Iranian frigate off the coast of Sri Lanka. The comment by Abbas Araghchi represents the first Iranian government acknowledged of the...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar called on Finnish President Alexander Stubb Thursday and discussed bilateral ties ahead of the visiting leader's meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The EAM also expressed hope that the Finnish President's meeting with the Prime Minister later...

United Nations: As a victim of terrorism, most recently in Pahalgam, India has pledged to promote the UN’s counter-terrorism strategy for a global fight against the scourge. “We add our voice in stressing the importance of the Global Counter Terrorism Strategy (GCTS) as a central...

Washington: US lawmakers, foreign leaders, and experts have warned that China is expanding its influence in Europe. They said Beijing uses investment, pressure, and covert tactics, and urged closer US-Europe coordination on technology, supply chains, and security. At a hearing on “China’s increasing infiltration in...