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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host a private dinner for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, hours after he lands in New Delhi to further expand a nearly eight-decade partnership that has remained steadfast notwithstanding fractious geopolitical environment and tensions. Boosting defence ties,...

New Delhi: An Indian national from Kerala, who was in detention of Houthi rebels in war-torn Yemen since early July, has been released. Anilkumar Raveendran was among the crew members of cargo ship MV Eternity C. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said India welcomes...

New York/Washington: The US government has expanded screening and vetting measures for H-1B visa applicants and their H-4 dependents, directing them to keep the privacy settings on all their social media profiles set to "public". In a new order issued Wednesday, the State Department said...

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has refused to suspend the life sentence imposed on former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna by a trail court in one of the four rape cases registered against him. A division bench of Justice K S Mudagal and Justice Venkatesh Naik...

Trona (US): A fighter jet with the Air Force's elite Thunderbirds demonstration squadron crashed in the Southern California desert, but the pilot managed to eject safely, the military said. The pilot was being treated at a hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening, according to...

Dhaka: A mild earthquake of magnitude 4.1 shook Bangladesh early Thursday, with tremors felt in the capital Dhaka and neighbouring districts. The quake hit at 6:14 am local time, with the epicentre located at a depth of 30 km in Narsingdi, news portal tbsnews.net reported,...

New Delhi: As Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to arrive in India for his two-day historic visit  Thursday, New Delhi has been lined with banners welcoming the Russian leader, marking the beginning of an engagement that carries significant diplomatic weight. Putin will begin his...

New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA Wednesday said it is investigating IndiGo flight disruptions, and has asked the airline to submit the reasons for the current situation as well as the plans to reduce flight cancellations and delays. The country's largest airline, IndiGo, Wednesday cancelled more...

Thiruvananthapuram: Self-reliance strengthens national security, President Droupadi Murmu said Wednesday, and expressed confidence that the Navy will continue to develop indigenous technology and take India's journey towards becoming a 'Viksit Bharat'. In her address at a naval operational demonstration event here, Murmu also lauded the...

Bijapur (Chhattisgarh): Twelve Naxalites and three personnel of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), a specialized unit of the state police, were killed in a fierce encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district Wednesday, officials said. Two other DRG jawans suffered injuries in the gunfight, they said, adding...