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United Nations: India has asserted that human rights should not be used as an instrument of political pressure or selective targeting of countries, as it opposed attempts to turn allegations and incomplete statistics into a "negative characterisation" of the world's largest democracy. "India engages with...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday paid tributes to the brave police personnel who laid down their lives in the line of duty on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day. He said it is an occasion to express the deepest gratitude to the country's...

Washington: The US and India are "pretty close" to a trade deal, which will differ significantly from earlier pacts, US President Donald Trump said here. Speaking to reporters at the Oval Office Tuesday, Trump said India and the US were pretty close to making a...

Chandigarh: The AAP Sunday claimed that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was detained for three hours at the Delhi airport upon his return from Paris and fined Rs 50,000, with officials citing "tremendous pressure from above". The party did not say why Mann was detained...

Mumbai/New Delhi:  India and the US moved to expand energy and defence cooperation Tuesday despite ongoing friction in their relations, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged New Delhi to scale up energy trade and increase the purchase of American technologies and systems. External Affairs...

Paris: Paris returned to calm Tuesday after its first quiet night since a weekend marred by France's worst rioting in years, as authorities imposed curfews in several cities in an effort to prevent another round of rioting and looting. At least 2,400 people were arrested...

Kolkata: Calcutta High Court's Chief Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to form a judicial probe commission with a retired justice of the High Court of the state government's own choice, to probe the tragedy of the stampede at the pandal...

Mumbai: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar held a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Mumbai Tuesday, with discussions focusing on further advancing bilateral ties. During the meeting, the two ministers exchanged views on regional developments. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, US Ambassador...

Cairo: The death toll from a Houthi missile strike on a government military camp in southern Yemen rose to 73 people, all new recruits, making it the deadliest strike since fighting in the country began escalating three months ago, a senior Yemeni government official said...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka are set to move the Delhi High Court seeking their release, challenging the Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) court's order extending their judicial custody in connection with the Jantar Mantar trespassing case. The move...