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Islamabad: Seeking foreign loan had forced Pakistan to "bow" its head and make compromises at the "cost of self-respect", Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said in a candid admission about the humiliation involved in approaching "friendly countries" for financial aid. Addressing a ceremony held in...

Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians early Saturday, one of the highest tolls since an October agreement aimed at stopping the fighting. The strikes hit northern and southern Gaza, including an apartment in Gaza City and...

Baramati: Amid rapid political developments in Maharashtra after the demise of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in an air crash, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar Saturday clarified that he was not consulted regarding Sunetra Pawar’s elevation as the Deputy CM. He also stated that the reunion...

Mumbai: India’s stock exchanges will hold a regular live trading session on the Union Budget 2026-27 on February 1, despite it being Sunday. Historically, Budget presentations were done on February 1, while markets have opened for trading even when the date fell on a weekend....

Kolkata: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the probe into the violence in Murshidabad district's Beldanga area two days earlier this month over the death of a migrant worker from West Bengal in neighbouring Jharkhand. Sources said Saturday that the development coincided with...

Jammu: An encounter re-started Saturday between the joint forces and the hiding terrorists in Dolgam village of Kishtwar district after the joint forces managed to trace the militants after January 18. In Jammu, Nagrota-based Army’s White Knight Corps said on its official X handle Saturday,...

New Delhi: BJP National President Nitin Nabin will undertake organisational reviews and outreach programmes in Goa Saturday as part of his two-day visit to the coastal state. The visit is aimed at strengthening the party’s grassroots structure and energising its cadre ahead of upcoming political...

Washington: President Donald Trump said the United States is moving a larger naval force toward Iran, saying Washington hopes to reach a deal but is prepared for other outcomes if talks fail. Trump said the deployment would be bigger than the US naval presence near...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez Friday and the two leaders agreed to take the bilateral relations to new heights in the years ahead. The phone call between Rodriguez and Modi was the first since the capture of...

Pune: Sunetra Pawar, Rajya Sabha MP and the wife of deceased deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, is likely to be sworn in as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Saturday, NCP sources said. "Tomorrow, a Parliamentary board meeting of the Nationalist Congress Party will take place, where...