Kolkata: In an absolutely peaceful repolling for the Falta Assembly constituency in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district Thursday, a high voting percentage of 20.47 was recorded in the first two hours till 9 a.m. Not a single report of violence, tension or electoral malpractices...
United Nations: India highlighted Afghan civilian deaths and injuries caused by cross-border violence by Pakistani military forces, saying such "heinous acts" of aggression should not come as a surprise from a country that bombs its own people and conducts systematic genocide. In a strong retort...
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor discussed deepening the India-US economic and financial partnership, including collaboration in the fintech sector, investment opportunities and bilateral cooperation, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday. According to the ministry, the two sides...
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is planning to undertake euthanasia of aggressive and demonstrably dangerous stray dogs after the Supreme Court's recent order upheld prioritisation of human safety. A senior MCD official said a review meeting chaired by MCD Commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar...
New Delhi: India and South Korea Wednesday signed key agreements to shore up cooperation in defence cyberspace and military training, reaffirming their commitment to stronger bilateral defence ties and a rules-based Indo-Pacific, a region that has witnessed increasing Chinese assertiveness. The pacts were firmed up...
New Delhi: A Delhi court Wednesday sent five accused in the NEET paper leak case to judicial custody till June 2 and extended the CBI custody of another accused. Special Judge Ajay Gupta allowed the agency's plea seeking judicial custody till June 2 of five...
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank will conduct a USD 5 billion USD-INR buy and sell swap auction next week to inject long-term liquidity in the banking system. The auction, to be held May 26, also comes at a time when the rupee has significantly depreciated against...
Mumbai: Declining for the ninth consecutive session, the rupee depreciated 13 paise to close at a fresh lifetime low of 96.83 (provisional) against the US dollar Wednesday as elevated global crude prices amid the West Asia crisis stoked inflation worries. At the interbank foreign exchange...
New Delhi: An economic storm is raging but Prime Minister Narendra Modi is handing out candy in Italy, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday after Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni posted a video of Modi gifting her a packet of Melody toffees. This isn't leadership, it's...
Ranchi: Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu Wednesday said the country must be prepared to tackle any possible fallout of the escalating crisis in West Asia, although the situation was "not worrisome for India at present". During his maiden visit to Ranchi, Naidu said...
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