Washington: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday (US local time) that Iran will be "hit very hard" if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened "very soon." In an interview with Fox News, Trump said the United States is "having very good discussions" with Iran....
New Delhi: Terming India as the fastest-growing economy amid persistent global uncertainties, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Wednesday projected real GDP growth at 6.7 per cent for FY27, 10 bps higher than its previous projection of 6.6 per cent in the prevision Monetary Policy...
Washington: Trump administration has informed Congress that it intends to close five smaller US embassies, consulates and other diplomatic missions in Africa, Asia and the Western Hemisphere, even as it steams ahead with plans to reopen shuttered posts in Libya and Syria and has reopened...
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam further improved Tuesday as the number of affected people dipped to 1.22 lakh in five districts, but the toll rose to 89 with two more deaths, an official bulletin said. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA)...
New Delhi: Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi will participate in the 13th BRICS Education Ministers' Meeting to be held in Bhubaneswar from August 5 to 7. In a statement, Ministry of Education Tuesday said that the 3rd BRICS Senior Officials' Meeting will also be held...
New Delhi: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court Tuesday took serious note of a large number of vehicles plying without third-party insurance cover and directed the Centre to evolve a pilot project by which fuel for vehicles can be refused at petrol pumps until...
Kolkata: A day after the Calcutta High Court rejected the anticipatory bail of Sumit Roy, former aide to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, in the alleged Salboni government land fraud case, a CID team Tuesday reached his city residence with an arrest warrant to trace...
Jodhpur: The Rajasthan High Court has granted 20-day parole to self-styled "godman" Asaram, who is serving a life sentence in a 2013 case of sexually assaulting a minor, saying the state government failed to justify its decision to reject his parole application. A bench comprising...
New Delhi: India Tuesday said it has nothing to do with former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina's plan to hold a virtual interaction with the media in New Delhi this week. Hasina is set to hold her first media interaction Wednesday evening, two years after...
New Delhi: India Tuesday slammed Pakistan for conducting the "so-called local elections" in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), terming the electoral exercise as a "complete farce", which cannot hide reality. Addressing a bi-weekly media briefing in New Delhi Tuesday, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal...
The defence pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, signed in Mecca on the principle that an attack on one...
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By Aakar Patel There was a remarkable exchange in the Delhi High Court this week. The government was asked why...
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By Dilip Cherian How an Education Ministry worthy wins a new post will be a tale told later. But for...
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The Centre is courting yet another controversy by introducing a Bill in the Lok Sabha that seeks to fundamentally alter...
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