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Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said there is an opportunity to develop a roadmap within the next few weeks to restart negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, following substantive contacts in Kyiv and Moscow. Rubio offered a guarded assessment of the diplomatic effort...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday said everyone is treated equally as it responded to a claim by the complainant's lawyer in a defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that the matter had not been listed for hearing in a long time. The top...

Washington: Punjabi singer Ammy Virk escaped unhurt after a vehicle in his concert convoy came under gunfire in Abbotsford, Canada, local media reported. The attack took place soon after Virk's concert at the Rogers Forum September 5 in British Columbia province. Canadian media outlets Vancouver...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to consider exempting Class 6 students from its three-language policy for this academic year. A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, while deferring the hearing on...

Tehran: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed attacking two US vessels and eight oil tankers in the Persian Gulf in retaliation to a US attack on five Iranian tankers, Iranian state media reported Wednesday. In a statement published by its official news outlet Sepah...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: In a bid to significantly enhance mobility, operational efficiency, and service reliability for Indian Railways, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Wednesday approved three multi-tracking projects worth Rs 10,783 crore, planned to be completed by 2029-30....

New York: The price of oil surpassed USD 100 a barrel for the first time in almost six weeks after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the Middle East threatened to debilitate an already weakened supply chain. The most heavily traded contract for a...

Bengaluru: Bharat Ratna awardee and renowned scientist Professor C.N.R. Rao, 92, received a notice on Wednesday, in connection with the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka over a spelling mismatch in his name, reports said. The notice issued to Professor Rao...

Hyderabad: Twenty two BRS legislators were Wednesday suspended from the Telangana Assembly for the remainder of the monsoon session after they disrupted the proceedings of the House by raising slogans and entering the well of the House. Soon after the House met, the BRS members...

Colombo: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Colombo Wednesday, and both sides reaffirmed their commitment to work together for the welfare and development of both nations. During the meeting, Singh conveyed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's warm greetings to Dissanayake....