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United Nations: The Pakistani journalist who drew a sharp response from External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar at the United Nations had clashed with reporters over standing space before a White House news conference by President Donald Trump in April. Jahanzaib Ali asked EAM Jaishankar...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has reportedly rejected Iran’s proposal for a seven-day ceasefire and is likely to resume bombing Tehran after the November midterm elections in the US. The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump had rejected the proposal, citing US officials familiar with...

New Delhi: Senior bureaucrat Mandeep K Bhandari was appointed chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) following a bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre Friday. Bhandari, a 2001 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union...

United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Friday sharply responded to a Pakistani journalist who asked him a question related to terrorism. "A terrorist country is asking me that question. Come on," Jaishankar said in a strong response to the question by the Pakistani journalist...

New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has postponed his visits to Uttar Pradesh to attend conferences of electoral literacy clubs, with officials saying rescheduling of dates is a routine exercise. The officials noted that similar conferences in Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand were also...

Ayodhya: The diversion of donations from the Ram Mandir here took place during the cash-counting process and involved a network of people who allegedly removed, concealed and distributed the pilfered funds, according to the nearly 70,000-page chargesheet filed by the Supreme Court-mandated special investigation team...

New Delhi: "I was crying in pain", a 17-year-old girl told police as she recounted the ordeal she went through inside southeast Delhi's Astha Kunj Park, where three men allegedly separated the girl from her friend, snatched their phones and took her to an isolated...

New Delhi: Rejecting claims of bank employee unions regarding a commitment to implement a five-day work week, government sources said there was no commitment on the issue from the Finance Ministry. Bank employee unions under the United Forum of Bank Unions have announced a three-day...

New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging decisions, guidelines and software changes allegedly made by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar without the concurrence of the two Election Commissioners, saying suchonactions violate the statutory requirement of collective decision-making. The plea filed...

New Delhi: India and Australia are working on a comprehensive economic cooperation agreement and a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to boost two-way trade and strengthen economic ties, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Friday. Addressing ICAI's first Oceania International Conference 2026 in Australia, the...