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Mumbai: Suggesting that the India-United States trade deal was 99 per cent complete, US Ambassador Sergio Gor said Wednesday both sides were trying to resolve the remaining 1 per cent sticking points and expected the long-awaited pact to be inked within the next several weeks....

New Delhi: Highlighting the deep-rooted civilisational ties between India and Laos, reflected in the shared Buddhist heritage and enduring legacy of the Ramayana, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar Wednesday said that the bilateral partnership is anchored in longstanding cultural and people-to-people connections. In his...

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate served a summons to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee Wednesday, asking him to appear before it June 15 in connection with the primary school recruitment irregularities case, officials said. A team of ED officers visited Banerjee's Kalighat Road residence in south...

New Delhi: The Delhi Police have confirmed that of the 21 people who lost their lives in a fire incident that broke out at the multi-storied Lemon Green Restaurant in Malviya Nagar Wednesday morning, 17 are foreign nationals. Most of the deceased are from Liberia,...

Patna:  A coaching institute of educator Faisal Khan, popularly known as 'Khan Sir', was allegedly vandalised and pelted with stones in Patna, officials said Wednesday. Police said three people, including the director of a rival coaching centre, have been arrested in connection with the incident....

New Delhi/Paradeep: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday approved the construction of a new coastal highway from Rameshwar to Paradeep on Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) in Odisha. The highway will reportedly be constructed under two packages with a...

Bengaluru: State Congress President D K Shivakumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka Wednesday. He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot at Lok Bhavan here. Shivakumar took the oath in the name of revered seer "Gangadhar Ajja",...

Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi Wednesday spoke to Karnataka Chief Minister-designate D.K. Shivakumar on the phone, conveying her best wishes and also advising him to take everyone along. According to a statement issued by Shivakumar's office, Sonia Gandhi congratulated him on assuming the top...

New Delhi: National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is investigating the Pahalgam terror attack, has indicated that it will examine possible links between Pakistan-backed terrorist organisations and the Palestinian militant group Hamas as part of its probe. Investigators will probe whether the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and...

New Delhi: A massive fire broke out at a bed-and-breakfast in a five-storey building in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar area Wednesday, killing at least 21 people, officials said. Several of those killed are foreigners, mainly from Central Asian and African countries, officials said, adding that...