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Washington/New Delhi: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to India next week to further strengthen energy cooperation, the Department of State informed. Rubio will first visit Samarkand in Uzbekistan, and will then travel to Mumbai and Jamnagar in India from October 17-22, it...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were sent to five-day judicial custody and lodged in Tihar Jail Wednesday for allegedly violating their peace bonds and trespassing into Jantar Mantar, which was denotified as a protest area, police sources said....

Greater Noida/Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s distinctive handloom and handicraft products are drawing attention at the 62nd IHGF Delhi Autumn Fair, being held at the India Expo Centre and Mart in Greater Noida. The Odisha Pavilion, organised by the Handlooms, Textiles and Handicrafts department, was inaugurated Tuesday by...

Vaishali: At least 11 people, including children, died Tuesday after a boat carrying 15 to 20 passengers capsized in the Ganga River in Bihar’s Vaishali district. The incident occurred in the Raghopur area when the passengers were reportedly travelling to attend a banquet. Most of...

New Delhi: As the Election Commission (EC) readies to hold high-stakes Assembly polls in five states, its senior officers, led by deputy election commissioners, have started taking stock of preparations there, with a poll authority team currently on a visit to Uttarakhand. Commission officers will...

New Delhi: The city police Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that the decision to denotify Jantar Mantar as the designated protest site was taken pursuant to the directions of the Supreme Court. Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma made the submission before Justice Amit Mahajan,...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the opposition protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and said they should be prepared once again for a "crushing defeat" in 2029 as people of the country are with the...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a warm and productive conversation with his Canadian counterpart, Mark Carney, Tuesday, with both agreeing to build on the positive momentum in bilateral ties. Modi said the two leaders agreed to work towards concrete outcomes across key areas...

New Delhi: Indigenous multi-purpose warship Samarthak, endowed with weapons and electronic systems specifically optimised for operations in a challenging maritime environment, is set to be commissioned into the Indian Navy  October 16, officials said Tuesday. The commissioning will mark another significant milestone in India's drive...

New Delhi: The opposition INDIA bloc and civil society Tuesday vowed to unitedly fight for "restoration of the democratic process in the country", with Rahul Gandhi asserting that the political and people's resistance would continue and will triumph. Addressing reporters after deliberations with INDIA bloc...