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New Delhi: As military conflict in the Middle East escalates, India's Oil Ministry Monday said it is continuously monitoring the evolving situation and will take all necessary steps to ensure availability and affordability of key petroleum products in the country. India imports 88 per cent...

New Delhi: Retirement fund body EPFO, for the third year in a row, fixed the interest rate on employees' provident fund deposits at 8.25 per cent for 2025-26, a labour ministry statement said Monday. In February last year, the EPFO had retained the rate of...

Mumbai: Actress Hina Khan is hitting back at the trolls who attacked her for supporting PM Modi in times of political crisis and military crises in the Middle East. On Monday, the actress took to her Instagram, and shared a collage featuring PM Modi next...

Kolkata: The full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI), led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, is likely to visit West Bengal March 9 to review the post-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) scenario in the state ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections. According...

Isfahan (Iran): Fear and uncertainty have gripped several Indian students stranded in Iran as tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate, with many appealing to the Indian government for evacuation or relocation to safer places. Fatima, a student at the Isfahan University of Medical...

New Delhi: Taking cognisance of a trial court relying on alleged non-existing verdicts that were generated with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), the Supreme Court has said a decision based on such fake judgments would not be an error in decision-making but would amount...

New Delhi: India and Canada have agreed to expand their bilateral trade to USD 50 billion by 2030, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday. The bilateral trade between the two countries stood at around USD 8 billion during the January-October period of 2025. "We want...

New Delhi: Oil prices could exceed $100 per barrel if tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is not swiftly restored, as the waterway's closure threatens to disrupt 15 per cent of global oil supply and 20 per cent of global LNG supply, consultancy Wood...

Srinagar: Fresh protests rocked several parts of Kashmir Monday over the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with authorities placing curbs on the movement of people and throttling mobile internet speeds. This is the second day that the Kashmir valley has witnessed protests...

New Delhi: India and Canada took a major step forward in their relationship Monday by signing a landmark uranium supply agreement worth $2.6 billion. The agreement was signed during talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney at Hyderabad House in...