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New Delhi: The Ritabrata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress Saturday said it would withdraw its candidate from the upcoming West Bengal Assembly bypoll if Mamata Banerjee decides to contest, saying it wants the former chief minister back in the Assembly. Ritabrata Banerjee, Leader of...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed world leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping to India on Saturday to kick off a two-day BRICS summit aimed at protecting developing economies from the global impact of wars in Ukraine and West...

New Delhi: Terror outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed have initiated a massive expansion drive across Pakistan, establishing mini training facilities to decentralise terror operations, intelligence sources have said. The Muridke camp, which was destroyed during Operation Sindoor last year, is no longer the primary training facility...

New Delhi: Eternal-backed food delivery platform Zomato has begun charging customers an additional fee of Rs 5 to Rs 20 for choosing cash on delivery (COD) as the company seeks to monetise payment methods amid intensifying competition. The 'pay on delivery fee' shown separately on...

New Delhi: The Congress Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government to help restore diplomatic space and stature the country once commanded by rebuilding confidence among partners in the Global South. As the BRICS Summit began, the Congress said India must demonstrate that it remains...

New Delhi: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi Saturday. Pezeshkian arrived in the national capital Friday to attend the 18th BRICS Summit. He was warmly received at the airport by Union Minister of State (MoS) Shantanu Thakur....

Bengaluru: Hundreds of video files, including alleged obscene and vulgar videos, have been recovered from a mobile phone seized from the cell of former JD(S) MP, Prajwal Revanna, who is convicted in a rape case, and another undertrial prisoner at Bengaluru Central Prison, police said...

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government Saturday announced that the final rites of renowned Tamil scholar and professor Solomon Pappaiah would be conducted with state honours. Pappaiah died at a private hospital in Madurai Friday following age-related ailments. He was 90. The decision was taken in...

Srinagar: Sleuths of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Saturday carried out raids at multiple locations in the Valley in connection with a terror-related FIR lodged with the agency. The teams of NIA sleuths were assisted by Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police and the CRPF during...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Malaysian counterpart, Anwar Ibrahim, held a bilateral meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi ahead of the 18th BRICS Summit. During this meeting, both leaders discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in defence, trade, digital technologies, semiconductors, etc....