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Aizawl:  Mizoram government is holding discussions with IOCL to set up an oil depot in the state and planning to resume natural gas exploration, officials said Friday. Several locations have been explored for setting up the depot, but the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd is yet...

Kathmandu: The death toll from flash floods in central Nepal rose to 469 Friday as search and rescue operations continued for a third day, with nearly 1,000 people still missing in the Himalayan nation. The massive flash floods originating in Tibet swept through central Nepal...

Gandhinagar: At least 23 people linked to Gujarat were listed as missing or uncontactable in the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) and district emergency centre records Friday, following devastating flash floods near Nepal's border with Tibet, with several of them travelling on the Kailash Mansarovar...

Amaravati: Seven fishermen from Andhra Pradesh, who went missing at sea early this month, safely returned home Friday, officials said. The fishermen from Dr B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district, who had ventured into the sea for fishing August 3 and subsequently went missing, reached Kakinada. The...

New Delhi: The Delhi Police Special Cell has busted a Pakistan-based espionage network that used Indian SIM cards, procured through local contacts, to access WhatsApp groups and allegedly gather sensitive information, officials said on Friday. The Special Cell’s Northern Range arrested a Delhi-based couple, Mohammad...

New Delhi: Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday extended greetings on World Sanskrit Day, highlighting the ancient language's enduring contribution to India's knowledge, philosophy, culture and intellectual traditions. VP Radhakrishnan described Sanskrit as the “timeless language of India's knowledge, philosophy, and...

Kathmandu: The death toll from flash floods in central Nepal rose to 469 Friday, with more bodies recovered as search and rescue operations continued for the third day following the disaster. In a statement, Nepal Police said the bodies were recovered from eight districts of...

Toronto/New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said India and Canada have an opportunity to deepen financial-sector cooperation and build long-term investment partnerships, as she highlighted the complementarity between the two economies. Addressing a high-level India-Canada Business Roundtable in Toronto in the presence of...

Bhubaneswar: The Dandakaranya Vikasha Mahamancha (DVM) has urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to immediately halt the reported process of identifying and transferring 106 acres of state government land to Andhra Pradesh (AP) for the proposed Neradi Barrage Project on the Vansadhara River. In a...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Thursday greeted Indians living in India and abroad on the eve of Raksha Bandhan. In a message, President Murmu said, "The festival of Raksha Bandhan has been an integral part of our culture and tradition since ancient times. The rakhi...