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New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has forwarded to the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development a representation raising concerns over the reported financial association between UNICEF and Meta, apprehending that such engagements could undermine independent child-protection initiatives and ongoing efforts to...

New Delhi: The Congress Thursday accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of reviving his "delimitation plantation" with his claim that he will get the delimitation bill passed in Parliament by 15-18 votes and dubbed him a "master of bluff and bluster." Congress general secretary Jairam...

Visakhapatnam: Canada's Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu said Thursday that the sixth round of trade talks with India is currently underway, with both countries aiming to finalise the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's anticipated visit his country next month....

Kolkata: A bulldozer was deployed outside TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's residence Thursday as civic workers demolished a temporary bamboo shed erected over the footpath and removed an iron gate allegedly obstructing pedestrian movement. A large contingent of Kolkata Police personnel and central forces was deployed...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to travel to the Philippines next week to attend the 23rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-India Summit and the 21st meeting of the ASEAN-led East Asia Summit process, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Thursday....

Mohali: The Punjab Police has registered a case following a complaint filed by Delhi AAP MLA Jarnail Singh, who reported receiving a death threat message concerning party leader Arvind Kejriwal and his daughter, along with a demand for Rs 7 crore. Singh lodged his complaint...

Oslo: Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng has alleged that Indian authorities prevented her from travelling to India despite holding a valid visa to attend the Congress-organised ‘India Summit’ in Hyderabad. In a post on X, Lyng said she was informed by the Indian Embassy in Norway...

Lucknow: The Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM and Chandrashekhar Aazad's Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) on Thursday announced the formation of the 'Samajik Parivartan Morcha' to jointly contest the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. The announcement was made by Aazad in the presence of AIMIM president and Lok...

Mumbai: Actress and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut took a dig at Sonia Gandhi over her biography, questioning several aspects of her account of events surrounding the Gandhi family. Calling the biography a “self-goal”, Kangana also took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi, saying he had inherited...

Jakarta: In a move to expand military-to-military engagement between India and Indonesia, a delegation from the 55th Army Higher Command Course of the Army War College visited the Indonesian National Armed Forces - International Cooperation Centre (TNI-ICC) in Jakarta. The visit Wednesday offered the Indian...