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New Delhi: Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Chik Baraik resigned from the Upper House as well as the party on Thursday, saying he took the decision in view of the mandate given to the BJP by the people of West Bengal. Baraik is the...

Sofia: Emphasising the long-standing ties between India and Bulgaria, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar Thursday said that the relationship should be reshaped into a more contemporary and forward-looking partnership, with both sides sharing similar political outlooks. Addressing a press conference following his meeting with...

New Delhi: The first made-in-India C-295 military transport aircraft successfully completed its maiden flight, the Indian Air Force (IAF) said Wednesday. The IAF is procuring 56 C-295 transport aircraft at a cost of around Rs 21,935 crore. Forty of these aircraft will be assembled by...

New Delhi: Three out of 24 Indian crew members on board a commercial vessel that came under attack off the coast of Oman Wednesday are missing, with India strongly condemning the strike. In its reaction, New delhi said the targeting of commercial shipping and civilian...

New Delhi/Kolkata: TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday to discuss opposition coordination and the way forward for the INDIA bloc as the Mamata Banerjee-led party is grappling with a deepening internal crisis marked by fresh resignations and an escalating...

New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Wednesday. The President's office shared a picture of the meeting in a post on X. Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Shri C Joseph Vijay called on President...

New Delhi: A conclave of NDA constituents was held Wednesday to mark the ruling coalition completing 12 years in office and Prime Minister Narendra Modi becoming India's longest-serving continuously elected PM. Prime Minister Modi, senior BJP leaders and representatives of all constituents of the ruling...

New Delhi: Amid rumours of a possible merger of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) with the Congress, sources from the Mamata Banerjee-led party dismissed the reports Wednesday, stating there was no such plan. Dismissing the reports, a senior TMC leader called them baseless. We have no...

New Delhi: The Congress has called a meeting of its general secretaries, in-charges and state unit chiefs Thursday during which the current political situation and the party's plans will be deliberated upon. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will preside over this crucial meeting, Congress general secretary...

New Delhi: A special MP/MLA court in Varanasi Wednesday allowed a fresh complaint seeking criminal action against Congress leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his alleged remarks describing Lord Ram as a "fictional" character during an interaction in...