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New Delhi: The Centre has given another six-month extension, till May 20 next year, to a Commission of Inquiry to submit its report on the probe into the 2023 Manipur violence that claimed more than 260 lives, a government notification said. The three-member panel, now...

New Delhi: India's exports increased 29.9 per cent to USD 89.99 billion in October while the trade deficit narrowed to USD 20.09 billion, government data released Friday showed. The country's exports -- including merchandise and services -- stood at USD 69.27 billion in the same...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday took a swipe at the BJP leaders over their criticism of former AICC chief Sonia Gandhi's memoir, saying the more the "Bhakts" comment on the book, the better it would do. He also claimed that a lot of...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu officially presented the National Sports Awards 2025 during a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan Friday. Decathlon athlete Tejaswin Shankar and FIDE World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh, along with thirteen other sportspersons from various disciplines, received the Arjuna Award for outstanding performance...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday repeated his debate dare to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and claimed that Modi will not remain in office after a one-on-one exchange with him. Responding to a question during an 'Ask Me' session on Instagram about why he...

New Delhi: Making a scathing attack on the main Opposition Congress and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the previous Congress-led government of selectively invoking the Constitution while claiming ownership over democratic values. "Nowadays, some people pull out the Constitution as...

Chicago: A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms, including Outlook, Thursday, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant's suite of apps. Nearly 1,30,000 users on outage tracker Downdetector reported problems accessing Outlook just after 1 pm local...

New Delhi: India and Italy have reaffirmed that scientific cooperation contributes to closer relations between the two countries, promotes mutual understanding and supports sustainable economic and societal development, an official statement said Friday. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh,...

New Delhi: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asserted that the risk of being arrested, imprisoned or killed would not deter her from returning to Dhaka, saying she would rather die in her homeland than remain away from her people. In a rare audio...

New Delhi: Former vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar underwent a series of cardiac and neurological tests at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Thursday and will continue to remain in the hospital on medical advice, family sources said. The tests were conducted at the cardio-neuro centre...