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New Delhi: The proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union could be signed by the end of this year, German Ambassador to India Dr Jasper Wieck said Wednesday, adding that unlocking the pact's economic potential and boosting bilateral trade and investment...

Madurai: Congress MP Karti Chidambaram said Wednesday that he is not in favour of the candidates fielded by the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) for the upcoming bypolls in Madurantakam and Dharapuram Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu. Both the candidates fielded by Chief Minister C....

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of a Patna High Court judgment that acquitted a man convicted of attempted rape, after observing that the allegations -- including an attempt to remove the victim’s salwar, undressing himself and physically molesting her --...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday delivered a split verdict on whether petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the law governing the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) should be referred to a Constitution Bench. While Justice Dipankar Datta rejected...

New Delhi: Terming the SIR a "Frankenstein which has created fear in the minds of voters", former chief election commissioner O P Rawat Wednesday said changes to the statutory voter registration Form 6 are "absolutely wrong and illegal". Another former CEC, S Y Quraishi, questioned...

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday came down heavily on the Election Commission of India (ECI), demanding the arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and cancellation of elections held in the past few years and also that of the...

Visakhapatnam: Navies of India and Sri Lanka carried out seamanship evolutions, air operations, night replenishment at sea, and special forces drills during the sea phase of the bilateral maritime exercise SLINEX-26 off Visakhapatnam. The 13th edition of SLINEX-26, which kicked off September 17, began with...

New Delhi: Under fire over red flags raised by two of its Commissioners over the SIR process, the Election Commission Wednesday asserted that differing views and observations are a normal part of deliberation in any institution and all its orders carry full legal sanction and...

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy Wednesday responded to actor Nani’s request for permission to visit a theatre at RTC X Roads in Hyderabad for the premiere show of his movie The Paradise. In a post on ‘X’, Chief Minister asked the actor to...

New Delhi: All banks, including Regional Rural Banks, will remain open Sunday for the convenience of customers in view of a strike called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), finance ministry said in a statement Wednesday. The UFBU, which claims to represent 90...