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Mumbai: The Reserve Bank has rejected Tata Sons' application to surrender its core investment company registration, killing the Tata Group holding company's attempt to avoid a mandatory stock-market listing and setting the stage for it to become publicly traded, sources said Saturday. The rejection was...

New Delhi: BRICS leaders Saturday called for practical measures to make cross-border payments among member countries faster, cheaper, more transparent and secure, as the grouping seeks to deepen financial cooperation. In the New Delhi Declaration, the grouping recognised the need for harnessing the collective potential...

Dehradun/New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Harish Rawat Saturday said he has decided to resign from all party posts after the ED seized cash and jewellery from his personal assistant's house, asserting that he is ready to go to jail if he is found involved in...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping for bilateral talks focusing on normalising bilateral ties through expansion of trade and investment ties. The meeting took place hours after Xi arrived in the national capital on a two-day visit to attend...

New Delhi: Election Commission Saturday met with the representatives of both the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress and the group led by West Bengal LoP Ritabrata Banerjee amid their competing claims over the party's authorised signatories and organisational elections. The separate meetings with the two groups...

New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping Saturday hailed the BRICS bloc as the world's most influential platform for cooperation among emerging markets and developing countries and called on the grouping to play its "due role" in bringing peace in West Asia. Addressing the BRICS summit...

New Delhi: In a major diplomatic victory for India, the BRICS grouping adopted a consensus joint declaration on Saturday after overcoming sharp divisions between the United Arab Emirates and Tehran regarding the West Asia conflict while notably omitting direct mention of the US for its...

New Delhi: BRICS countries Saturday called for stronger energy security through diversified supply sources, resilient infrastructure and stable energy markets, while acknowledging that fossil fuels will continue to play an important role in the global energy mix, particularly for emerging and developing economies. "We acknowledge...

New Delhi: Leaders of BRICS countries Saturday asserted that they recognise women as leaders, decision-makers and drivers of economic growth and social transformation. In a declaration, the leaders also said after their meeting that they recognise the vital role of women in the peacebuilding process...

New Delhi: BRICS grouping strongly condemned the April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack in its 'New Delhi Declaration' adopted Saturday and called for zero tolerance towards cross-border terrorism, while demanding that all perpetrators and their sponsors be brought to justice. The comprehensive 45-page document, titled 'Building...