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New Delhi: The government has amended the export policy for several wheat products and shifted from the prohibited to the free category, according to a notification issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)Monday. Under the revised policy, exports of wheat or meslin flour...

New Delhi: The record Rs 92.35 crore bill spent for the upkeep of Union ministers' official residences last financial year could have paid for 10 new government schools, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has said, accusing the Centre of misplaced priorities. "Stop fixing your lavish...

New Delhi: At least 15 flights were diverted at the Delhi airport Monday due to inclement weather conditions, according to an official. Scores of flights were delayed and some were cancelled at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the national capital due to the...

New Delhi: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval arrived in Beijing Monday for a two-day visit to attend the 25th Round of Special Representatives’ Talks on the India-China Boundary Question. NSA Doval, India’s Special Representative (SR) on the India-China Boundary Question, travelled to Beijing at...

New Delhi: Discussions on public appearances of leaders are standard protocol, government sources said Monday following remarks by US envoy Sergio Gor that New Delhi told the American side before a meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in France that it...

Kolkata: Professor Subha Shankar Sarkar has resigned as the head of a five-member committee constituted by Jadavpur University to probe into the recent vandalism on its campus allegedly by ABVP workers, citing his inability to conduct the inquiry effectively, a varsity official said Monday. The...

Kolkata: At least 25 people, including women and children, fell ill after suspected ammonia gas leaked from an ice factory in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, police said Monday. The incident occurred around 9.30 pm Sunday at Shapukur area in Basirhat, triggering panic among...

Imphal/Senapati: A CRPF jawan was injured in a gunfight between two groups and several houses were burnt in Manipur's Senapati district Monday, triggering road blockades by locals, police said. Miscreants torched a house in Taphou Kuki village in Kangpokpi district around 2.30 am, a senior...

Tokyo: India is in negotiations with at least 8-9 more groups of countries and individual nations that together account for another USD 15 trillion of GDP, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Monday. He added that the country's free trade agreements would eventually cover...

New Delhi: TMC MP Mahua Moitra moved the Supreme Court Monday alleging that district administration officials in Nadia, West Bengal, evicted her from a circuit house despite her being allotted a room at the state-owned property. The top court refused urgent listing of the matter....