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Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary was elected the BJP legislature party leader Tuesday, Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said. The BJP, the single largest party in the 243-strong Assembly with 89 MLAs, elected Choudhary as its legislature party leader soon after Nitish Kumar,...

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday said he has submitted his resignation from the post to Governor Syed Ata Hasnain. Kumar, the longest-serving CM of Bihar, made this announcement on X after he met the governor at Lok Bhavan here. Accompanied by Deputy Chief...

Tel Aviv/New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar held a telephonic conversation with his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa'ar Tuesday, discussing West Asia situation and the Strait of Hormuz. "Had a telecon this afternoon with Israel FM Gideon Sa'ar. Our discussion covered different aspects of...

United Nations: The conflict and military escalation in West Asia threatens to push 2.5 million people in India into poverty and the country is projected to experience some loss in its human development progress, according to estimates and projections by the United Nations. The United...

Noida: Gautam Buddh Nagar Police Commissioner Laxmi Singh on Tuesday said that more than 300 individuals had been arrested and seven FIRs registered in connection with the workers' protest that turned violent in Noida. Addressing reporters, Singh said continuous route marches have been carried out...

New Delhi: Vice President C P Radhakrishnan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Tuesday led parliamentarians and people in paying floral tributes to B R Ambedkar in Parliament complex on his 135th birth anniversary. Every year, hundreds of people line up...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday greeted the people of Odisha on the sacred occasion of 'Maha Bishuba Pana Sankranti'. He said this special occasion reflects the values of devotion, harmony and seasonal renewal. He said it reflects the rich traditions of Odisha. "I...

Noida: Uttar Pradesh government has hiked minimum wages across worker categories following unrest in Noida, with revised rates coming into effect from April 1 retrospectively, officials said Tuesday. Gautam Buddh Nagar District Magistrate Medha Roopam said, "The wage increase has been done by the high-powered...

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Monday took a swipe at the "failed" US-Iran peace talks in Pakistan with an Urdu couplet, saying only god knows now what will happen. "Ab kya hoga, ye rab jane; Na woh mane, na ye mane (only god...

New Delhi: Iran is open to holding another round of peace talks with the US if it refrains from "unlawful demands" and accepts Tehran's conditions, Iranian envoy Mohammad Fathali said Monday, as the US blockade of Iranian ports takes effect, further escalating the tensions. The...