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New Delhi: United States Ambassador to India Sergio Gor Friday said he had a “productive interaction” with US Secretary of State Wright and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri in New Delhi, focusing on the future of US‑India energy cooperation. The meeting comes in the backdrop of...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, LoP Rahul Gandhi and several parliamentarians paid floral tributes to Mahatma Jyotirao Phule on his birth anniversary at the Parliament Complex Saturday. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Leader of Opposition in the...

Port Louis: India Friday underscored the necessity of a swift return to peace in West Asia as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar described the crisis as "deeply" concerning and underscored New Delhi's unwavering stance against the targeting of civilians, infrastructure, and global trade routes. In...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Friday held separate discussions with his Kuwaiti and UAE counterparts on containing disruptions in energy supplies and restoring trade flows at the earliest. India's trade with West Asia has been disrupted severely because of the attack by...

New Delhi: India Friday voiced "deep concern" over reports of mounting civilian casualties in Lebanon. New Delhi's comments came amid increasing Israeli strikes on Lebanon that triggered uncertainty over the stability of a precarious US-Iran ceasefire agreement. Tehran has been maintaining that Lebanon has been...

Mathura: The death toll in the tragic boat capsizing incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district rose to 10 Friday. Several people still remain missing as rescue operations have intensified. The toll was confirmed by DIG Agra Range Shailesh Kumar Pandey, who said search efforts were...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Friday agreed to hear on April 13 a fresh plea along with pending ones challenging the freezing of electoral rolls by the Election Commission ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls in West Bengal. The poll panel has frozen and finalised the...

Mathura (UP): A boat carrying tourists capsized in Yamuna in Vrindavan Friday afternoon, leaving at least six people dead and several others missing, officials said. District Magistrate Chandra Prakash Singh confirmed the fatalities, stating that all the tourists onboard were from Punjab. "Six bodies have...

Chatra: A gruesome incident has come to light from the Scheduled Caste Residential Girls’ School located at the Hunterganj block headquarters in Jharkhand’s Chatra district. A 14-year-old minor student, who was residing in the school hostel and studying in Class III, was found to be...

Bhopal: Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Friday said unseasonal rains and hailstorms have damaged standing rabi crops across 2.49 lakh hectares so far across several states, with the wheat crop being the most affected. Speaking to reporters ahead of the "Unnat Krishi Mela" launch in...