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Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's son Nishant Kumar is all set to formally join the JD(U) Sunday, marking a generational shift in party leadership, sources said. Nishant's joining will take place at the party's headquarters here in the presence of senior leaders, ministers, MPs,...

New Delhi:  Mar 7 (PTI) The future will be much more multipolar, and the era of big countries creating spheres of influence and reaching huge compacts of a sweeping nature has effectively ended, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said. In an interactive session at...

Bhubaneswar: The Odia Language, Literature and Culture Department will organise 'Odisha Utsav' in Kolkata March 8 to promote the rich cultural heritage of the state, an official said Saturday. The event scheduled to be held at the auditorium of the National Library in Kolkata Sunday...

Jaipur: Mild earthquake tremors were felt in parts of Rajasthan early Saturday morning after a low-intensity earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale struck near Sikar district, officials said. According to the National Center for Seismology, the earthquake occurred at around 6.30 a.m. The epicentre was...

Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the 2002 murder case of a journalist, sect head's lawyer Jitender Khurana said Saturday. The court acquitted the Dera chief more than seven years after he was...

New Delhi: Top government sources on Saturday allayed fears that current global energy situation can become a crisis for India, saying that the country currently holds over 250 million barrels (around 4,000 crore litres) of crude and petroleum products, providing about 7-8 weeks of buffer...

New Delhi: The prices of domestic LPG and commercial cylinders were hiked by a steep Rs 60 and Rs 114.5, respectively, amid rising energy costs linked to the West Asia conflict. Non-subsidised LPG, the one that common household users other than the Ujjwala beneficiaries use...

Moscow: Russia will not disclose the data on crude oil export to India and keep it secret from "too many ill-wishers", the Kremlin said Friday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov's comments came hours after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Washington has issued a temporary...

New Delhi: India has allowed the urgent docking of an Iranian ship in Kochi and provided accommodation to its 183 crew members, government sources said Friday. The ship, IRIS Lavan, developed urgent technical issues and was granted emergency docking approval on March 1, following a...

New Delhi: Opposition parties on Friday accused the government of ceding diplomatic space after the US announced a temporary waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil, a step that the ruling BJP hailed as a success of "strategic oil diplomacy" under Prime Minister...