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Tawang: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Monday claimed that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is not interested in the smooth functioning of Parliament, and some NGOs have tutored him that good days will come for his party, and that is why he has been stalling the...

New Delhi: In a major jolt to the Congress ahead of the Assembly polls in Assam, the party's former state unit chief Bhupen Kumar Borah has resigned, according to sources. Sources said Borah has sent his resignation letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. In his...

New Delhi/Ottawa: Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand met India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany, marking their fifth meeting since September 2025 and underscoring the steady progress in bilateral ties. In an official press release, the...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron are set to meet in Mumbai  Tuesday to assess the progress achieved under the India-France strategic partnership and exchange views on key regional and global developments. Prime Minister Modi will travel to Mumbai for...

Amaravati: Founder Chairman of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates will be visiting Andhra Pradesh Monday. Gates, who will be leading a delegation from the Foundation, will have a detailed discussion with Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, and the Minister for...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was set to meet Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of Norway, and hold bilateral meetings with Norwegian Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg, along with Minister for Trade and Industry, Cecilie Myrseth, it was announced Monday. She will also hold a...

New Delhi: Using its powers under the electoral law, the Election Commission has suspended seven officials in West Bengal with immediate effect for serious misconduct, dereliction of duty and misuse of statutory powers in connection with SIR. All the suspended officers were working as assistant...

Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ajmer February 28 to inaugurate and lay foundation stones for development projects worth Rs 23,500 crore in Rajasthan, an official statement said Sunday. During the programme, appointment letters will also be distributed to 21,000 youths under a state-level...

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will hold talks with his French counterpart Catherine Vautrin in Bengaluru February 17, with some key outcomes expected from the bilateral dialogue to boost defence cooperation. A defence cooperation agreement is expected to be renewed for another 10 years,...

Gandhinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday rejected the Congress's claims that India's recent trade agreements with the United States and the European Union would harm farmers, saying that "the government had ensured full protection for agriculture, dairy and fisheries in every pact". In his...