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New Delhi: Election Commission Saturday met with the representatives of both the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress and the group led by West Bengal LoP Ritabrata Banerjee amid their competing claims over the party's authorised signatories and organisational elections. The separate meetings with the two groups...

New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping Saturday hailed the BRICS bloc as the world's most influential platform for cooperation among emerging markets and developing countries and called on the grouping to play its "due role" in bringing peace in West Asia. Addressing the BRICS summit...

New Delhi: In a major diplomatic victory for India, the BRICS grouping adopted a consensus joint declaration on Saturday after overcoming sharp divisions between the United Arab Emirates and Tehran regarding the West Asia conflict while notably omitting direct mention of the US for its...

New Delhi: BRICS countries Saturday called for stronger energy security through diversified supply sources, resilient infrastructure and stable energy markets, while acknowledging that fossil fuels will continue to play an important role in the global energy mix, particularly for emerging and developing economies. "We acknowledge...

New Delhi: Leaders of BRICS countries Saturday asserted that they recognise women as leaders, decision-makers and drivers of economic growth and social transformation. In a declaration, the leaders also said after their meeting that they recognise the vital role of women in the peacebuilding process...

New Delhi: BRICS grouping strongly condemned the April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack in its 'New Delhi Declaration' adopted Saturday and called for zero tolerance towards cross-border terrorism, while demanding that all perpetrators and their sponsors be brought to justice. The comprehensive 45-page document, titled 'Building...

New Delhi: BRICS leaders Saturday called for a sweeping reform of the global financial architecture to give emerging markets and developing economies a greater voice in the IMF and World Bank, while strongly criticising unilateral tariffs, trade restrictions and economic sanctions. In the New Delhi...

Mumbai: Actors and CINTAA (Cine & TV Artistes’ Association) office-bearers Poonam Dhillon and Padmini Kolhapure have raised concerns over an alleged breach of members’ privacy, questioning alleged Upasana Singh over access to the association’s data amid the ongoing dispute within CINTAA. Speaking to IANS, about...

Jammu: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has secured a non-bailable warrant against LeT founder Hafiz Saeed, India's most-wanted terrorist, who is in Pakistan, in connection with a terror case related to the supply of weapons, funds, and directions to terror groups operating in the Union...

New Delhi: The Global South must become a rule shaper to deal with various challenges, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday while kick-starting the two-day annual BRICS summit that is expected to deliberate on protecting developing economies from the global impact of wars in Ukraine...