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Kochi: The launch of Kerala’s third Vande Bharat Express, connecting Ernakulam with Bengaluru, turned into a celebration of music and emotion Saturday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the service virtually from Varanasi. At the Ernakulam South railway station, where a special ceremony was...

New Delhi: Indian Ambassador to Brazil Dinesh Bhatia reiterated the country’s commitment to climate action based on equity, national circumstances and the principles of Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities (CBDR-RC) at the Leaders’ Summit of the CoP30, an official said Saturday. Bhatia, while...

New Delhi: The Winter session of Parliament will be held from December 1 to 19, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju announced on Saturday, in what the opposition has described as an "unusually delayed" and truncated session. The three-week session will have 15 sittings in...

Mumbai: Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar Saturday alleged that Maharashtra Minister Pratap Sarnaik had acquired a four-acre land parcel, worth around Rs 200 crore, in Mira Bhayandar for Rs 3 crore to set up his educational institute, a charge the latter denied while seeking documentary proof...

Sitamarhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday claimed that people were not voting for the RJD-helmed opposition in Bihar as they fear that if the INDIA bloc were voted to power, the regime would put a 'katta' (country-made firearm) at their heads. In contrast, the PM...

New Delhi: India and New Zealand have successfully concluded the fourth round of negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Auckland and Rotorua, an official statement said Saturday. It followed five days of constructive and forward-looking discussions between the two sides, according to Commerce...

Srinagar: Two terrorists were killed when alert troops of the Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, Defence sources said Saturday. “Two terrorists have been neutralised in Operation Pimple in Keran...

New Delhi: Bangladesh's interim government chief Muhammad Yunus is not in control of the administration and Islamist factions linked to terrorist groups are allowed to spread a hardline ideology, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said. In a sharp attack on Yunis, Hasina, who has...

New Delhi: Two more accused persons have been sentenced to Simple Imprisonment (SI) in the Pakistan-linked Visakhapatnam Navy espionage case by a special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the agency said Friday. The NIA special court at Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) has sentenced Kalavalapalli...

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Friday that India has upgraded its technical mission in Afghanistan to an embassy and New Delhi is looking at how to strengthen its functionality, responsibilities and increase its strength. While addressing a weekly media briefing in...