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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...

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was taken to Fortis Hospital in Mohali for a check-up Sunday, said sources. They further said he felt unwell in Sangrur, following which he was brought to Fortis Hospital in Mohali. The doctors at the hospital are still examining...

Kolkata: West Bengal government Sunday started operationalising camps to register unemployed youths to provide them with financial aid under the new 'Banglar Yuba Sathi' scheme, launched in the run-up to the assembly polls. The camps, which are functioning in all the 294 Assembly constituencies, will...

Gorakhpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said Sunday that India stands as a global centre of goodwill and social harmony, asserting that the country's civilisational ethos is rooted in a sense of oneness and mutual belonging rather than transactional relationships. Addressing a 'Samajik Sadbhav' (social harmony)...

New Delhi: The India-UK free trade agreement, signed in July last year, is likely to be implemented in April 2026, according to an official. India and the UK, July 24, 2025, signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) under which 99 per cent of...

New Delhi/Dhaka: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will represent the Indian government at the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected Bangladesh government in Dhaka February 17, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), under the leadership of...

New Delhi: The much-anticipated India-Pakistan T20 World Cup encounter scheduled for Sunday evening has once again ignited sharp political reactions across party lines. While leaders from the BJP and its allies voiced confidence that India would secure a decisive victory, the Congress questioned the very...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate India AI Impact Expo 2026 at the Bharat Mandapam Monday, according to a PMO statement. The Expo will be held from February 16 to 20, alongside the India AI Impact Summit, at the same venue. Spread across...