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New Delhi: The country's largest airline IndiGo Monday announced a hike in fuel surcharge for domestic and international flights in the wake of rising jet fuel prices. The revised charges will be effective from October 6 and will push airfares higher. The quantum of the...

New Delhi: Protesters gathered outside the Parliament Street police station Monday demanding registration of an FIR and a probe into allegations of sexual harassment of three women journalists by police personnel during a protest at Jantar Mantar October 3. Several protesters were detained as they...

Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday ordered that the case of the letters written by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to the DGP of Punjab be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The CBI has also been ordered to submit its...

Lucknow: Amid nationwide protests against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Monday extended his support to the exercise, saying that identifying and removing ineligible names from voter lists in accordance...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Monday that India-US trade negotiations are continuing but may have hit a plateau and added that the bilateral trade balance currently favours India. Speaking at the Munich Leaders Meeting 2026 here, FM Sitharaman said the proposed trade agreement...

New Delhi: Swiss Confederation President Guy Parmelin was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan Monday President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi warmly welcomed the Swiss Confederation President upon his arrival at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Parmelin arrived in India Monday...

Ottawa: India and Canada will begin a crucial fifth round of negotiations for a comprehensive trade agreement here Monday, accelerating efforts to conclude a deal before the end of the year as the two countries rapidly expand an economic relationship that only recently emerged from...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear petitions Monday challenging whether Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar can single-handedly exercise powers constitutionally designated for the entire multi-member poll panel. As per the cause list published on the official website of the apex court, a Bench...

Coimbatore (TN): An Indian Navy sailor accused of “transmitting” classified maritime intelligence to a Pakistani operative was arrested, officials said Sunday. According to official sources, the espionage operation involved a social media “honey-trap”. The Andhra Pradesh Police Counter Intelligence (CI) cell arrested 31-year-old Pradeep Mukherjee...

New Delhi: The CBI has arrested Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Deputy Director Sushil Kumar Garg, posted in Chennai, for allegedly taking Rs 2.5 lakh bribe for issuing an airworthiness certificate to aircraft operated by a private company, officials said Sunday. The agency also...