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New Delhi: A Muga silk stole for Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a Madhubani painting with fish motif for Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten and a Ladakhi pure wool stole for Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson were some of the gifts presented by Prime Minister...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday landed in the national capital, returning from a five-nation tour during which he signed pacts on energy, defence, and critical minerals. The prime minister embarked on his tour May 15, visiting the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, Sweden,...

Ranchi: A total of 27 Maoists surrendered before the police Thursday in the presence of Jharkhand DGP Tadasha Mishra, officials said. The ultras, belonging to the banned CPI (Maoist), laid down arms before senior officers of the Jharkhand Police, Jharkhand Jaguar and the CRPF, among...

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has ordered an inquiry against Giribala Singh, Chairperson of the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Bhopal-2, after a criminal case was registered against her and her son at Katara Hills police station. The case was filed following the alleged suicide...

Thane: A firefighter and a security guard lost their lives and two others sustained severe burn injuries after a massive fire broke out early Thursday morning in Thane, Maharashtra, officials said. According to officials from the Thane Municipal Corporation, the fire erupted around 3:45 a.m....

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair an important meeting of the Council of Ministers Thursday at Sewa Teerth in Delhi. This meeting will bring together key members of the Union Cabinet to review governance performance and the implementation of major policy decisions. The...

Kolkata: In an absolutely peaceful repolling for the Falta Assembly constituency in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district Thursday, a high voting percentage of 20.47 was recorded in the first two hours till 9 a.m. Not a single report of violence, tension or electoral malpractices...

Chennai: The C. Joseph Vijay-led Tamil Nadu government will undergo its first Cabinet expansion Thursday, with Congress likely to formally join the ministry in a move aimed at strengthening the ruling coalition and filling several key portfolios that have remained vacant since the government assumed...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: BJD MP Sasmit Patra Wednesday met Union Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman and urged the initiation of structured deliberations on bringing petrol and diesel under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) framework. In his detailed representation to Sitharaman, Patra emphasised that the constitutional...

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor discussed deepening the India-US economic and financial partnership, including collaboration in the fintech sector, investment opportunities and bilateral cooperation, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday. According to the ministry, the two sides...