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New Delhi: French President Emmanuel Macron will undertake a three-day visit to India beginning February 17, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced Tuesday. Macron will hold wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, besides attending the AI Impact summit. Both leaders will hold discussions...

New Delhi: The India-US interim trade deal looks more like a "pre-committed purchase agreement" that overturns every principle of reciprocity, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said Tuesday and slammed Union ministers S Jaishankar and Piyush Goyal for playing "ping pong" when questions are posed. Initiating a...

New Delhi: Under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India's trade ecosystem is undergoing a historic and rapid transformation, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Tuesday. Interacting with a delegation of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), led by Member of...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Tuesday filed civil and criminal defamation cases seeking Rs 500 crore in damages against senior Congress leaders Gaurav Gogoi, Bhupesh Baghel, and Jitendra Singh Alwar, escalating the political confrontation between the ruling BJP and the opposition party. In...

New Delhi: The Government has set up a task force on darknet and cryptocurrency under the multi-agency centre (MAC) to monitor platforms facilitating narco-trafficking, Lok Sabha was informed Tuesday. In a written response, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the Government has...

New Delhi:  The Defence Ministry is likely to approve a Rs 3.25 lakh crore deal this week to buy 114 Rafale fighter jets from France for the Indian Air Force, according to reliable sources. The clearance is scheduled to take place ahead of French President...

New Delhi: Opposition parties Tuesday submitted a notice for moving a resolution to remove Om Birla from the office of Lok Sabha speaker, alleging that he had acted in a "blatantly partisan" manner in conducting the business of the House and abused the constitutional office...

Mathura: Five members of a family were found dead in a village under the Mahavan police station area of Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district, police officials said Tuesday. They suspected it to be a case of mass suicide. The deceased include a man, his wife, and...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani and his wife Tina Ambani to appear for questioning in a money laundering case next week, officials said Tuesday. Tina Ambani, 68, a former actor, was asked to depose by...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday cited a December 2023 social media post by former army chief MM Naravane informing people that his book is available now to rebut publisher Penguin Random House India's statement that the 'memoir' has not yet been published. Gandhi...