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New Delhi/Port of Spain: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar Sunday concluded his visit to Trinidad and Tobago with an interaction with the Indian community, underscoring India’s deep historical and cultural bonds with the Indo-Trinidadian population and reaffirming New Delhi’s commitment to strengthening bilateral ties. In...

Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister for Planning and Statistics D. Sudhakar passed away in the early hours of Sunday at KIMS Hospital in Bengaluru, where he had been undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the past month. Hospital authorities confirmed his death in an official...

Chennai: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief C. Joseph Vijay will take oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Sunday, along with nine ministers, after his party secured the support of 120 MLAs, crossing the majority mark of 118 in the 234-member Assembly. According to...

Chennai: Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar Saturday appointed TVK chief C Joseph Vijay as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, and the leader will take oath Sunday, the Lok Bhavan said. The swearing-in of the Vijay-led ministry will be held Sunday at 10 am at Chennai's Nehru...

New Delhi: The national capital is on high alert following intelligence inputs indicating a possible terror threat. This prompted the Delhi Police and other security agencies to intensify vigil across several sensitive locations, sources said Saturday. A source said security has been increased at the...

Bhubaneswar/Kolkata: Odisha's Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik Saturday congratulated BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on being sworn in as the Chief Minister of neighbouring West Bengal. Patnaik, who was the longest-serving CM of Odisha, said he was hopeful that West Bengal would reach new heights of...

New Delhi/Chandigarh: Enforcement Directorate Saturday arrested Punjab industries minister Sanjeev Arora in connection with a new money laundering case involving him and several entities allegedly linked to him, officials said. According to officials, Arora (62) was taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering...

New Delhi/Balasore: India has successfully test-fired an Advanced Agni missile with the strategic ability to deploy multiple payloads to separate targets simultaneously -- a milestone that places the country among a select league of global powers. The testing of the missile with Multiple Independently Targeted...

Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi: Amid intensifying lobbying and public campaigns by supporters of the three main contenders for Kerala Chief Minister's post, senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan Saturday said the party high command was likely to take a final decision on the issue within 24 hours. The...

Chennai: Ending the suspense, the VCK Saturday declared unconditional support to Vijay-led TVK to form the government in Tamil Nadu, and the actor-politician is expected to call on Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar soon. Shortly after VCK's decision to back Vijay, another DMK ally, the IUML...