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New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday said the Modi government's argument that the Great Nicobar Island Project is about defence and a transshipment port is a "lie", and alleged that it is actually about benefitting one businessman so that he can build hotels and...

New Delhi: Leading hyperscale data centre specialist AirTrunk plans to invest more than Rs 3 lakh crore in India by 2030 in support of digital infrastructure capacity, positioning the country as a cornerstone of global growth strategy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday announced the investment...

Imphal: Three people, including a woman, were killed after armed assailants launched an attack at a village in Manipur's Kangpokpi district early Friday, officials said. At least seven houses were also gutted in a fire during the attack around 4 am at Loibol Khullen village...

Visakhapatnam: India and the US are moving towards closing all the open ends of the interim trade agreement, and both sides are likely to execute the "very, very vibrant" first phase of the pact by the middle of next month, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush...

New Delhi: Delhi Police has not received any request for permission from the digital outfit Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) regarding a protest at Jantar Mantar, an official said Friday. "We will examine their request if and when they seek permission," a senior police officer told...

Muzaffarpur: The toll in the hospital fire tragedy in Bihar's Muzaffarpur rose to six with one of the patients taken out from the smoke-filled ICU breathing his last, an official said Friday. The patient died at another health facility, he said. Muzaffarpur District Magistrate Subrat...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday refused to hear a petition raising law and order concerns arising from digital outfit Cockroach Janta Party's call for a protest at Jantar Mantar June 6 to demand the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over examination-related...

Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K. Annamalai Friday announced his exit from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and unveiled a new movement, ‘We the Leaders’, declaring that it would contest the next Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. In a video message, Annamalai said his...

Mumbai: Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra Friday said the forex reserve stood at a healthy USD 682.3 billion, adequate to provide import cover for about 11 months. Various policy initiatives are expected to strengthen the balance of payments, he said while announcing the second bi-monthly...

Mumbai: Reserve Bank Friday projected the retail inflation for 2026-27 at 5.1 per cent, higher from its earlier estimate of 4.6 per cent, largely due to mounting input costs, triggered by the pass-through of higher global energy prices to retail rates of petrol and diesel....