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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday held a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump with a focus on progress in the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership. The leaders exchanged views on expanding cooperation in trade, critical technologies, energy, defence and security, officials said....

Itanagar: Two men from Jammu and Kashmir were arrested in Arunachal Pradesh on espionage charges, police said Thursday. Those arrested were identified as Nazir Ahmad Malik and Sabir Ahmed Mir, both natives of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, they said. On the basis of intelligence...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi's reported claim about a lack of representation of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the Central Information Commission (CIC) was rebutted Thursday by officials, claiming that five out of the eight recommended...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Thursday granted interim bail to former JNU scholar and jailed student activist Umar Khalid to attend his sister's wedding, even as the Supreme Court has yet to deliver its verdict on his regular bail plea in the 2020 North-East Delhi...

Jaipur: Tension simmered in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district Thursday as farmers and opposition leaders warned that protests against an under-construction ethanol factory would continue until their demands are met, local leaders said. Farmers began gathering at a gurdwara near the protest site in Tibbi from early...

New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday extended the timeline for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in six states and Union territories following requests from the respective chief electoral officers. In a statement, the Election Commission (EC) issued the revised schedule for SIR in...

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha's ongoing debate on election reforms was briefly interrupted on Thursday, with Union Minister Kiren Rijiju announcing that the remaining discussion would be taken up Monday at 1 pm. The decision was made in view of a scheduled prayer meet in...

Itanagar: The Indian Army Thursday launched a large-scale search and rescue operation in the high-altitude Chaglagam region of Arunachal Pradesh after a truck carrying 22 workers from Tinsukia fell off a cliff along the remote Hayuliang–Chaglagam road, officials said. The accident, believed to have occurred...

Imphal: President Droupadi Murmu arrived in Imphal Thursday afternoon on her maiden two-day tour of the state, which has been under President's Rule since February 13, following prolonged ethnic violence. Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla received President Murmu at Imphal's Bir Tikendrajit Airport. The President...

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed Parliament on Thursday that nearly 9 lakh Indians renounced their citizenship in the past five years, continuing a trend of high numbers of expatriates opting for foreign nationalities. Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha,...