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New Delhi: Former Kerala Chief Minister and Communist leader V S Achuthanandan and actor Dharmendra are among the awardees to receive the second-highest civilian honour, Padma Vibhushan, posthumously for 2026, the government announced Sunday. In a statement, the government announced 131 Padma awards for the...

New Delhi: Veteran journalist Mark Tully, a chronicler of India and an acclaimed author, breathed his last at a private hospital in New Delhi Sunday, his close friend said. He was 90. The award-winning journalist was ailing for some time and had been admitted to...

New Delhi: Ahead of the 77th Republic Day celebrations, at least 45 people have been chosen for the coveted Padma Awards honour, under the ‘Unsung heroes’ category, for their distinguished and unwavering service to the nation. Kailashchand, Brij Lal Bhatt, Dr Shyam Sundar and many...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar Sunday met a US Congressional delegation comprising Mike Rogers, Adam Smith and Jimmy Patronis, along with US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor, in New Delhi to discuss strengthening bilateral ties, developments in the Indo-Pacific region, and the ongoing...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday urged industry and start-ups to focus on quality and resolve to make excellence a benchmark in manufacturing. In his monthly 'Mann ki Baat' address, Modi said Indian products should be synonymous with top quality and urged the industry...

Hyderabad: Three bodies were recovered on Sunday from the rubble of a furniture store that was gutted in a huge fire here, police said. The rescue team found charred remains of three persons from the basement of the four-storey building, where fire broke out on...

Kolkata: The electoral registration officers (EROs) engaged in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal will need to obtain final clearance from the special roll observers (SROs) before uploading the voters' names into the final electoral list. However, this restriction will only apply...

New Delhi: President of India Droupadi Murmu will Sunday kick off celebrations on the 16th National Voters' Day (NVD-2026) by handing over Elector Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) to the newly-enrolled young electors. This year, the theme of the event is 'My India, My Vote' with...

Chandigarh: In a suspected sabotage, a blast on a railway track in the dedicated freight corridor in Sirhind in Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib district damaged the engine of a train and left a loco pilot injured, police said Saturday. While Deputy Inspector General of Police (Ropar...

New Delhi:  European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen kick-started her four-day visit to India to firm up a series of big-ticket initiatives to significantly expand two-way ties. President of the European Council Antonio Costa and von der Leyen will hold summit talks with Prime...