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Jakarta: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday held bilateral talks with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, focused on giving fresh momentum to the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership across key sectors, including energy, trade, maritime cooperation and defence, etc. The talks are expected to be focus on expanding cooperation...

Kolkata: West Bengal Police Monday arrested the key accused in the alleged rape-murder of a girl in South 24 Parganas district's Baruipur, taking the total number of apprehended persons in the case to three, a senior officer said. The accused, identified as Anand Sardar, was...

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Monday announced that Sanjeev Jain has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to South Korea. "Shri Sanjeev Jain (YOA: 2008), presently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Cabo Verde, has been appointed as the...

Caracas: India’s Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) mission in Venezuela, Operation Amistad, concluded Monday with the Army Field Hospital being closed after serving the people of Venezuela following twin earthquakes of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5  June 24 that claimed over 3,300 lives and caused...

Ayodhya: The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust Monday clarified that all religious and historical artefacts in its custody are safe and that all items are fully accounted for, dismissing reports and social media claims suggesting that sacred items were missing, and reaffirming that proper...

Chennai: The Madras High Court has restrained the makers of the Tamil film Happy Raj from using a song originally composed by Ilaiyaraaja, finding a prima facie case of alleged copyright infringement. The interim order was passed by Justice M. Kumaresh Babu while hearing a...

Rewa: A tribal woman died after her family members were forced to carry her on a cot for nearly two kilometres to reach a hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district after no ambulance could reach her village due to the absence of a motorable road....

Ayodhya: The Ram temple trust Monday accepted the resignations of Champat Rai as its general secretary and member Anil Mishra in the wake of allegations of embezzlement of donations. Krishna Mohan has been given additional duties as interim general secretary of the temple trust, treasurer...

Imphal/New Delhi: Two Assam Rifles soldiers were killed and several others injured in an ambush by suspected militants in Manipur's Ukhrul district on Monday, police said. The incident occurred around 1.30 pm in the Nungshang Khong area of the hill district when the suspected militants...

Jakarta: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday arrived in Indonesia on the first leg of his three-nation tour, aimed at further strengthening India's Act East Policy, MAHASAGAR Vision and its commitment to a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific. In a special gesture, Modi was received at...