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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of major infrastructure and industrial development projects worth over Rs 18,530 crore in Assam Sunday. As part of his Assam itinerary, PM Modi will arrive in Darrang, where he will address a...

Palamu: A Maoist carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jharkhand's Palamu district Sunday, leading to the recovery of an INSAS rifle from the site, police said. The slain Maoist has been identified as Mukhdev alias...

New Delhi: Ahead of the India-Pakistan Asia Cup 2025 encounter Sunday, devotees in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, held special prayers at the Rajendra Prasad Ghat, seeking divine blessings for Team India’s victory. The banks of the Ganga turned into a site of patriotic and spiritual fervour,...

Dubai: India’s fielding coach Ryan Ten Doeschate said Saturday that players are aware of the public sentiment surrounding their Asia Cup match against Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack. He added that head coach Gautam Gambhir, in a team meeting, urged the squad to focus...

Kathmandu: Nepal's leading political parties Saturday described as "unconstitutional" and a "blow to democracy" President Ram Chandra Poudel's decision to dissolve the parliament even as the security situation in the Himalayan nation gradually returned to normal following two days of deadly protests. After dissolving the...

Basking Ridge: President Donald Trump said Saturday he believes the Russia-Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50 per cent to 100 per cent for its purchases of Russian petroleum. Trump posted on...

New York/Washington: The US has asked G7 countries to impose tariffs on countries purchasing oil from Russia, asserting that only “unified efforts” that cut off funding to Moscow's war machine at source can apply sufficient pressure to end “the senseless killing.” US Treasury Secretary Scott...

Washington: India's Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra,  Saturday (Indian time) engaged in discussions with members of the US House of Representatives on strengthening bilateral trade, energy cooperation, and India's consistent support for resolving the Ukraine conflict through dialogue and diplomacy. Kwatra held...

Shillong: Former Meghalaya Chief Minister DD Lapang, one of the state's longest-serving political figures, passed away at a hospital in Shillong at the age of 91. Lapang passed away Friday night. He was born April 10, 1934, and rose from humble beginnings to occupy the...

Mumbai: Opposition parties in Maharashtra have slammed the BJP and the BCCI over the India-Pakistan Asia Cup cricket match scheduled for September 14, with Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray asking if "blood and cricket can flow together." The Maharashtra Congress Friday called it an...