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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday denied bail to activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and seven others facing prosecution in a UAPA case linked to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots. A bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur pronounced the...

Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said he was deeply pained by the hurling of abuses at his mother during Congress' recently concluded 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' in Bihar, and asserted that although he may forgive RJD and the grand old party but people of the...

Jalalabad: Rescue teams continued to scour Afghanistan's mountainous east for survivors Tuesday as the death toll from a strong earthquake rose to 900 with 3,000 people injured, an official said. “The injured are being evacuated, so these figures may change significantly,” Yousaf Hammad, a spokesman...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Tuesday said India is negotiating a bilateral trade agreement (BTA) with the United States.c India has already inked free trade agreements with Australia, the UAE, Mauritius, the UK and the four-European nation bloc EFTA, he added. "Lots...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said it will only interpret the Constitution while dealing with the Presidential reference on whether the court could impose timelines for governors and the President to deal with bills passed by state assemblies. The remark by a five-judge bench...

New Delhi: In a veiled rebuttal to the 'dead economy' jibe, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said the Indian economy grew 7.8 per cent in the first quarter, surpassing all expectations despite global uncertainties and challenges driven by economic self-interest. Speaking at the Semicon India...

New Delhi: Five agreements providing for boosting ties in sectors such as shipping, civil aviation and space will be inked between India and Singapore during Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong's three-day trip to New Delhi beginning Tuesday. Authoritative sources said the overall focus of Wong's...

Mumbai: Mumbai Police Tuesday issued a notice to activist Manoj Jarange and his team, asking them to vacate Azad Maidan at the earliest, as his hunger strike over the Maratha quota demand entered its fifth day, officials said. Though permission was granted earlier for a...

New Delhi: With the Yamuna crossing the danger mark Tuesday, water began entering houses in parts of the Trans-Yamuna area of Delhi. The river crossed the danger level in the morning, posing a flood threat to low-lying areas of the capital. After overnight rain, residents...

New York/Washington: Amid tensions between India and the US, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at the end of the day, the “two great countries will get this solved”, adding that Delhi's values are much closer to “ours and to China's than to Russia's." Bessent, in...