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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to travel to Japan and China beginning around August 29, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. In the first leg of his trip, Modi is expected to visit Japan to hold annual summit talks with his...

Uttarakashi: A body was recovered and 150 people rescued from the flood-ravaged mountain village of Dharali Wednesday as the search for the missing continued amid huge challenges, including incessant rain. Landslides blocked arterial roads leading up to Dharali, where dozens of people were trapped and...

Mumbai: The Indian economy is "doing very well" and contributing more to global growth than the US, Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra said Wednesday, days after US President Donald Trump's remark of India being a dead economy. The country is expected to grow 6.5 per...

Moscow: The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff for talks, days before the White House's deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or potentially face severe economic penalties that could also hit...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday sought a response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) to a plea seeking disclosure of details of nearly 65 lakh voters whose names were omitted in the recently published draft electoral rolls in Bihar. A Bench comprising Justices...

New Delhi: About 150 people have been rescued from Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi, struck by flash floods a day ago, even as 11 army troops remain missing, an NDRF officer said Wednesday. In Himachal Pradesh, 413 pilgrims stranded along the Kinnaur Kailash Yatra route were rescued. Deputy...

New Delhi: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval will hold meetings with senior Russian officials in Moscow Wednesday to discuss India-Russia defence and security cooperation. The visit comes at a time when US President Donald Trump has announced that he will announce "very substantial" increases...

Beijing: As US President Donald Trump has ramped up his country's ties with Pakistan, China's all-weather ally, Chinese strategic experts say Islamabad understands the limits given his strategy to contain Beijing's global influence. Last month, Pakistan's army chief, General Asim Munir, made his first official...

Mumbai: After three successive interest cuts, the Reserve Bank Wednesday decided to keep policy rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent and retained the neutral stance, weighed by concerns over tariff uncertainties. Announcing the third bi-monthly monetary policy of the current fiscal, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra...

Dehradun: Heavy rain continued to pound Uttarkashi as rescuers resumed their operations Wednesday in Dharali, searching for flash flood victims amid the rubble. Nearly half of the picturesque Dharali village was ravaged by the flash flood Tuesday afternoon. The village is the main stopover on...