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Bijapur: Naxalites carrying a collective bounty of Rs 46 lakh surrendered before the police in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district Thursday, a senior official said. The cadres, including eight women, belonging to the 'south sub zonal buro' of Maoists, turned themselves in before senior police officials here...

Moscow: The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States expired Thursday, removing any caps on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century. The termination of the New START Treaty could set the stage for...

New Delhi: India and the US are expected to finalise and sign a joint statement on the first tranche of the bilateral trade agreement in 4-5 days, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Thursday. After the joint statement is signed, the US will come...

New Delhi: The Opposition led by Congress staged a walkout Thursday from the Rajya Sabha after Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge was not allowed to quote from a "memoir" of former Army chief M M Naravane on the 2020 India-China conflict. Soon after papers were...

Raipur/Bijapur: Security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district engaged in a fierce encounter with armed Maoists in the southern forested region Thursday, highlighting the ongoing efforts to curb left-wing extremism in the Bastar area. The operation began based on specific intelligence inputs about the presence of...

New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested two Khalistani operatives for writing provocative slogans at two separate locations in the national Capital ahead of the Republic Day celebrations, officials said Thursday. The arrests come amid heightened security measures in the city and ongoing monitoring of potential...

United Nations: UN chief Antonio Guterres praised India for its leadership for the upcoming global summit on Artificial Intelligence, as he underlined that it is an "absolutely crucial issue" in international relations and one of the biggest challenges of the current times. Secretary General Guterres...

Kolkata: A Turkish Airlines wide-body plane made an emergency landing at Kolkata Airport after the pilot declared a fire in the aircraft's right engine, the Civil Aviation Ministry said. The flight was on way to Istanbul from Kathmandu, it said in a statement. The Airbus...

Deir al-Balah: Israeli strikes pounded Gaza Wednesday, killing at least 21 Palestinians, including two infants, and further rocking a fragile ceasefire deal, hospital officials said. Israel said it was responding to a militant attack on Israeli soldiers that seriously wounded one. Deadly Israeli strikes have...

Jammu: A suspected Pakistani terrorist was killed in an ongoing operation in the snow-bound higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district Wednesday evening, officials said. This was the fifth encounter in Chatroo belt over the past 18 days as the Army and police continued...