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Beijing: China's ruling Communist Party Monday commences a key meeting to finalise a new five-year plan amid concerns over an economic slowdown driven by US trade tensions and a sweeping purge at the top of the military. The Communist Party of China, headed by President...

Panaji: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said the extraordinary coordination among the three services together compelled Pakistan to surrender during Operation Sindoor. Modi also lauded the valour and determination of security forces and said it was due to that, the nation has achieved a significant...

Hong Kong: China's economy expanded at the slowest annual pace in a year in July- September, growing 4.8 per cent, weighed down by trade tensions with the United States and slack domestic demand. The July-September data was the weakest pace of growth since the third...

Port Blair: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'cyclone alert' in Andaman and Nicobar Islands due to a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal, which is likely to intensify from October 21, officials said Monday. Local port warnings have been issued in...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has modified the standard operating procedure (SOP) for payment of bail amount of poor undertrial prisoners by state governments through district legal services authority (DLSA). A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma passed the order accepting...

Leh: Ladakh representatives will hold talks with the sub-committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs in Delhi October 22, said Leh Apex Body co-chairman Chering Dorje Lakruk Sunday. Three representatives each of Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), along with Ladakh MP...

New Delhi: Reflecting a clear trend of market diversification, Indian exporters registered positive growth in 24 countries during the first half of the current fiscal year, even as shipments to the US declined due to high tariffs in September, official data showed. These 24 countries...

Beijing: China Sunday launched a Pakistani remote sensing satellite along with two of its own onboard a single rocket, further deepening space cooperation between the two all-weather allies. A Lijian-1 Y8 carrier rocket carrying three satellites -- Pakistan remote-sensing satellite (PRSS-2), AIRSAT 03 and 04...

Ranchi: A 47-year-old hotel owner in Ranchi was shot dead after a vegetarian customer was allegedly served non-veg biryani, police said Sunday. The incident took place around 11.30 pm Saturday after a customer sought vegetarian biryani from the hotel located on Kanke-Pithoria Road and left...

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday hit out at Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav for his remarks questioning the need to spend large sums on lighting diyas and candles during Diwali, calling his statement "shocking" and "insensitive" towards Hindu traditions. A controversy...