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New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan Friday said the current geopolitical environment is in a "flux" and every nation is hedging a bet due to "this uncertain kind of a future". His remarks at an event hosted by the Society of Indian...

New Delhi: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk said he and other protesters from Ladakh would sit on an indefinite fast from Saturday since they have not received any response from the government over their demand of meeting the President, prime minister or the Union home minister....

New Delhi: Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal AP Singh Friday said the IAF is aiming to have its entire inventory produced in India by 2047 under the indigenisation programme even as he asserted that Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd must produce 24 Tejas light combat...

Dantewada: Fourteen Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region Friday, a senior police official said. The gunfight broke out at around 1 pm in the forest between Thulthuli and Nendur villages in Abhujmaad on the Narayanpur-Dantewada inter-district border, Inspector...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a batch of pleas seeking review of its judgment which held that states are constitutionally empowered to make sub-classifications within the Scheduled Castes for granting reservation. A seven-judge Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices B...

Colombo: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Friday met Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and discussed “ways to deepen ongoing cooperation and strengthen India-Sri Lanka ties,” and assured India's continued support to the island nation's economic rebuilding. Jaishankar arrived here in the morning on a...

Tehran: Leading the Friday prayers from Tehran's Grand Mosalla Mosque, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hailed Iran's attack on Israel earlier this week, calling it "completely legal and legitimate work". Khamenei delivered a part of his sermon in Arabic as a message for the...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday constituted an independent special investigation team to conduct probe into allegations of use of animal fat in making Tirupati laddus. The special investigation team (SIT) will comprise two officials each from the CBI and the Andhra Pradesh Police besides...

Lucknow: At least ten people were killed and three others injured after a truck collided with a tractor-trolley on GT Road at the Mirzapur-Varanasi border. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed their condolences to the bereaved families. According to...

Beirut: An Israeli airstrike on an apartment in the Lebanese capital has killed nine people, according to Lebanon's health ministry. Israel has been pounding areas of the country where the Hezbollah militant group has a strong presence since late September, but has rarely struck in...