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New Delhi: In its first reaction to the fresh escalation of tensions in West Asia, India Wednesday called for restraint by all sides and said the conflict must not take a wider regional dimension. India's comments came a day after Iran fired around 200 missiles...

Pune (Maharashtra): At least three persons, including two pilots and an aircraft engineer, were feared killed after a helicopter flying over the Bavdhan area in Pune crashed in the hilly terrain, officials said here Wednesday. The chopper had taken from Oxford Golf Club for a...

Washington: US President Joe Biden has directed American forces to aid Israel's defence against Iran, which launched missile attacks against the Jewish state. US National Security Council spokesperson Sean Savett said in a post on social media platform X that President Biden and Vice President...

Washington: The Trump and Harris campaigns have claimed victories in the vice-presidential debate as their running mates, Senator J D Vance and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, battled fiercely in a live televised debate wherein they tried to convince their fellow Americans to support, vote and...

Tokyo: Japan's parliament Tuesday formally elected Shigeru Ishiba, head of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, as the country's new prime minister. Ishiba was chosen as the party's leader Friday to replace Fumio Kishida, who then stepped down earlier on Tuesday to pave the way. Ishiba...

New Delhi: India and Jamaica Tuesday inked four pacts including one on possible roll-out of Indian UPI payment systems in the island nation as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ranging talks with his Jamaican counterpart Andrew Holness focusing on boosting ties in sectors like defence...

Jammu/Srinagar: The third and final phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls Tuesday saw a voter turnout of 68.72 per cent, surpassing the Lok Sabha poll figure in the corresponding seven districts, with the traditional boycott bastions of Sopore and Baramulla recording the highest turnout...

Dubai: Yemen's Houthi rebels launched an explosive-loaded drone that crashed into one ship Tuesday in the Red Sea and a missile that exploded against another. The attacks are the rebels' first assaults on commercial shipping in weeks as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to become a...

Chandigarh: Ahead of the Assembly polls in Haryana, controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who’s serving a 20-year jail sentence for raping two of his disciples, Tuesday got 20-day parole, the third time this year. However, he has been barred from...

New Delhi: The 2024 monsoon season has ended with 7.6 per cent more rainfall than normal, the India Meteorological Department said Tuesday. Rajasthan, Gujarat, west Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh got excess rainfall, according to the IMD data. The monsoon is critical for...