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Wilmington (US): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the Quad is not against anyone, but for a rules-based international order and respect for sovereignty, in a veiled reference to China. "Free, open, inclusive and prosperous Indo-Pacific is our priority," Modi said in his opening...

Rajouri (J&K): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Sunday said India is ready to embrace Pakistan and start a process of dialogue with it provided the neighbouring country gives a guarantee that it will stop promoting terrorism on Indian soil. Singh accused the Congress, National Conference (NC)...

New Delhi: The US has handed over to India 297 antiquities, which were smuggled out of the country, during the ongoing visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official statement said Sunday. Official sources said illicit trafficking of cultural property is a longstanding issue that...

New Delhi: Congress Sunday appointed Uday Bhanu Chib as the president of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC), replacing Srinivas BV. Chib was currently serving as the general secretary of IYC and is a former president of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Youth Congress. Congress President...

Khandwa (MP):  Ten detonators, which the railways terms “harmless”, recently went off on tracks in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district, prompting the authorities to briefly halt a “military special train”, officials said Sunday. The incident happened Wednesday near Sagphata between Nepanagar and Khandwa stations of Bhusawal...

Amaravati: Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to severely reprimand Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for hurting the beliefs of crores of people for political objectives by spreading a lie that...

Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote another letter to PM Narendra Modi on the flood situation in West Bengal, maintaining that Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) released water from its reservoirs without consulting her government, inundating several districts. Responding to Banerjee's earlier letter to the PM,...

New Delhi: India signed key agreements focused on a clean economy, fair economy and the IPEF Overarching arrangement under the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with the leaders at the Quad Summit in the US, the government said...

Kanpur: An empty gas cylinder was found on the tracks by a goods train loco pilot, who applied emergency brakes and stopped the train near Prempur railway station in Kanpur Sunday, the second such incident in Uttar Pradesh this month. Police said the incident occurred...

Ballia: Two minor boys allegedly gang-raped a seven-year-old girl Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Sunday. Both the accused have been apprehended, they said. The incident took place in Kotwali area Friday afternoon when the boys aged around seven to eight years lured the...