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New Delhi: The BJP is set to "retain" the post of Speaker for the 18th Lok Sabha, with a BJP MP expected to be elected for the role, sources said. Dismissing media reports suggesting that BJP's allies had demanded the Lok Sabha Speaker's post, a...

New Delhi: Over 40 Indians were killed and more than 50 others injured after a devastating fire broke out at dawn in a building housing around 195 migrant workers in southern Kuwait's Mangaf area, officials said Wednesday. The total number of people killed in the...

New Delhi: India Wednesday said it will participate in the upcoming peace summit on the Ukraine conflict in Switzerland at an appropriate level. The summit will take place at Bürgenstock in Lucerne June 15 and 16. Switzerland has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend...

New Delhi: The Congress Wednesday accused the Centre of steadily reducing Odisha's central funding in recent years and asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi will continue to deprive the state of its fair share. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh posed questions to the prime minister...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Italy Thursday to attend the annual summit of G7 advanced economies. Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said on Wednesday that PM Modi's participation in the G7 summit would provide an opportunity to follow up on outcomes of...

New Delhi: The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will begin June 24 during which new members of the Lower House will take oath and the Speaker will be elected, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said Wednesday. President Droupadi Murmu will address a joint...

New Delhi: Sixty-three cases of students using unfair means were reported in NEET-UG out of whom 23 have been debarred for varying periods, NTA officials said Wednesday, but reiterated the sanctity of the medical entrance exam hasn't been compromised and there has been no paper...

Itanagar: Pema Khandu, who was re-elected as the BJP legislative party leader Wednesday, will take charge as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Ministerial for the third straight term Thursday. The Governor would administer the oath of office and secrecy to the Chief Minister and his Council of...

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: Lauding the swearing-in of the first BJP government in Odisha as historic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence Wednesday that it will usher in record development in the state. Modi attended the oath ceremony in Bhubaneswar and congratulated new Chief Minister Mohan...

New Delhi: India has slipped two places on the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap index to 129th place, while Iceland retained its top position in the rankings published Wednesday. Within South Asia, India was ranked fifth after Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan, while...