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New Delhi: Union Minister S Jaishankar Monday held separate bilateral meetings with Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Jaishankar also called on Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, Bhutan PM...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's top four ministers -- Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar -- have retained their respective home, defence, finance and external affairs portfolios, according to an official statement. The four ministers in charge of these portfolios make...

New Delhi: A PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the NEET-UG 2024 examination. The plea seeks directions for the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the “malpractices and fraud involved” in the NEET examination held May 5...

Gangtok: Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) president Prem Singh Tamang was sworn in as Chief Minister of Sikkim Monday. Tamang was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya at a function held in Paljor Stadium here. Tamang, 56, became the Chief...

New Delhi/ Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister and actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi Monday dismissed as 'grossly incorrect' media reports suggesting that he was seeking an 'exit' from the Narendra Modi-led government. In a Facebook post, Gopi said that it is a matter of pride for him to be...

Imphal: Suspected militants ambushed the advance security convoy of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh in Kangpokpi district Monday, leaving one personnel injured, police said. The convoy was on its way to the violence-hit Jiribam district. Multiple gunshots were fired at the vehicles of the...

New Delhi: Northwest and east India are in for another spell of extreme heat, with temperatures predicted to rise by two to three degrees over the next five days, the India Meteorological Department said Monday. India experienced multiple intense and prolonged heatwaves in April and...

New Delhi: Giving a last opportunity to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Supreme Court Monday ordered the ruling party in the national capital to vacate its office encroaching on the land allotted to the Delhi High Court by August 10. A vacation bench presided...

New Delhi: Film stars Chiranjeevi, Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan, Kamal Haasan and Paresh Rawal Monday congratulated Narendra Modi for taking oath as the prime minister for the third consecutive term. Modi, 73, was sworn in as the PM for the third time in a row...

New Delhi: An NIA team has reached Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district and is coordinating with local police probing into the terror attack on a passenger bus that left nine people dead and several injured, officials said Monday. Meanwhile, security forces have also launched a...