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Hyderabad: Media baron Ramoji Rao passed away here Saturday. He was 88. The Chairman of Eenadu Group of Companies breathed his last at a private hospital where he was admitted June 5 due to breathing problems. According to family sources, he passed away at 4.50...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Friday appointed NDA Parliamentary Party leader Narendra Modi as Prime Minister-designate and the new government will take oath Sunday evening. Murmu handed over the letter of appointment to Modi, who called on her at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here Friday evening....

New Delhi: Taiwan Friday said China's "outrage" over a "cordial" exchange between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te is utterly unjustified as threats and intimidation never foster friendship. The comments by the Taiwanese Foreign Ministry came a day after China protested an...

New Delhi: Heat waves like those experienced in India this May are nearly 1.5 degree Celsius warmer than the country's previously recorded hottest heatwaves, according to a new rapid attribution study by an independent group of climate scientists and researchers. The analysts at ClimaMeter said...

New Delhi: The CBI filed its final charge sheet Friday in connection with land for jobs scam allegedly involving former railway minister Lalu Prasad and his family members, the officials said. The final report submitted by the CBI in the special court covers all the...

New Delhi: The Congress Friday demanded a high-level investigation under the Supreme Court's supervision into "irregularities" in NEET for medical courses and accused the BJP of cheating youngsters and playing with their futures. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said paper leaks, rigging and corruption have become...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met BJP veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi at their residences here Friday, before staking claim to form the government at the Centre for a third consecutive term. Modi visited Advani soon after being chosen as the leader...

New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Friday slammed the Modi government over alleged irregularities in the NEET medical entrance exam and called for resolution of students' "legitimate complaints" through an investigation. Several aspirants of the medical entrance exam NEET have alleged inflation of marks...

New Delhi: For the next 25 years, Odisha will be among the country's key growth engines, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday at an NDA parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi. “Whenever I think of Lord Jagannatha, I feel he is the God of poor,”...

Imphal: The Manipur government has imposed curfew in Jiribam district for an indefinite period after people staged protests over the killing of a 59-year-old man by suspected militants, an official said Friday. The prohibitory orders were clamped Thursday night after locals set a few abandoned...