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Colombo: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar met Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath, Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa, Labour and Deputy Finance Minister Anil Jayantha and Deputy Tourism Minister Ruwan Ranasinghe Tuesday, reiterating India's full support to the island nation's recovery and rebuilding in the...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday passed an ad-interim injunction protecting the personality and publicity rights of former India captain Sunil Gavaskar, directing social media intermediaries and e-commerce platforms to take down unauthorised content and merchandise misusing his name, image and likeness. A single-judge...

Chennai: Sri Lankan naval personnel Tuesday arrested at least 12 fishermen from Tamil Nadu’s coastal belt on charges of allegedly poaching in international waters, once again highlighting the persistent tensions faced by Indian fishermen in the Palk Strait region. According to officials of the Tamil...

New Delhi: India and New Zealand have concluded negotiations on the Financial Services Annex of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), marking a significant milestone in strengthening bilateral economic and strategic cooperation, according to a Finance Ministry statement issued Tuesday. The India-New Zealand Financial Services Annex...

Srinagar: Two men from the Kashmir Valley have been arrested by police in Arunachal Pradesh for allegedly spying for Pakistan, officials said here Tuesday. The officials said that police in Itanagar arrested the two men from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district for allegedly spying and...

New Delhi:  Holding saffron flags and shouting slogans against the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, hundreds of supporters of the VHP and the Bajrang Dal broke barricades and clashed with police near the fortified Bangladesh High Commission Tuesday. Protesters forced several barricades down...

New Delhi: The Aravallis are the country's natural heritage and have great ecological value, the Congress Tuesday said, as it wondered why the Modi government was "hell-bent" on redefining the mountain range and for whose benefit. In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam...

New Delhi: At least 10 flights were cancelled and more than 270 flights were delayed at the Delhi airport due to fog and low visibility conditions Tuesday. An official said 6 arrivals and 4 departures have been cancelled for the day. Over 270 flights have...

Mumbai: Ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, the alliance between the two Thackeray cousins, Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena UBT) and Raj Thackeray (MNS) --is now official. Party MP Sanjay Raut confirmed the "Manomilan" (Union of Hearts), saying that the workers of both parties...

Kochi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has expressed its readiness to take over the probe into the alleged large-scale gold theft and irregularities at the Sabarimala temple, telling the Kerala High Court that it would have no objection to investigating the case if so...