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New Delhi: A team of officials from the US is expected to visit India next week for talks on the proposed bilateral trade agreement, sources said Thursday. The visit is crucial as India and the US are working to finalise the first tranche of the...

New Delhi: The BJP Thursday dismissed as a "blatant lie" Rahul Gandhi's allegation that the government does not let foreign dignitaries meet him, the Leader of Opposition, saying he had met many foreign guests, including the prime ministers of New Zealand and Mauritius, this year....

New Delhi: The Union government Thursday refuted a news report that claimed India has signed a deal to lease a $2 billion nuclear-powered submarine from Russia. Terming the report as "misleading", the Press Information Bureau (PIB) said in a fact-check post on X that no...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Jal Shakti clarified Thursday that no water from the Sutlej and Beas flows to Pakistan except during monsoon, when heavy rainfall in the catchment areas of the rivers leads to substantial flooding. In a written reply to a question in...

New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday night kick-started a nearly 27-hour visit to India to further shore up a nearly eight-decade bilateral partnership that remained on a firm footing notwithstanding a fractious geopolitical environment and tensions. In reflection of the importance India attached to...

New Delhi: After Congress MP Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Centre has been advising foreign delegations against meeting or interacting with the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) - a practice he said was followed during previous UPA and NDA regimes, ruling party leaders Thursday rejected...

New Delhi: The government has approved the release of 25 lakh additional liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) during the FY 26 to clear pending applications and move toward saturation of household LPG access, an official statement said Thursday....

New Delhi: India and the Netherlands held the 13th Foreign Office Consultations in New Delhi Thursday, discussing ways to further strengthen the partnership in sectors such as critical technologies and innovation, including semiconductors and AI, science and technology, green hydrogen and shipping, defence and security,...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Thursday said India and Russia must work together to bring greater diversity and balance to their trade basket as he highlighted the huge opportunity in the bilateral economic partnership. In his address at the India-Russia Business Forum...

New Delhi: Over 18.82 lakh Indian students are currently studying in foreign countries, with the highest numbers in the UAE (2.53 lakh), Canada (4.27 lakh), the US (2.55 lakh), Australia (1.96 lakh), and the UK (1.73 lakh), the Parliament was informed Thursday The data, presented...