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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...

Bijapur (Chhattisgarh): In one of the biggest blows to Maoist insurgency in the Bastar region this year, security forces eliminated 18 Naxalites in a fierce encounter in the dense Keshkutul forests of Bijapur district. The toll rose from an initial report of 12 to 18...

Kolkata/ Baharampur: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress Thursday suspended its Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir, who had triggered a storm with the proposal to build a mosque modelled on Babri Masjid in Murshidabad district. Kabir, who has hogged the limelight over the last few years with...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday alleged that the government tells visiting foreign dignitaries not to meet the Leader of the Opposition due to its "insecurity". Gandhi's remarks came hours ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's two-day visit to India. The Leader of the...

Varanasi: A group in Varanasi Thursday organised an "India-Russia Friendship March" to welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of his arrival in India for the annual summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Varanasi is the Lok Sabha constituency of PM Modi since 2014. Putin's India...