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New Delhi: Secretary (West) at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Sibi George, held a meeting with Polish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Wladyslaw T Bartoszewski, in New Delhi Thursday, reviewing the bilateral strategic partnership and discussing key deliverables of the 2024-2028 Action Plan...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his address in the Rajya Sabha Thursday, saying he was "so afraid of the truth that he took refuge in lies". The leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha...

New Delhi: With less than two weeks to go before the national capital hosts the landmark India-AI Impact Summit 2026, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has swung into action to ensure the Lutyens is ready for the international gathering. According to officials, the council...

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Thursday said the Opposition parties walked out of the Rajya Sabha during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reply to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address, as the government has made up its mind that both...

New Delhi: The "historic" India-US trade agreement is in the final stages of detailing that will be completed "very soon", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Thursday after holding wide-ranging talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The talks between Jaishankar and Rubio in...

New Delhi: The Centre Thursday signed an agreement with the Nagaland government and the Eastern Nagaland Peoples' Organisation for the formation of 'Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority' within the state. The agreement was signed in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who said the...

Imphal: A day after three Kuki-Zo MLAs joined the government of Manipur, an organisation  Thursday declared "social boycott" of them for allegedly betraying the community and aligning with the Meiteis. Several groups also called for a "total shutdown" in the Kuki-majority Churachandpur district Friday. Manipur...

New Delhi: India Thursday rejected a Bloomberg report which had claimed that a meeting between National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had taken place last year amid stalled trade talks between the two countries. The report had claimed...

Shillong: At least 16 labourers were killed, and several others feared trapped following an explosion at an "illegal" coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district Thursday, Director General of Police I Nongrang said. Rescue teams have been engaged in search operations, she said, adding...

 New Delhi: India and the six-nation bloc of Middle Eastern nations, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), inked terms of reference Thursday for formally launching negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA). The terms of reference (ToR) outline the scope and modalities of a proposed trade...