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Chandigarh: The Indian Army Thursday announced the launch of extensive humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operations involving 12 helicopters to evacuate and provide medical aid and food to people stranded in food-deprived areas, as per requisitions from the civil administration in Jammu, Himachal Pradesh,...

New Delhi: India is hopeful of resuming negotiations on the proposed bilateral trade agreement (BTA) with the US soon, and addressing the issue of high tariffs imposed by Washington on Indian goods will be key to striking the deal, a government official said Thursday. However,...

New Delhi: A Communist Party of India delegation met the full bench of the Election Commission of India Thursday and discussed issues ranging from the ongoing special intensive revision in Bihar to the implementation of the model code of conduct, party General Secretary D Raja...

Hyderabad: Two armed forces helicopters rescued five villagers trapped in floods in Telangana's Rajanna Sircilla district Thursday. The villagers were stranded in the floods near the Upper Maneru Project in Gambhiraopet Mandal since Wednesday. The helicopters were deployed for the rescue operation after Union Minister...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday granted bail to gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli, who is serving life imprisonment in a murder case after noting his long incarceration. Gawli is undergoing life imprisonment for the 2007 murder of Mumbai Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar. A bench of...

New Delhi: All of India's 1.4 billion people live in areas where annual average particulate pollution levels exceed the WHO guideline and even those in the cleanest regions of the country could live 9.4 months longer if the air quality met global standards, according to...

Imphal: Congress MP Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka Thursday demanded fresh elections in Manipur and said that the party seeks the return of peace and brotherhood in the state. He was speaking at the state-level rally of 'Vote Chor, Gaddi Chor' in Imphal. Ulaka, who is in...

New Delhi: The BJP Thursday alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led "Voter Adhikar Yatra" in Bihar has crossed all "limits of insult, hate and tastelessness", as it said abuses were directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother during the campaign. The BJP on its X...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin Sunday. PM Modi will be in China on the invitation of President Xi to attend the SCO...

New Delhi: The government is trying to speed up the rollout of the export promotion mission to help exporters, a government official said Thursday, a day after the US imposed a total of 50 per cent tariffs on Indian shipments. Exporters, the official said, have...