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New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, handing over a message and invitation from President Xi Jinping to the PM for the SCO Summit being held in Tianjin, later this month. Wang Yi, a Member...

Mumbai: A Monorail train with at least 200 passengers on board came to a halt due to apparent power failure between Mysore Colony and Bhakti Park stations in Mumbai amid heavy rains Tuesday evening, with rescue operations underway for more than an hour. The passengers...

New Delhi: Opposition MPs Tuesday lauded the choice of B Sudershan Reddy as their candidate for the September 9 vice-presidential polls, as they called the election an "ideological fight". Reddy, a former Supreme Court judge and former Lokayukta who was unanimously picked by the opposition...

New Delhi: There is no change in India's position on Taiwan and New Delhi's relationship with it focuses on economic, technology and cultural ties, government sources said Tuesday. The clarification came after the Chinese foreign ministry misquoted External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar as saying during...

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a Bill to set up an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Guwahati with the Union government providing capital support of Rs 550 crore. The Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2025 -- which was passed amid...

New Delhi: India and the US are negotiating a multi-sector bilateral trade agreement and as a part of the negotiations, both sides are discussing liberalisation of trade in goods, including non-sensitive agricultural products, Parliament was informed Tuesday. The government is engaged with all relevant stakeholders...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Union Cabinet has approved the construction of a six-lane access-controlled capital region ring road (Bhubaneswar Bypass) in Odisha on Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) at a total capital cost of Rs 8,307.74 crore, I&B Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Tuesday. Currently, connectivity between Rameshwar...

New Delhi: There has been an ‘upward trend’ in India-China relations in the past nine months as peace and tranquillity prevailed along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), National Security Adviser Ajit Doval said Tuesday during his talks on the boundary issue with Chinese Foreign...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to China to attend the upcoming summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said Tuesday during his talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. In his televised opening remarks at a new...

New Delhi: Former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy is the joint candidate of the Opposition parties for the Vice-Presidential polls, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge announced Tuesday, as he called the upcoming election for the country's second-highest office an "ideological battle". Reddy is a former...