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Male: India is proud to be the most trusted friend of the Maldives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday after announcing a Rs 4,850 crore line of credit to the island nation. Modi made the remarks after holding wide-ranging talks with Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu,...

New Delhi: In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday said he has met the PM in person a few times and found him "all show and no substance". Gandhi made the remarks while addressing a 'Bhagidari Nyay Sammelan'...

It is often said that losing caution leads to disaster and this bitter truth played out in a shocking incident. If a person loses attention even for a second, everything can end in an instant. Something similar happened to a man while setting a tarpaulin...

New Delhi: Uma Kanjilal has been appointed the first woman Vice Chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), four decades after the university was established, according to education ministry officials. "With over 36 years of distinguished service in the Open and Distance Learning...

New Delhi: Lok Sabha will take up a bipartisan motion to remove Justice Yashwant Varma, who is embroiled in a suspected corruption case, as the Opposition-sponsored notice for a similar motion in Rajya Sabha was not admitted. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said Friday that...

Srinagar: Online war games akin to PUBG, requiring chats with partners, anonymous or otherwise, have emerged as a key communication channel for terror groups and Pakistan's ISI to convey messages to their recruits in Jammu and Kashmir, officials here said. As terror groups operating across...

New Delhi: Asserting that Operation Sindoor "still continues", Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan Friday said the country's military preparedness must remain at a "very high" level, round-the-clock and throughout the year. In his address at a defence seminar hosted at Subroto Park here,...

Mumbai: The India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) should help various sectors in the country, including manufacturing and the services industry, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra said Friday. According to the RBI chief, multilateralism has taken a back seat, and India now requires...

New Delhi: First-time employees registered with the EPFO are set to earn Rs 15,000 from August 1 under the new PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY), said the Ministry of Labour and Employment Friday. PM-VBRY, earlier known as the employment-linked incentive (ELI) scheme, was cleared...

New Delhi: Kamal Haasan, the celebrated celluloid figure and politician from Tamil Nadu, formally entered national politics Friday, taking oath as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha. Delivering his oath in Tamil, Haasan underscored his cultural roots and civic commitment, stating, “As an...