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New Delhi: The Indian team, headed by Special Secretary in the Department of Commerce Rajesh Agrawal, will remain in Washington until Monday for negotiations on an interim trade agreement with the US, an official said. The stay of the Indian officials has been extended for...

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began an official visit to Spain, Portugal and Brazil from Monday to July 5 (Saturday), the Ministry said Monday. She is leading the Indian delegation from the Department of Economic Affairs under the Ministry of Finance. As part...

Kolkata: Three out of the four persons arrested in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a female student at a city-based law college had pre-planned the assault, a police officer said Monday. Sleuths of the nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the incident also found...

Navi Mumbai: Authorities in Navi Mumbai are investigating a case involving a newborn girl left alone on a public road, alongside a handwritten note pleading for forgiveness. According to police, the infant -- estimated to be just three days old -- was found inside a...

Jammu: The Army said  Monday that it has thwarted an infiltration attempt on the Line of Control (LoC) by terrorists in the Rajouri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, and two infiltrators have been neutralised. A defence ministry spokesman said here that several terrorists were neutralised,...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will be on an official visit to the US from June 30-July 2, at the invitation of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, to participate in the next edition of the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting (QFMM), scheduled...

Hyderabad: Six workers were feared killed and 28 others injured in a massive reactor blast at an industrial unit at Pashamailaram near Hyderabad Monday. The incident occurred at a chemical factory in the industrial area in Sangareddy district around 9 a.m. The explosion triggered a...

Kolkata: As the investigation into the rape of a law student within her college premises at Kasba in South Kolkata, West Bengal, continues, information has surfaced that the said college authorities allegedly ignored criminal antecedents of one of the three prime accused, Monojit Mishra, while...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Railways has decided to prepare reservation charts for long-distance trains eight hours in advance, instead of the current four hours, to help passengers travelling from remote locations plan their journeys better. The decision was taken during a recent review meeting...

Dehradun: The 24-hour suspension on the Char Dham Yatra was officially lifted Monday, officials confirmed, allowing the pilgrimage to resume after a temporary halt due to relentless rainfall and heightened risks of landslides in Uttarakhand. Garhwal Divisional Commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey told IANS, "The 24-hour...