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New Delhi: India and the US will commence ministerial-level meetings in Washington from May 17 to assess the progress of negotiations for the proposed bilateral trade agreement, provide political guidance to chief negotiators and push forward efforts to deepen economic ties, an official said. Commerce...

New Delhi: The government is planning to send multi-party parliamentary delegations to several countries in the coming days to explain India's stand on terrorism from Pakistan, and the Congress Friday said it will definitely be part of them. While there was no official word on...

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India B R Gavai Friday deprecated the decision of the Supreme Court Bar Association not to hold the usual farewell ceremony for retiring judge Justice Bela M Trivedi. I must deprecate openly, because I believe in speaking plainly... The association...

New Delhi: In an interim relief to lakhs of state government employees, the Supreme Court Friday asked the West Bengal government to pay them dearness allowance (DA) at the rate of 25 per cent. A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta ordered the...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair NITI Aayog's Governing Council meeting May 24, according to official sources. The agenda of the meeting is being firmed up, they said. The governing council -- the apex body of NITI Aayog -- includes all chief ministers,...

Bhuj (Guj): India Friday called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reconsider its USD one billion assistance to Pakistan, suggesting that Islamabad could use it for terror funding. In an address to military personnel here, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said India does not want...

New Delhi: The central government has exposed yet another instance of fake news being circulated by Pakistan on social media -- this time involving a fabricated front page of a reputed British daily. According to a fact-check issued by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), an...

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reached the Indian Air Force Station in Gujarat’s BhujFriday, days after India’s successful 'Operation Sindoor', which saw forces destroying multiple terror assets across the border in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) as well as deep inside Pakistan. Air Chief Marshal AP Singh...

Kolkata: An advocate of the Calcutta High Court Friday sought suo motu intervention of the same court in the matter of “unprovoked” and “ruthless” cane-charge by police on protesting teachers at the West Bengal education department headquarters. The secondary and higher secondary teachers from state-run...

Srinagar: After the April 22 Pahalgam attack, security forces turned the focus of their anti-terror operations to specific areas in south Kashmir and eliminated six terrorists in the past three days, officials said Friday. "The security agencies reviewed their strategy according to the situation in...