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New Delhi: India -- the world’s second-largest sugar producer -- has prohibited exports till September 30, 2026 or until further orders in a move aimed at ensuring domestic availability and containing local prices amid concerns over lower production. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)...

Thiruvananthapuram: Ten days after the results of the Assembly elections were announced, Congress is set to announce the new Chief Minister of Kerala Thursday. The Congress high command Wednesday night finally signalled that the wait for the southern state’s next Chief Minister was nearing an...

Imphal: Security forces arrested six militants belonging to various proscribed outfits from two districts of Manipur, police said Thursday. All the arrests were made Wednesday. Security personnel apprehended the self-styled 'founder chairman' of the KCP (PWG) along with four other active cadres of the outfit...

New Delhi: India and the United Arab Emirates are expected to firm up two significant agreements to boost cooperation in areas of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and strategic petroleum reserves during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Gulf nation May 15, authoritative sources said...

New Delhi: Dairy product major Mother Dairy Wednesday announced a nationwide hike of Rs 2 per litre across its key liquid milk variants, effective May 14. The step comes soon after Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), also announced an increase of Rs two per...

Gandhinagar: India’s largest dairy cooperative, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), announced a nationwide increase of Rs two per litre in the prices of Amul fresh milk, with the revised rates set to come into effect from May 14. The federation markets milk and dairy...

Raipur/Bijapur: The security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur District have delivered a staggering blow to the logistical and financial backbone of the Naxalite movement following a series of high-stakes joint operations. In a coordinated effort involving the Bijapur Police, District Reserve Guard, Special Task Force, CoBRA,...

New Delhi: The CBI has arrested five persons and is conducting searches at multiple locations across the country in connection with the NEET UG paper leak case as the agency intensified its investigation, officials said Wednesday. The agency has arrested three individuals from Jaipur, one...

New Delhi: Brazil Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and Uzbekistan's Deputy Foreign Minister Aloyev Bakhromjon Joraboevich arrived in New Delhi Wednesday to attend the two-day BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting, which starts in the capital from Thursday. Earlier in the day, Kazakhstan's First Deputy Foreign Minister Yerzhan...

Lucknow: Prateek Yadav, the younger son of late Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, died of sudden cardiac arrest, the post-mortem report said Wednesday. According to the autopsy findings, Prateek Yadav suffered "massive pulmonary thromboembolism" - a life-threatening condition in which a blood clot...