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Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that Washington and Tehran were close to finalising a broad peace agreement after a series of calls with leaders from the Middle East and South Asia, including Pakistan's Army Chief General Asim Munir and leaders of Gulf nations....

Islamabad: United States and Iran are close to agreeing on a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war, two regional officials and a diplomat said Saturday, as the United States has weighed a new round of attacks on the Islamic Republic. Iran signalled "narrowing...

New Delhi: Asserting that India-US partnership continues to deepen, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Saturday said that the relationship with New Delhi remains at the cornerstone of Washington's approach to the Indo-Pacific and both countries will have some "exciting and new announcements" to make...

Beijing: Ninety miners were killed in a gas explosion in a coal mine in north China, official media in Beijing reported Saturday, adding that 201 miners have so far been rescued. The gas explosion occurred at the Liushenyu coal mine Friday evening. Rescue efforts are...

Beijing: Eighty-two people were killed in a gas explosion in a coal mine in China, according to an official media report. The gas explosion occurred at the Liushenyu coal mine at 7:29 pm Friday. Rescue efforts are ongoing. The death toll rose to 82 following...

Bhubaneswar: At least three persons have died in "heat wave-related incidents" in Odisha this month, as large parts of the state continued to reel under hot and humid conditions, officials said Friday. According to the Special Relief Commissioner's (SRC) Office, reports of 16 deaths due...

New Delhi: The Election Commission Friday announced polls for 24 Rajya Sabha seats June 18. In a statement, the EC said the elections for the Rajya Sabha seats will be held in 10 states where the incumbents are retiring on different dates beginning June 21...

New Delhi: Hamza Burhan, one of the key planners behind the Pulwama attack, was killed by unknown gunmen in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The incident took place at Muzaffarabad in PoK, and Burhan is said to have been shot multiple times. He was attacked and killed...

Chennai: In a major political and administrative exercise aimed at strengthening governance and broadening representation, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay Thursday carried out the first major expansion of the Tamil Nadu Cabinet, inducting 23 new ministers and simultaneously restructuring key portfolios. The move significantly expands...

Chennai: The C. Joseph Vijay-led Tamil Nadu government will undergo its first Cabinet expansion Thursday, with Congress likely to formally join the ministry in a move aimed at strengthening the ruling coalition and filling several key portfolios that have remained vacant since the government assumed...