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Moscow: Russia has special ties with India and they have always supported each other and it will remain so in the future, President Vladimir Putin has said, as he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for pursuing an "independent foreign policy" in the interest of his...

New York: "The bird is freed," billionaire Elon Musk tweeted Friday after completing the whopping USD 44 billion takeover of Twitter and firing the social media giant's four top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal and legal executive Vijaya Gadde. The New York Times said that...

London: Britain's newly-elected Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Thursday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for congratulating him on his new role, saying he was "excited" about what the two great democracies can achieve as they deepen their security, defence and economic partnership. His comment came...

Moscow: India is considering resuming purchases of Russian wheat with the aim of processing and re-exporting it, the TASS news agency reported. This is reportedly seen as a way for India to increase its own exports, RT reported. New Delhi previously bought wheat from Ukraine,...

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday told his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu that the nuclear option should not be resorted to by any side involved in the Ukraine conflict and the crisis should be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy. In their telephonic talks, Shoigu...

New Delhi: Mallikarjun Kharge has officially taken over as the Congress president and became the first non-Gandhi after a gap of 24 years to be the party chief. Ahead of his official takeover as the Congress president Wednesday, Kharge paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at...

London: Rishi Sunak Tuesday scripted history when he was appointed by King Charles III as Britain's first Indian-origin Prime Minister after being elected unopposed as the new leader of the governing Conservative Party on Diwali. The 42-year-old former Chancellor of Exchequer, a devout Hindu, is...

Kolkata: With cyclone Sitrang intensifying into a deep depression Sunday night, coastal districts of South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas and East Midnapore in West Bengal have started experiencing rainfall. Even the state capital of Kolkata has started feeling the impact of the approaching cyclone...

New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has cancelled the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) licences of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) and the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT), two NGOs headed by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, for alleged violation of laws, officials...

Beijing: High drama ensued at the concluding session of the ruling Communist Party Congress here Saturday as former president Hu Jintao was escorted out of the podium under the full glare of the media. Hu, 79, sitting next to President Xi Jinping in the front...