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Guwahati/ Kokrajhar: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Monday criticised rights activist Syeda Hameed for her remark that "Bangladeshis can live here", asserting that such statements legitimise infiltrators and seek to "realise Jinnah's dream of making Assam a part of Pakistan." Sarma claimed that the...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore/Bhadrak: Large parts of northern Odisha’s Balasore, Bhadrak and Jajpur districts were inundated by overflowing rivers Monday, officials said. In the worst-affected Balasore district, Balipal, Basta, Bhograi and Jeleswar blocks were inundated by the overflowing Subarnarekha, they said. In neighbouring Bhadrak, the overflowing Baitarani river...

Noida: A man accused of setting his wife on fire over dowry was shot in leg Sunday while escaping custody, police said. Vipin Bhati was arrested Saturday after he was caught on video allegedly assaulting and dragging by her hair his wife, Nikki, in a...

New Delhi: Postal services to the US have been temporarily suspended as the US-bound air carriers have denied carrying shipments due to lack of clarity in new norms issued by the American customs department, Ministry of Communications said Saturday. However, services will continue for letters,...

Mangaluru (Karnataka): The complainant who had alleged there were multiple murders, rapes and burials in Dharmasthala over a period of the past two decades, was arrested Saturday by the SIT formed to investigate these charges, official sources said. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) and its...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a four-day visit of Japan and China August 29, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced Friday. In the first leg of his trip, Modi will be in Japan on a two-day visit. From Japan, he...

Moscow:  Concluding a significant three-day visit to Russia, External Affairs Minister (EAM), Dr S. Jaishankar, reaffirmed the strength and depth of the India-Russia strategic partnership, co-chairing the 26th Session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) and holding...

New Delhi: China fully opposes the US move of imposing tariffs of up to 50 per cent on India and Washington's threat to increase it, Chinese envoy Xu Feihong said here Thursday. In his address at an event here, Feihong also said that tariff and...

New York: The US' priority should be to reverse the "downward spiral" in ties with India, Republican leader Nikki Haley has said, stressing that New Delhi must be treated as a "prized free and democratic" partner. The Indian-American leader's remarks in an opinion piece in...

New Delhi: Union Minister Amit Shah Wednesday introduced three Bills in Lok Sabha for the removal of Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and ministers arrested on serious criminal charges for 30 days, drawing fierce protests from the Opposition as the draft laws were referred to a...