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New Delhi: The first evacuation flight bringing back a batch of Indian nationals being moved out of Iran is likely to arrive in India in the early hours of Thursday, officials said. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement Tuesday that Indian...

Leeds: India captain Shubman Gill is set to take up the iconic No. 4 spot in the batting order for the first Test against England at Headingley, Leeds, beginning Friday. Gill's deputy and wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant confirmed the decision during a press conference Wednesday, ending...

New Delhi: In a significant stride towards enhancing coastal defence and maritime capabilities, the Indian Navy Wednesday commissioned INS Arnala, the first of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, into the Eastern Naval Command, in the presence of Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan,...

Ahmedabad: Six days after the tragic Air India plane crash that claimed 279 lives, the process of identifying the deceased through DNA matching is underway on a war footing. By Wednesday, DNA samples of 206 victims had been successfully matched, and 169 bodies had been...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has declared a holiday for all schools under the Bhubaneswar and Cuttack municipal corporations June 20, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit for a state-level event marking one year of the BJP government. The decision aims to ease traffic movement...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Wednesday shared some of the major highlights from the Ministry in the past few weeks which include robust manufacturing and rising FDI inflows, among others. Those in the semiconductor and electronics component manufacturing space have a lot...

Geneva: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has raised serious concerns over "ongoing infringements" on the rights of people living in Tibet and called to align legislation and policies with international human rights law. Addressing the 59th session of the Human Rights...

New Delhi: The Election Commission Wednesday said it has introduced a new procedure to ensure the delivery of voter identity cards to electors within 15 days of an update in the electoral rolls, including new enrolment or a change in any particulars of an existing...

Pakistan never fails to make the world laugh, and here is proof. In a video going viral on social media, some rustic Pakistani men can be seen proudly sitting in a big 'fighter jet.' But this is not a real jet, rather, it is a...

Shillong: More than three weeks after the sensational murder of Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi, the Meghalaya government has directed all homestays, resorts and families to mandatorily record details of tourists they host, officials said Wednesday. A senior official of the Meghalaya Tourism Department said that...