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‘Semiconductor sector key area of India-Japan cooperation’

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Tokyo Electron Factory along with his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday. Modi and Ishiba went...

Congress pushes for GST reforms, 8 opp-ruled states back rate cuts with conditions

NEW DELHI: The Congress along with eight opposition-ruled states said it favors significant reforms to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and would back...

RCB announces Rs 25 lakh compensation to families of stampede victims, launches ‘RCB CARES’

BENGALURU: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Saturday announced a compensation of Rs 25 lakh each for the families of the 11 fans who died...

National Designated Authority to oversee carbon trading: What it means for India

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has constituted a National Designated Authority (NDA), as required under the Paris Agreement,...

Deforestation linked to 28,000 heat-related deaths in tropics, including India

NEW DELHI: Deforestation in tropical forests across India, Brazil, Panama, and Indonesia has contributed to a surge in heat-related deaths amongst nearby populations, according...

India, Japan to partner for Chandrayaan-5 mission to Moon: PM Modi in Tokyo

NEW DELHI: In a significant development for international space cooperation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced during his visit to Tokyo that India and Japan...

PM Modi begins Japan visit; what about Manipur, Congress asks

NEW DELHI: The Congress wasted no time in taking a swipe at ”The Frequently Flying (and more frequently lying) Prime Minister” and pointing to...

Voter Adhikar Yatra: Sachin Pilot poses 3 questions to Centre; condemns Patna clashes

NEW DELHI: Congress General Secretary Sachin Pilot on Friday raised three pointed questions for the Centre during the ongoing Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar. Speaking...

Former RBI Governor Urjit Patel appointed as ED at IMF

NEW DELHI: Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Urjit Patel, has been appointed Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), government...

Bhagwat’s retirement remark sparks row; Akhilesh accuses him of ‘double standards’

LUCKNOW: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s clarification on retirement has set off a fresh political debate, with Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav accusing him...

LS Speaker inaugurates national conference on welfare of SC, ST

BHUBANESWAR: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday inaugurated the two-day National Conference of Chairpersons of the Committees on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes...

Lakes across India are drying up. Why it’s bad news

NEW DELHI: Lakes, once the lifeline of cities and villages, are drying at an alarming pace. Along with maintaining biodiversity, lakes help in climate...

India should retaliate with 100% tariff: Kejriwal on US move

NEW DELHI: The AAP chief accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of betraying cotton farmers by scrapping the duty on American cotton, which, he said,...

Modi, Xi Jinping likely to meet on sidelines of SCO Summit

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation...

Centre extends import duty exemption on cotton till Dec 31

NEW DELHI: A day after the imposition of Trump tariffs on Indian goods, the central government announced the extension of the import duty exemption...

Indian History Congress slams NCERT modules

‘Distorted polarising history fed to school children’s minds’ NEW DELHI: Terming NCERT’s new modules on ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’ as “falsehoods, with a clear communal...

MK Stalin joins ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar

Calls voter deletion ‘worse than terrorism’ MUZAFFARPUR (BIHAR): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin on Wednesday joined the Congress-led ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’...

BJP wins elections by stealing votes, alleges Rahul Gandhi at Bihar rally

MUZAFFARPUR (BIHAR): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused the BJP of winning polls by "stealing votes with the help of the Election Commission...

One-third school students take private coaching: Centre’s survey

‘Trend more common in urban areas’ NEW DELHI: Nearly one-third of school students take private coaching and the trend is more common in urban areas,...

Our endeavour is to empower both neo-middle class, middle class: PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said India is becoming empowered today by walking on the path shown by “Sudarshan-Chakradhari Mohan and Charkhadhari...

Birla urges lawmakers to uphold dignity of legislatures

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday expressed concern over the gradual decline in the dignity of legislative institutions, stressing that freedom...

Instagram reels, beauty salon dreams sparked brutal murder of Nikki Bhati: Police

NEW DELHI: In a shocking twist in the Nikki Bhati dowry murder case, police said her wish to pursue a career became the trigger...

Dalit hatred ingrained in BJP-RSS, says Congress after Insta post calls Oppn ‘Chuhras’

NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday accused the Bihar BJP of using casteist slur to malign Opposition leaders after a video posted on the BJP’s...

Digvijay Singh tries to clear air on why Jyotiraditya Scindia shunned Congress to join BJP

NEW DELHI: Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh has made an attempt to clear the air on the ouster of Jyotiraditya Scindia from...

Spiritual development can happen through educational institutions: Rajnath

Jodhpur: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday asserted that Indian forces gave a “befitting reply” to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor and “our soldiers did...

INDIA bloc constituents in Bihar working unitedly, poll results will be fruitful: Rahul Gandhi

ARARIA (BIHAR): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday asserted that all the INDIA bloc constituents in Bihar were working unitedly for the upcoming assembly...

BJP accuses Rahul of misleading people with baseless allegations

PATNA: BJP leader and Patna Sahib MP Ravi Shankar Prasad strongly countered Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of ‘vote theft’ and asked RJD leader...

Authorities moving at snail’s pace: SC directs boundary demarcation of wetlands within 2 months

NEW DELHI: Noting that state wetland authorities are moving at a snail’s pace, the Supreme Court has directed States to expedite the ground truthing...

ISRO conducts air drop test ahead of December Gaganyaan launch

NEW DELHI: In a major step towards India’s ambitious maiden human spaceflight mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has successfully conducted its first...

Constitution under challenge, democracy in deficit, says INDIA bloc’s VP pick Reddy

NEW DELHI: Opposition Vice Presidential candidate B. Sudershan Reddy on Saturday (August 23, 2025) said there was a “deficit in democracy” in the country...

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