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The economic relations between India and the Arab countries have to be stepped up to match the strategic partnership and bilateral understanding at the political level, a senior MEA official said on Tuesday. Sanjay Bhattacharyya, Secretary, Consular, Pa...

President Donald Trump didn't have to look very far for one of the contenders on his short list to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court: he's been considering one of his own lawyers.

Ten cities around the world on Tuesday joined New York and London in committing to divest from fossil fuel companies as part of efforts to combat climate change.

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the BJP's oldest ally, on Tuesday announced road blockades across Punjab on September 25 to protest against the contentious farm bills passed by Parliament. However, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh termed the Akalis'...

The dead include 11 children aged between two to 11years, an official said. Those rescued are being treated at hospitals in Bhiwandi and Thane, he added.

Punjab's COVID-19 tally crossed the one lakh-mark on Tuesday with 1,498 new cases, while 66 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 2,926, according to a medical bulletin. Eleven deaths were reported from Jalandhar, nine each from Ludhiana, Amritsar a...

The BJP on Tuesday organised protests here and other places in Telangana in protest against the TRS government allegedly not providing houses to the poor despite the Centre sanctioning funds under thePM Awas Yojana and demanding abolition of charges in...

Palestine has quit its current chairmanship of Arab League meetings, the Palestinian foreign minister said on Tuesday, condemning as dishonourable any Arab agreement to establish formal relations with Israel.

Haryana reported 29 more fatalities due to COVID-19 on Tuesday, taking the death toll to 1,206, while 1,795 fresh cases pushed the state's infection tally to 1,14,870. Of the new deaths, four each were reported from Gurugram and Panchkula, three each fr...

The U.S. securities regulator is poised to walk back a proposal to impose discretionary caps on whistleblower awards and tighten deadlines for formally filing tips when it votes to overhaul the bounty program this week, five people briefed on the matter t...

Loktantrik Janata Dal leader and former Union minister Sharad Yadav, who was admitted to a private hospital due to illness, is recovering, his close aide Arjun Rai said on Tuesday. After a serious spell of illness, Yadav's health has shown improvement i...

Earlier on Tuesday, the Tata Group said it is open to buying out the stake held by its largest minority shareholder, the billionaire Mistry family, as part of a proposal to help end a years-long legal dispute between the two parties.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday unveiled an ambitious plan to set up a film city in Gautam Budh Nagar by Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) with all world-class civil, public and technological facilities.

Dia Mirza is one of the latest celebrity names to have surfaced in reports on the Bollywood-drugs nexus probe linked to Sushant Singh Rajput's death.

The escalating extremist insurgency in northern Mozambique has displaced 310,000 people, creating an urgent humanitarian crisis, the World Food Program said Tuesday.

ASJ Rana on Monday had recused himself from hearing the matter, saying he was shocked as he was approached by one of his classmates on behalf of the accused, while terming the incident as unfortunate.