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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday raised concerns over the activities of armed groups operating near the India-Myanmar border and the impact of Myanmar’s internal conflict on Indian border communities during talks with Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing in New Delhi.Speaking at a special briefing after the high-level bilateral meeting, foreign secretary Vikram…

NEW DELHI: India has formally begun the process of acquiring 114 Rafale fighter jets from France in a deal estimated to be worth around Rs 3.25 lakh crore, marking a major step in one of the country’s largest-ever military procurement programmes.According to defence ministry sources cited by ANI, the Acquisition Wing of the Ministry of…

Sources indicate former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai is set to quit the party, after a meeting with top BJP leaders in Delhi CHENNAI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai will quit the party “in a couple of days” after meeting party national president Nitin Nabin and Union home minister Amit Shah in…

NEW DELHI: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Monday said his government is committed to implementing a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state and has begun the process of gathering public feedback before moving ahead with the proposal.Addressing the issue, Yadav said the practice of different personal laws governing marriage and family matters…

NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Monday added fresh fuel to speculation about his political future after he left for Delhi from Chennai and declined to dismiss reports that he could be preparing to launch a new political outfit.When asked about the growing buzz surrounding a possible new party, Annamalai said,…

India and the United States are inching closer to signing the first tranche of the proposed bilateral trade agreement, with most of the key details already settled, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday. His remarks came as a high-level US delegation arrived in New Delhi for a fresh round of negotiations. Speaking…

Sandipan Saha (L), Ritabrata Banerjee (R) KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday expelled two of its MLAs, Sandipan Saha and Ritabrata Banerjee, from the party’s primary membership with immediate effect, accusing them of anti-party activities and actions prejudicial to the organisation’s interests.In separate expulsion notices issued on June 1, the party said both legislators had…

America is digging deeper into its emergency oil reserves as the fallout from the war with Iran continues to squeeze global energy supplies. Since the conflict began, the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve has lost about 50 million barrels, as the Trump administration seeks to offset supply shortages and ease pressure from rising fuel prices. These…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused an urgent hearing on a plea seeking that the NEET UG 2026 re-examination, scheduled for June 21, be conducted in computer-based test (CBT) mode instead of the traditional pen-and-paper format.The plea was mentioned before a partial-working-day bench comprising Justices PS Narasimha and Arvind Kumar, which declined to…

Russia on Monday announced a ban on aviation fuel exports until November 30 as it seeks to safeguard domestic supplies amid falling refinery output and growing pressure on its energy infrastructure.Announcing the move, the Russian government said the restriction was aimed at maintaining stability in the domestic fuel market. “The aim of this decision is…