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BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for an immediate end to hostilities in West Asia, saying the situation had reached a "critical juncture", as he held talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin here amid escalating regional...

NEW DELHI: Delhi experienced a warm Wednesday morning as the minimum temperature settled at 28.3 degrees Celsius while the weather office issued an 'orange' alert for heatwave conditions, with isolated places in the city likely to reel under intense...

KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has notified the Annapurna Yojna for women, replacing the 'Lakshmir Bhandar' programme, for a monthly allowance of Rs 3,000, which will take effect from June 1. The notification, issued by the Women and Child Development...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic Giorgia Meloni have said the relationship between India and Italy has now reached a decisive stage, evolving from a cordial friendship into...

MUMBAI: The rupee slipped to a fresh record low of 96.47 against the US dollar in intraday trade on Tuesday, pressured by rise in crude oil prices, strong dollar and geopolitical uncertainties. The rupee is Asia's worst-performing currency in 2026,...

NEW DELHI: Under Operation Sindoor, Indian forces dismantled terror infrastructure, punctured a long-standing strategic assumption, and then stopped "deliberately and purposefully", and it reflected "smart power" in its most complete expression, Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi said on Tuesday. In...

NEW DELHI: India's peak power demand hit an all-time high of 257.37 GW on Monday, primarily driven by increased usage of cooling devices such as air conditioners and desert coolers amid intensifying heat wave conditions, according to power ministry...

NEW DELHI: Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by about 90 paise per litre on Tuesday, marking the second increase in fuel rates in less than a week after state-run oil firms ended a nearly four-year freeze on revisions. The...

KOLKATA: (May 19) The West Bengal government sanctioned the prosecution of former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh in connection with a case of financial irregularities linked to the institution. An order issued on Monday by the...

NEW DELHI: (May 18) The government's fertiliser subsidy bill for 2026-27 may surge by Rs 70,000 crore to Rs 2.41 lakh crore, driven by rising import costs of urea and other fertilisers amid the ongoing West Asia crisis, a...