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Man arrested for killing air hostess found dead in Mumbai police custody

Mumbai/IBNS: A 40-year-old man, who was arrested for allegedly killing 25-year-old air hostess Rupal Ogrey, was found dead in Mumbai police's custody in the early hours of Friday, media reports said.

UN will 'accept' India's name change to 'Bharat' if formalities completed

New Delhi/IBNS: The United Nations Friday said it "will change India's name to Bharat in UN records" if New Delhi completes all the formalities for the same, a spokesperson for the global body told NDTV. 

PM Modi holds 'productive' bilateral talks with US Prez Joe Biden; private dinner follows next

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday met United States President Joe Biden at his residence for bilateral discussions shortly after he landed in New Delhi for the G20 Summit scheduled to begin Saturday.

UN Secretary General António Guterres calls 'world a dysfunctional place', calls for UNSC reform

New Delhi: United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has called for reforms to the UN Security Council as he pointed out the widening rifts and growing tensions across the world.

BJP seals deal with JDS in south ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls, says NS Yediyurappa

New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal (Secular) have an "understanding" for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha election, ex-Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said Friday morning.

G20: Joe Biden arrives in India first time after becoming US President, to meet PM Modi

New Delhi/IBNS: United States President Joe Biden arrived in Delhi for the first time Friday evening to take part in the G20 Summit to be held over the weekend.

Varanasi court grants additional 8 weeks time to ASI to complete survey of Gyanvapi mosque complex

Varanasi/IBNS/UNI: The Varanasi District Court, on an application, moved by the Archaeological Survey of India on Friday granted an additional 8 weeks time to the ASI to complete the scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex.

New Delhi G20 Summit will chart a new path in the human-centric and inclusive development: Narendra Modi

PM Narendra Modi has expressed confidence that the New Delhi G20 Summit will chart a new path in human-centric and inclusive development.

Jammu and Kashmir: Police arrest hybrid militant, his associate in Budgam

Security forces arrested a “hybrid” militant and his associate in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district, police said on Friday.

Dhupguri bypoll: TMC wrests North Bengal seat from BJP in boost for Mamata ahead of 2024 polls

Kolkata/IBNS: In a boost for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Trinamool Congress on Friday wrested back the Dhupguri assembly seat from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a bypoll.

British PM Rishi Sunak arrives in India for G20 Summit, Narendra Modi welcomes him

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived in India on Friday to attend the G20 meeting in New Delhi.

World Bank's G20 document praises India's financial inclusion via digital public infrastructure, Modi says it is a testament to rapid progress and innovation

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday shared findings of World Bank that the bank included in it's G20 document that India has achieved financial inclusion targets in just 6 years which would otherwise have taken at least 47 long years.

G20 Summit: PM Narendra Modi changes X page cover photo with Nataraja statue picture

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday changed the cover picture of his X page with a photo of the Nataraja statue that has been installed at the G20 venue in Delhi's Pragati Maidan.

Will Shivaji's 'wagh nakh' return to India, there is an update from UK

The United Kingdom will return the iconic 'wagh nakh', a dagger reminiscent of tiger claws, which was used by Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to assassinate Afzal Khan.

G20: Narendra Modi to meet Joe Biden, Sheikh Hasina today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold bilateral meetings with US President Joe Biden, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnaut at his residence here on Friday.

India-Gulf rail deal in works but not sure of announcement timeline, says top US official Jake Sullivan

Connectivity from India, across the Middle East, to Europe is incredibly important and will bring significant gains to all the countries involved, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has said.

I don’t see any difference between 'Bharat' and 'India', says National Conference President Farooq Abdullah

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Friday said he does not see any difference between 'Bharat' and 'India'.

Puthipally Assembly bypoll: Chandy Oommen clinches by record margin of 37,719 votes

Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Chandy Oommen won the Puthipally Assembly bypoll by a record margin of 37,719 votes, defeating his nearest rival Jaick C Thomas of the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala on Friday.

G20 Summit: PM Modi-Sheikh Hasina meeting in New Delhi today

Dhaka/UNI/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina at the G20 Summit in New Delhi on Friday.

Bengal: BJP-TMC close fight in Dhupguri bypoll

Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Trinamool Congress are engaged in a close contest in the bypoll held in West Bengal's Dhupguri.

Russia-Ukraine war: 'India did the right thing,' says Manmohan Singh praising Modi govt's stand

New Delhi/IBNS: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has backed the central government, which is run by his Congress' arch-rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in its stand over the Russia-Ukraine war.

Every time G20 leaders engage, we get better: US President Joe Biden departs for New Delhi to attend Summit

US President Joe Biden on Friday said he is heading to India to participate in the G20 Summit where he will be focussed on making progress on 'Americans' priorities'.

Spanish President Pedro Sanchez tests COVID-19 positive, to skip G20 Summit in New Delhi

Spanish President Pedro Sanchez will skip the G20 Meeting in New Delhi after he announced he has tested COVID-19 positive.

'Sanatana' eternal truth, opposition trying to do petty politics: Yogi Adityanath

Lucknow/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that 'parasites of power' cannot destroy Sanatana Dharma, which is eternal truth, and even the Mughal rulers like Babar and Aurangzeb could not succeed in their evil designs against it.

Over USD 1.8 billion worth of assets seized from economic offenders and fugitives in last 4 yrs

New Delhi: Over USD 1.8 billion worth of assets have been recovered from economic offenders and fugitives in the last four years, after the government brought in the Economic Offenders Act, according to Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh.

'Even as we launch Chandrayaan to Moon...': MK Stalin comes out in support of son on 'Sanatana Dharma' remark

Chennai/IBNS: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin Thursday came in defence of his minister son Udhayanidhi Stalin, who is at the centre of a massive controversy over his "sanatana dharma must be eradicated" remark.

Hundreds of local terrorists sheltered in PoK to lose their J&K assets: Police

Srinagar/IBNS: Hundreds of terrorists from Jammu and Kashmir who have taken shelter in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir over the last several years may lose their properties after the J&K administration initiated the process of declaring them as "proclaimed offenders" and start attaching their properties.

Govt considering to invite Quad leaders as Republic Day guests

New Delhi: India is considering inviting the leaders of the Quad grouping as guests on Republic Day.

TN minister Udhayanidhi accuses BJP of using 'Sanatana' row as 'weapon to protect its failures'

Chennai/IBNS: Amid strong criticisms from the Bharatiya Janata Party and Union Ministers for his remarks on Sanatana dharma, Tamil Nadu Youth Welfare and Sports Development Minister and DMK youth wing leader Udhayanidhi Stalin on Thursday said the BJP regime at the Centre was using it as a weapon to protect itself from its failures.

Bengal foundation day: Suvendu Adhikari leads BJP MLAs' protest march to Raj Bhavan over state govt's move

Kolkata/IBNS: Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Suvendu Adhikari Thursday led a legislative party delegation to Governor C V Ananda Bose to submit a memorandum against the alleged "devious attempt" made by the state government to "distort the history", which led to the formation of the eastern state on June 20, 1947.