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Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at a function to commemorate the annual Panchayati Raj, or grassroots democracy, Day in Palli village near Jammu, Sunday, April 24, 2022. (AP/Channi Anand)

AA Edit | Kashmir urgently needs a timeframe for statehood

Prime Minister did not commit to a timeline as to when the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will regain statehood

26 April 2022 4:12 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with European Commission Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen during the Raisina Dialogue 2022, in New Delhi, Monday, April 25, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Modi, EU chief hold talks; set up trade, tech council

The two also discussed bilateral cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and agreed to resume negotiations for proposed...

26 April 2022 2:19 AM IST

Bajrang Dal members stage a protest against the recent killings of Hindus and vandalism of a Durga idol by miscreants in Bangladesh. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | If India turns into a Hindu Rashtra, what will it mean

o understand what changes can come here, we must first try to understand what the term Hindu Rashtra means

26 April 2022 1:41 AM IST

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor. (Photo: PTI)

Confusion over Kishor entry into Congress after his KCR dealings

The political strategist had met KCR only to bid him adieu and cut all commercial ties with the TRS in the state, said...

26 April 2022 1:01 AM IST

Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hands with his Britains counterpart Boris Johnson after a joint press briefing at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on April 22, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Boris' UK & Modi's India: On the same...

History is reinforced by 1.4 million Indian-origin people comprising the largest ethnic group there after whites

26 April 2022 1:00 AM IST

Sensex surges nearly 400 pts in early trade; Nifty tops 11,500. (PTI Photo)

Sensex slumps 617 pts; Nifty falls below 17,000

Asian markets in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul and Shanghai settled significantly lower

26 April 2022 12:10 AM IST

MP Navneet Rana (ANI)

Shiv Sena slams BJP over Hanuman Chalisa row, says Hindutva is...

Hindutva is doing fine in Maharashtra because it is being led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, said Sena mouthpiece...

25 April 2022 1:48 PM IST

Russian tanks roll along a street in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

US promises new aid to Ukraine in fight against Russia

In meetings with Zelenskyy U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US had approved a $165 million sale of...

25 April 2022 1:19 PM IST

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur (PTI file image)

Uniform Civil Code a good step, open to implementing it in Himachal:...

In Himachal, the ruling BJP is facing a new challenger in AAP which had recently won the neighbouring state of Punjab

25 April 2022 1:05 PM IST

Sixty four per cent of capital outlays in the military budget of 2021 were earmarked for acquisitions of domestically produced arms. (Representational image: DC)

India's military spending 3rd highest in world after US, China:...

According to the Stockholm based institute, India's military spending was up by 0.9 per cent from 2020 and by 33 per...

25 April 2022 11:33 AM IST

A woman wearing a face mask walks past a mural in Beijing, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Beijing Covid spike prompts mass testing, panic buying

Queues snaked around malls and outside office complexes on Monday as people waited to be swabbed for samples by health...

25 April 2022 11:00 AM IST

French President and La Republique en Marche party candidate for re-election Emmanuel Macron holds his fist in the air as he holds Brigitte Macrons hand after his victory in Frances presidential election, in Paris, on April 24, 2022. (Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

France's Macron wins new term after far-right battle

Macron is the first French president in two decades to win a second term, but his latest victory was narrower than the...

25 April 2022 10:39 AM IST