WASHINGTON: US Senator John McCain has moved a legislative amendment in the Senate to impose gradual diplomatic, military, and economic costs on Pakistan if it continues to provide support to terrorist groups, including the Taliban and the Haqqani network. The ...

BEIJING: National security advisor Ajit Doval’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping+ did not yield any breakthrough that could end the current standoff in Doklam. Analysts, however, said the cool off in the recent weeks may give leaders enough time ...

CHENNAI: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an unmanned, remotely operated tank which has three variants – surveillance, mine detection and reconnaissance in areas with nuclear and bio threats. It is called Muntra. Though developed and tested for ...

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj again took a dig at her Pakistani counterpart Sartaj Aziz, and this time she had company in the form of a Pakistani woman who joined her in lambasting him. The woman from across ...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea seeking nod to terminate 32-week-old pregnancy of a 10-year-old rape survivor. The top court considered the report of medical board that said termination of pregnancy is neither good for the ...

NEW DELHI: As was widely expected, the Nitish Kumar-BJP combine won the crucial floor test in the Bihar Assembly with a convincing margin of 131 votes. The RJD-Congress combine got 108 votes. Nitish-BJP needed 122 members’ support for a win ...

PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Thursday that he will give a befitting reply to all the allegations made by RJD chief Lalu Prasad and the remarks of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi at an opportune time. He maintained ...

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NEW DELHI: A day after new President Ram Nath Kovind notably omitted mentioning Jawaharlal Nehru in his maiden speech+ , the Congress and the BJP sparred fiercely on the issue in the Rajya Sabha, with the former accusing the latter ...

NEW DELHI: Ram Nath Kovind was on Tuesday sworn in as the new President of India. Kovind is the country’s 14th President+ and only the second Dalit to hold the office. The swearing-in ceremony took place in Parliament. Kovind was ...