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Jammu, March 7 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday welcomed the elections in Nepal, saying that the formation of governments must be the choice of the people of the country, and not the result of external intervention or aerial bombardment.Abdullah said he had suggested...

Kalaburagi (Karnataka), March 7 Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge said on Saturday that due to the foreign policy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, even the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other leaders in the current US administration are making...

Srinagar, March 7 National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday criticized the Centre over a US waiver allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil, saying that the country should make its own decisions and no one else should dictate them."We are not dependent. The problem...

Chandigarh, March 7 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday criticised the central government over a US waiver allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil, asking whether the country was being run from the White House.Amid the escalating conflict with Iran, the US on Thursday...

Kalaburagi (Karnataka), March 7 Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Saturday criticised the foreign policy of the central government, alleging that India's global standing was being "compromised" and that the Centre had "failed" to respond firmly to remarks by senior US officials on India's...

The intense military conflict in West Asia has entered its eighth day today, escalating into a wider regional confrontation as the United States, Israel, and Iran continue with a new wave of airstrikes and drone attacks.Tensions escalated in the region after a joint US-Israeli military strike...

New Delhi, March 7 As India explores alternative sources to further strengthen its energy security, countries like Australia, Canada, and several others have offered additional gas supplies, official sources said on Saturday.Citing the ongoing US-Iran conflict, which has led to the closure of...

New Delhi, March 7 The Congress on Saturday strongly criticized the Modi government over US officials' remarks on India's purchase of Russian oil, accusing it of being "cowardly and compromised."The opposition party's statement came after the US said it had given "permission" to India to buy...

New York/Washington, March 7 The US has said it has given "permission" to India to purchase Russian oil that is currently on ships floating on waterways, in an effort to ease supply shortages around the world amid the conflict in West Asia."The world has ample oil supplies. Yesterday, the...

Moscow, March 6 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a telephone conversation with his Afghan counterpart, Amir Khan Muttaqi, on Friday to discuss the ongoing tensions between Kabul and Islamabad, as well as the situation following the US-Israeli strikes on Iran.According to a statement...

Moscow, March 6 Russia will not disclose data on crude oil exports to India and will keep it secret from "too many ill-wishers," the Kremlin said on Friday.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov's comments came hours after US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant said that Washington has issued a temporary...

New Delhi, March 6 In the backdrop of various conflicts taking place in the world, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi on Thursday said that in these times, countries will have to build their own industrial complex, carry out upgrades of technology while production is taking place, and be...

New Delhi, March 6 Opposition parties on Friday accused the government of ceding diplomatic space after the US announced a temporary waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil, a move that the ruling BJP hailed as a success of "strategic oil diplomacy" under Prime Minister Narendra...

New Delhi, March 6 The Left questioned the Centre on Friday over the US' announcement of a "waiver" to Indian refiners for purchasing Russian oil, calling it a "humiliation" of sovereign India.In a statement issued here, the CPI(M) said the country has not faced such a "grave national...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 6 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Friday that it was "outrageous" that India should appear to require US approval for decisions like oil imports.India's sovereignty is not subject to foreign "approval", Vijayan said in a post on the social media...

New Delhi, March 6 – Praising the skillful diplomacy of former Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Congress launched a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government on Friday for "continuously ceding diplomatic space.""India's strategic autonomy and...

New Delhi, March 6 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has been accused of surrendering to foreign forces, presented a counter-argument on Friday to deflect criticism of the crude oil deal. It also shared "instructions" from two former US Secretaries of State, including Hillary Clinton...

Rahul Gandhi said that it was good news that the film "Kerala Story-2 Goes Beyond" was not widely watched.The leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha was speaking to students at Marian College in Kuttikkanam.Responding to a student's question about the use of movies as propaganda, Gandhi...

New Delhi, March 6 Two pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) were killed in a crash of a Su-30 MKI fighter jet in Assam's Karbi Anglong district.The IAF confirmed on Friday the deaths of Squadron Leader Anuj and Flight Lieutenant Purvesh Duragkar, a day after the Russian-origin aircraft went...

New Delhi, March 6 The Congress criticized the Modi government on Friday after the US announced a temporary waiver to allow Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil, and asked how long this "American blackmail" would continue.In a post on X in Hindi, Congress general secretary in-charge...