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New York: Nearly 2.4 million people in India were internally displaced due to conflict, violence and disasters in 2016, the third highest number globally, a...

New Delhi: The statutory tax rates under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act have been announced and will be become effective from 1 July. These will...

Baghdad/Vienna: Saudi energy minister Khalid Al Falih paid a rare visit to Iraq on Monday in the latest effort by the top oil producer to convince its...

London: British Prime Minister Theresa May was forced to publicly backtrack on one of her most striking election pledges on Monday after plans to force...

Dubai/London: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday stability could not be achieved in the Middle East without Tehran's help, responding to...

Washington: Former White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn will decline to comply with a subpoena from the Senate Intelligence Committee...

New Delhi: Former coal secretary H. C. Gupta and two serving bureaucrats were sentenced on Monday to two years in prison in the coal block allocation scam,...

New Delhi: Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday filed a fresh defamation suit of Rs100 million against Arvind Kejriwal over the use of an...

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday accused the previous governments in the state of discriminating on the basis of caste and...

Las Vegas: Rapper Drake grabbed a record 13 wins at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, eclipsing Adele's previous record of 12 awards in...