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2025 marks PM Narendra Modi's busiest foreign travel year in a decade

PM Modi's overseas travel peaked in 2025 with visits to 23 countries, driven by trade diversification, critical minerals diplomacy and the India-Oman CEPA

Updated On: 23 Dec 2025 | 12:21 AM IST

Modi sounds poll bugle in Bengal, Assam; flags illegal immigration

PM hits out at TMC & Congress over the illegal immigrant issue; Opposition accuses him of neglecting other concerns in both states

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 11:35 PM IST

Urban Bengal sees biggest voter deletions in EC's SIR draft rolls

The data revealed that 2.46 million voters, or 3.15 per cent, were identified as deceased, while 3.26 million were found to have shifted residence or were absent

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 11:13 PM IST

Cabinet approves India-New Zealand trade pact, paves way for signing

Once signed, this deal will mark India's seventh trade agreement since 2021 and a part of its diversification strategy at a time when global trade is up for a major reset

Updated On: 19 Dec 2025 | 11:57 PM IST

Will FM Nirmala Sitharaman table the Union Budget on Sunday, February 1?

The Union Budget has been presented on February 1 since 2017, and 2026 will be the first occasion since then that it falls on a Sunday

Updated On: 19 Dec 2025 | 11:48 PM IST

The new nomenclature: Rewriting of lawmaking convention - in Hindi

Congress leader P Chidambaram said the long-standing convention had been to present the English version of a Bill with an English title and the Hindi version with a Hindi title

Updated On: 18 Dec 2025 | 11:13 PM IST

India, Oman to explore local currency trade; discuss defence cooperation

The Omani side expressed interest in discussing air service traffic rights, including the number of destinations and code-sharing provisions

Updated On: 18 Dec 2025 | 10:58 PM IST

IndiGo COO, DGCA officials appear before Parl panel on flight chaos

The committee did not take any view and decided to wait till the report of the ongoing investigation ordered by the civil aviation ministry comes, the sources said

Updated On: 17 Dec 2025 | 11:50 PM IST

India, Ethiopia elevate ties to strategic partnership; focus on mining, DPI

In his discussion with the Ethiopian PM, PM Modi conveyed India's support to Ethiopia's accession process at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), as well as membership to the New Development Bank

Updated On: 17 Dec 2025 | 11:31 PM IST

SIR 2.0: Election Commission publishes draft electoral rolls in 5 regions

SIR 2.0: 5.8 million voters deleted in West Bengal

Updated On: 16 Dec 2025 | 11:35 PM IST

India, Jordan aim to double trade to $5 billion over the next five years

The two sides finalised agreements in the fields of culture, renewable energy, water management, digital public infrastructure and a twinning arrangement between Petra and Ellora

Updated On: 16 Dec 2025 | 11:29 PM IST

RK Goyal takes oath as CIC; watchdog at full strength after 9 years

The Central Information Commission has attained full strength after nine years following the appointment of a new chief and eight information commissioners, amid concerns over backlog and transparency

Updated On: 15 Dec 2025 | 10:48 PM IST

Bihar's Nitin Nabin likely to take over as youngest BJP president

45-year-old appointed national working president by Party's parliamentary board

Updated On: 14 Dec 2025 | 11:02 PM IST

Cabinet clears nuclear energy Bill to open sector to private participation

The draft legislation seeks to amend the Atomic Energy Act 1962 and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (CLND) Act 2010

Updated On: 13 Dec 2025 | 12:17 AM IST

India, Oman to ink free trade agreement during PM Narendra Modi visit

The Union Cabinet has cleared the India-Oman CEPA ahead of PM Narendra Modi's visits to Jordan, Ethiopia and Oman next week, with the tour set to focus on trade, investment and key regional issues

Updated On: 12 Dec 2025 | 11:29 PM IST

IndiGo crisis: Parliamentary panel may summon DGCA, MoCA officials

Parliamentary panel will summon aviation regulators and major airlines to review recent flight cancellations and ongoing safety concerns, including ATC fatigue, pilot shortages and infrastructure gaps

Updated On: 11 Dec 2025 | 10:35 PM IST

SIR opposed to keep illegal immigrants on poll rolls, says Amit Shah

Shah attributed the Opposition's protest against the SIR to the incompetence of its leadership to win elections, and not Electronic Voting Machines or 'vote chori (theft)'

Updated On: 10 Dec 2025 | 11:22 PM IST

Vote chori anti-national act, EC colluding with BJP: Rahul Gandhi

BJP defends EVMs, cites Rajiv Gandhi's pilot project, accuses Opposition of double standards

Updated On: 09 Dec 2025 | 10:48 PM IST

Nehru betrayed Vande Mataram that inspired freedom struggle: PM Modi

Priyanka Gandhi calls for debate to close chapter on 'complaints, insults' against India's first PM

Updated On: 08 Dec 2025 | 10:46 PM IST

India free to buy oil from sources it deems beneficial, says Russia

Kremlin affirms India's freedom to choose energy suppliers after Putin visit; US and Ukraine negotiate potential peace deal that could lift oil sanctions

Updated On: 08 Dec 2025 | 10:41 PM IST