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New Delhi, Oct 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday held the India-Russia annual summit after which eight pacts, including on cooperation on India's ambitious human space mission project Gaganyaan, were signed. Official sources said the two countries also signed the USD 5 billion S-400 air defence system deal after talks between the two leaders in Hyderabad

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 5: Kerala, which was ravaged by the south-west monsoon in August, is bracing for more rains with a low pressure area likely to form over the Southeast Arabian sea, as the state government stepped up disaster preparedness. Shutters of dams in Thrissur and Palakkad districts were lifted on Thursday evening to drain out excess water. The sea condition is also expected to be

New Delhi, Oct 4: Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhion Thursday appealed to Home Minister Rajnath Singh to launch the panic button feature on mobile handsets in the country as soon as possible. Women and Child Development Ministry has been pursuing the provision of 'panic button' on all mobile handsets to provide emergency response to women in distress. The facility which is still

New Delhi, Oct 4: India on Thursday deported seven Rohingya immigrants, who have been staying in Assam illegally, to their country of origin Myanmar, in a first such move with regard to the people from the Rakhine province of the neighbouring country. The illegal immigrants were detained in 2012 and since then they were lodged in Cachar Central Jail in Assam's Silchar. "Seven Myanmarese nationals

New Delhi, Oct 4: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has directed PC George, the Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly, to appear before it on November 13. George has been summoned for his allegedly objectionable comments on the nun, who alleged Franco Mulakkal, the former Bishop of Jalandhar Diocese, of raping her on multiple occasions. The legislator was supposed to appear before the NCW on

New Delhi, Oct 4: The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a petition filed by the wife of arrested former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt challenging his arrest in a 22-year-old case of alleged planting of drugs to arrest an advocate. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices SK Kaul and KM Joseph said the petition can be moved before the Gujarat High Court. The petition had also alleged that Bhatt

New Delhi, Oct 4: Russian President Vladimir Putin headed for India on Thursday, looking to tie up billions of dollars in arms deals with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, likely irking the US, China and Pakistan in one fell swoop. The Kremlin said before the two-day visit by Putin and top Russian ministers that the "key feature" would be the signing of a $5-billion deal for the S-400 air defence

New Delhi, Oct 4: The Centre on Thursday announced Rs 2.50 litre cut in petrol and diesel prices. The reduction will include a Rs 1.5 cut in excise duty and another Re 1 will be borne by oil market companies, said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Jaitley said the excise duty cut would have an impact of Rs 10,500 crore on central government's tax revenues. He also asked state governments to follow

New Delhi, Oct 4: ICICI Bank Managing Director Chanda Kochhar has resigned from the bank with immediate effect. The board of the bank has accepted the request of Kochhar to seek early retirement, according to a regulatory filing. "The board accepted this request with immediate effect. The enquiry instituted by the board will remain unaffected by this and certain benefits will be subject to the

New Delhi, Oct 4: The Supreme Court Thursday allowed the deportation of seven Rohingyas to Myanmar, saying they were found by the competent court as illegal immigrants and have been accepted by their country of origin as citizens. "Having considered the prayer, we would not like to interfere with the decision taken. The petition is dismissed," a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and