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New Delhi, Mar 10: French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday said he wanted his country to be India's best partner in Europe as he started a three-day trip to the country aimed at ratcheting up security and energy ties. Macron, who was welcomed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his traditional bear hug on his arrival late Friday, also said "collective security" will be on top of the

New Delhi, Mar 10: French President Emmanuel Macron arrived on Friday night on a four-day India visit and was received at the airport by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a special gesture. Macron was accompanied by his wife Brigitte Marie-Claude Macron, besides senior ministers from his cabinet. "Welcome to India, President @EmmanuelMacron! Your visit will add great strength to the strategic

Washington, Mar 9: The State's Rewards for Justice Program of the US State Department is offering rewards for information leading to the identification or location of three key leaders associated with the terrorist organisation Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its affiliated factions. It is offering a reward of up to USD 5 million for information on TTP leader Maulana Fazlullah, and up to USD

New Delhi, Mar 9: Senior Congress Leader Sonia Gandhi today revealed that she was had known that Manmohan Singh would make a better Prime Minister than her and she was aware of her limitations. In a deeply introspective speech, Sonia Gandhi spoke on a wide range of topics, including her children, her own shortcomings and the role of democracy in India, the first time she has opened up since

Islamabad, Mar 9: A Pakistan court has ordered the election commission to allow the registration of Mumbai terror attack Hafiz Saeed's Milli Muslim League as a political party. The order came days after a Pakistani court extended a stay against the "possible arrest" of the JuD chief till April 4. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) yesterday set aside a decision by the Election Commission of Pakistan

New Delhi, Mar 9: In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court today recognised 'living will' made by terminally-ill patients for passive euthanasia. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra said passive euthanasia and advance living will are "permissible". The bench, also comprising justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan also

Tarapur, Mar 9: A major fire broke out after an explosion inside a boiler of a chemicals factory in Maharashtra's Palghar district last night, killing three people and injuring 13 others, police said. The incident took place at Ramdeo Chemicals in the Boisar-Tarapur industrial estate. The fire engulfed the factory around 11.40 pm yesterday after a massive explosion inside a boiler, a senior police

Washington, Mar 9: President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was prepared to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the first US-North Korea summit, marking a potentially dramatic breakthrough in nuclear tensions with Pyongyang. Kim has committed to “denuclearisation” and to suspending nuclear or missile tests, South Korea’s National Security Office head Chung Eui-yong told reporters at the

New Delhi, Mar 8: The CBI on Thursday moved the Supreme Court to challenge the clean chit issued to Aarushi Talwar's parents Rajesh and Nupur Talwar. The Allahabad High Court in October last year acquitted Rajesh and Nupur in the murder of their teenage daughter Aarushi and their domestic help Hemraj in 2008. The verdict ended a nine-year ordeal of the parents who were found guilty by a CBI court

Amaravati, Mar 8: Two BJP ministers in the Chandrababu Naidu Cabinet in Andhra Pradesh today resigned after the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) decided to pull out of the Narendra Modi government. Health minister Kamineni Srinivas and Endowments minister P Manikyala Rao met the chief minister at the state Assembly and submitted their resignations. They thanked him for having inducted them into the state