Kolkata: In the run-up to the Assembly elections due next year, the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal is planning to hand over freehold land title deeds to over 20,000...

United Nations: The intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform are being "held hostage" and used as a "convenient smokescreen" by countries that do not wish to see any changes in...

Tehran:  Iran's supreme leader has called the United Arab Emirates' recognition of Israel “treason that will not last for long", the state media in Iran reported on Tuesday. The comments...

Geneva: The United Nations weather agency says this summer will go down for leaving a “deep wound” in the cryosphere -- the planet's frozen parts -- amid a heat wave...

United Nations: The United States vetoed a UN resolution Monday calling for the prosecution, rehabilitation and reintegration of all those engaged in terrorism-related activities, saying it didn't call for the...

New Delhi: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the pre-existing inequities in urban India and has left the "lockdown generation" with lower employment rates, says a London School of Economics report....

New Delhi: The moratorium period on repayment of loans during the COVID-19 pandemic is “extendable” by two years and several steps have been taken to help the stressed sectors, the...

New Delhi: Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar on Tuesday said remaining three labour codes on industrial relations, social security and occupational safety and health will be tabled in the ensuing Monsoon...

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday extended the hearing of cases in virtual mode till September 20 for courts in red zone areas to prevent the spread...

New Delhi: IPS officer Charu Sinha has become the first woman commander to head the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) formation in the Kashmir Valley, officials said on Tuesday. Sinha,...