The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will represent Modi at the summit on October 27.

Police said the main accused, Ranjan Pathak, was allegedly running the 'Sigma Gang' in Bihar and was among the most-wanted men in the state.

The second phase of the biannual Army Commanders Conference will be held in Jaisalmer on October 23 and 24 and will also discuss measures for jointness among services.

Nothing better illustrates this than the count of dynasts in the outgoing 243-member Assembly: 70 or, at 28.81 per cent, more than one-fourth its total strength, an investigation by The Indian Express shows.

Congress’s political footprint may have shrunk but its share of dynast-legislators (MPs, MLAs and MLCs) is at 33.25%. With almost thrice the number of legislators, BJP’s share is 18.62%; families dominate regional politics; 149 families across parties have more than one dynast-legislator.

While the final rollout plan will be announced after the conference, it is learnt that the revision may be carried out in phases.

The Trump-Modi call—the third in a month—came on a day when the White House celebrated Diwali with prominent Indian-Americans.

The cars need to be delivered in “preferably two weeks but not later than 30 days from the date of issuing of the supply order”, it stated, adding that “no extension of time will be given”.

The 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) at 4 pm on Tuesday was 351 (very poor), up from 345 on Monday.

While India is still to grant official recognition to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, it has been providing humanitarian and development works assistance.

Francesca Orsini, the Hindi and Urdu scholar was denied entry at Delhi airport and sent back to London on Monday

As American chess star and New York Times columnist's death sparks intrigue, Indian GM blames Russian GM who had made allegation of cheating.

Minister Lokesh Naidu, who is on a seven-day visit there, says Australian govt may ease restrictions on import of prawns.

The animals are the primary occupants of the cave, and the seven human inhabitants are there to look after them

In all, the RTI response shows that 12,431 men and 77,980 women were wrongly disbursed Rs 1,500 for 13 months and 12 months, respectively.

While opting for a mix of new faces and seasoned leaders, RJD fields 20 SC, 1 ST and 24 women candidates; it would have “friendly fights” in six seats with ally Congress.

Labour contractor Kamran Usmani of Sachin GIDC, who has been providing manpower to the textile mills for the last 25 years, said, “Over 55 per cent of the manpower in the textile mills are from Bihar, the remaining are from UP, and other states.

Surrendered Maoist couple talks to The Indian Express: On Bhupati, how he brokered their marriage, their life now.

2 Principal Scientists also shunted out after report submitted by probe panel

Leh and Kargil civil society groups to meet senior Home Ministry officials.

The Centre's latest directive also comes months after it deployed over 100 teams of nodal officers for “ground inspection” of JJM schemes across the country following a review meeting chaired by the Cabinet Secretary.

The Union minister of Textiles, who is an MP from Begusarai, said at a rally in Arwal that the BJP did not want votes from “namak haraams (betrayers)” while referring to a purported conversation he had with a Muslim cleric.

Asked if he felt Gill, nearly 10 years his junior, was snapping at his heels, the T20 captain admitted that the fear does motivate him to do better but he is happy Gill is being given responsibility.

It took firefighters four days to douse the fire. By then, lakhs of positives —hand-drawn, line art on transparent film — of ACK comics, including Krishna, Rama, The Pandava Princes, Savitri, Prithviraj Chauhan and Shivaji Maharaj, were lost.