Sea trials of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier, which is being overhauled for the Indian navy in Russia, have been postponed until beginning of June, the Sevmash shipyard said Wednesday.

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India on Thursday successfully test-fired its medium-range Akash surface-to-air missile from a base in Odisha, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) spokesperson Ravi Gupta said.

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Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sanjay Joshi, known as Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's bete noire, on Thursday resigned from the party's national executive. Modi would now be attendi

Senior BJP leader Sanjay Joshi, known as Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's bete noire, on Thursday resigned from the party's national executive. Mr Modi would now be attending the national executive meeting, party president Nitin Gadkari said.

In the face of a public outcry in India over rising oil prices due to Iran oil sanctions, the US said it was trying to help New Delhi find alternative sources of supply.

"We are working with countrie

The CBI on Thursday arrested Andhra Pradesh Excise Minister Mopidevi Venkataramna in an illegal assets case linked to YSR Congress leader Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.

The union cabinet during its meeting on Thursday is likely to take the final call on the National Telecom Policy (NTP) which proposes to abolish roaming charges within the country.

"NTP is part of th

Bracing for a long-drawn tussle with its striking pilots, beleaguered Air India has announced a truncated interim schedule for June, dropping several international destinations from its regular routin

A 58-year-old Dalit woman was on Thursday killed by her neighbour in Bihar's Gaya district, around 100 km from state capital Patna, for allegedly practicing witchcraft, police said.

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The White House has ruled out an apology to Islamabad for the NATO air strike in November in which 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed.

It said it was time the two countries moved ahead, Pakistan's Onl