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Six Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislators in Tripura are likely to cast votes in favour of NDA nominee Ram Nath Kovind in the July 17 presidential poll, a party leader said on Sunday.

Sri Lanka is set to proscribe bottom trawling, one of the world's most destructive forms of fishing, according to a media report which said the move will send a strong message to Indian fishermen often blamed for it.

NDA's presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind and his rival Meira Kumar would visit Hyderabad this week to drum up support for their candidature from legislators in Telangana for the July 17 polls.

Navin Kumar, a former IAS officer, is the Chairman of the GST Network, a not-for-profit entity that is tasked with providing the crucial IT support systems that underpin the Goods and Services Tax. He spoke to News18’s Tushar Dhara on how the GSTN works.

Hidden from public, on the shores of the Bay of Bengal at Kalpakkam near Chennai, Indian nuclear scientists are in the final throes of starting a high-tech giant stove more than 15 years in the making.

In a major shake-up of the Vatican's administration on Saturday, Pope Francis replaced Catholicism's top theologian, a conservative German cardinal who has been at odds with the pontiff's vision of a more inclusive Church.

BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday said the surgical strike conducted by the Army in Pak-Occupied Kashmir last year changed the world's outlook towards India and showed the country is committed to "self-defence".

Goa's lone Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik on Saturday said India needs a "full time" defence minister considering the threat perception to the nation from the neighbouring countries.

BJP President Amit Shah on Saturday came down heavily on those raising questions over the current spate of lynchings, saying "there were lynchings in 2011, 2012, 2013 as well, but nobody posed a question".

Philippine Troops are fighting against Islamist terrorists to retake Marawi city, where terrorists loyal to Islamic State launched a lightning strike on May 23.

In yet another move to cut down on low-quality content and fake news in News Feed, Facebook is updating its algorithm again to remove such content from its platform.

Lenovo-owned Motorola is all set to launch the Moto X4 in the fourth quarter of this year.

President Xi Jinping swore in new Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam today as the politically divided city marked 20 years since it was handed back to China by Britain, with clashes between pro and anti-Beijing protesters close to the ceremony.

Striking a personal note while announcing the launch of Goods and Services Tax (GST), President Pranab Mukherjee said the new tax regime was a momentous occasion for India. “GST is the culmination of a 14-year-long journey.

In a few minutes from now, we will witness the launch of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), a unified tax system, in the country.

Mehrishi was travelling back to Delhi after touring Kashmir and taking stock of the Amarnath Yatra preparedness.