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National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks today focusing on the Ladakh standoff and geopolitical implications of the crisis in Ukraine. Mr Wang also met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wore a traditional cap from Uttarakhand and a stole from Manipur for the grand parade to celebrate India's 73rd Republic Day.

French plane-maker Dassault paid early Rs 110 crore in bribes to a middleman to help secure the sale of Rafale fighter jets to India and Indian agencies failed to investigate it despite access to incriminating documents, French portal Mediapart said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday had a bulletproof glass shield removed before addressing a public gathering in Srinagar and told the crowd that he wanted "to speak to the people directly".

Amarinder Singh declared on Thursday that he is not joining the BJP but definitely quitting the Congress, confirming exclusively to NDTV what has been furiously speculated since he was forced to quit as Punjab Chief Minister earlier this month.

The Taliban entered at least two of India's consulates in Afghanistan on Wednesday, searched for documents and took away parked cars, government sources said today.

Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba is likely involved in the drone attack on the Air Force base in Jammu on Sunday, the Jammu and Kashmir police chief has said.

In what is believed to be the first use of drones in a terror attack on an Indian military facility, two blasts took place at the Air Force base in Jammu Airport in the early hours of Sunday.

India will use diplomatic channels to bring back Mehul Choksi from Dominica, sources said today after a statement by Antigua's Prime Minister that the fugitive jeweler can be sent back directly after his capture yesterday.

The Centre has put out guidelines for states on enforcing lockdowns and containment zones to try and flatten the curve amid spiraling Covid cases.

Twitter, asked by the government to block 1,178 accounts for allegedly spreading misinformation on the farmer protests and provocative content, said today the orders were inconsistent with Indian law and that for some accounts, it would restrict access within India instead of an outright ban. In a blog listing the action it has taken, also conveyed...

The farmers' agitation has caused inconvenience to the residents of Delhi and its neighbouring states, the government said in parliament today, in reply to a question on the barricading of the city's borders.

In Bengal's row with the centre over an attack on the BJP chief's convoy last week, the Union Home Ministry held a meeting this evening with two top officials of the state via video call after the Mamata Banerjee government refused to send them to Delhi twice.

The centre has summoned Bengal's top police and administrative officers over Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar's report to Home Minister Amit Shah detailing "deteriorating law and order" in the state after an attack on party chief JP Nadda's convoy on Thursday. The Home Ministry has summoned the state's Chief Secretary and police chief on Monday.

Home Minister Amit Shah today ordered an investigation into an attack on BJP chief JP Nadda's convoy in West Bengal and asked the Governor for a detailed report on law and order in the state.

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks today focusing on the Ladakh standoff and geopolitical implications of the crisis in Ukraine. Mr Wang also met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wore a traditional cap from Uttarakhand and a stole from Manipur for the grand parade to celebrate India's 73rd Republic Day.

French plane-maker Dassault paid early Rs 110 crore in bribes to a middleman to help secure the sale of Rafale fighter jets to India and Indian agencies failed to investigate it despite access to incriminating documents, French portal Mediapart said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday had a bulletproof glass shield removed before addressing a public gathering in Srinagar and told the crowd that he wanted "to speak to the people directly".

Amarinder Singh declared on Thursday that he is not joining the BJP but definitely quitting the Congress, confirming exclusively to NDTV what has been furiously speculated since he was forced to quit as Punjab Chief Minister earlier this month.

The Taliban entered at least two of India's consulates in Afghanistan on Wednesday, searched for documents and took away parked cars, government sources said today.

Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba is likely involved in the drone attack on the Air Force base in Jammu on Sunday, the Jammu and Kashmir police chief has said.

In what is believed to be the first use of drones in a terror attack on an Indian military facility, two blasts took place at the Air Force base in Jammu Airport in the early hours of Sunday.

India will use diplomatic channels to bring back Mehul Choksi from Dominica, sources said today after a statement by Antigua's Prime Minister that the fugitive jeweler can be sent back directly after his capture yesterday.

The Centre has put out guidelines for states on enforcing lockdowns and containment zones to try and flatten the curve amid spiraling Covid cases.

Twitter, asked by the government to block 1,178 accounts for allegedly spreading misinformation on the farmer protests and provocative content, said today the orders were inconsistent with Indian law and that for some accounts, it would restrict access within India instead of an outright ban. In a blog listing the action it has taken, also conveyed...

The farmers' agitation has caused inconvenience to the residents of Delhi and its neighbouring states, the government said in parliament today, in reply to a question on the barricading of the city's borders.

In Bengal's row with the centre over an attack on the BJP chief's convoy last week, the Union Home Ministry held a meeting this evening with two top officials of the state via video call after the Mamata Banerjee government refused to send them to Delhi twice.

The centre has summoned Bengal's top police and administrative officers over Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar's report to Home Minister Amit Shah detailing "deteriorating law and order" in the state after an attack on party chief JP Nadda's convoy on Thursday. The Home Ministry has summoned the state's Chief Secretary and police chief on Monday.

Home Minister Amit Shah today ordered an investigation into an attack on BJP chief JP Nadda's convoy in West Bengal and asked the Governor for a detailed report on law and order in the state.