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The two ministers also had a talk on the Indo-Pacific region and the German minister felt that as the situation there is turning unpredictable, there is a need for strategic partners.

There is intense speculation that Pilot may give a clear indication on his way forward on June 11 when he marks his father's death anniversary in Dausa.

Senior culture ministry officials, privy to the matter, said that the second phase of decorating the newly inaugurated Parliament building would start soon.

Sources said Vaishnaw instructed Railway Board officials to draw plans to make the railway network completely tamper-proof from external elements.

Rahul Gandhi said that during the Congress tenure, if train mishaps happened, ministers used to take responsibility for their actions and "we accepted our mistakes".

Before the teams of the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force, fire services and National Disaster Response Force reached the site, the tribals there rescued over 200 passengers.

The Sustainability Report underlines the effectiveness of various efforts made by NHAI for environment and energy conservation.

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the root cause of the Balasore train accident has been identified. Experts have explained what electronic interlocking is and how it can malfunction.

A mechanism for ensuring reasonable pricing within the high RBDs (Reservation Booking Designator) may be devised by airlines, Union aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said.

China's aggressive behaviour in the Indo-Pacific as well as along the LAC and ways to combat the threat of terrorism are also likely to figure in the discussions between Singh and Austin.

Restoration work is ongoing at Warfooting at the train accident site in Balasore, Odisha with 1000+ Manpower working tirelessly.

With Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and some other key opposition figures unavailable for the meeting, there is a view to holding the deliberations at a later date.

Mamata Banerjee accused the Union government of spreading false information to malign her image and accused PM Modi of glorifying his name instead of apologizing.

The commission shall submit its report to the central government as soon as possible but not later than six months from the date of its first sitting.

New Delhi: Time has come for all of us to understand the nuances of data protection. The government of India is working on 3 major bills namely, the Digital India Act which will supersede IT Act 2000 as amended in 2008, The Personal Data…

This comes amid a row between India and China over the revoking of credentials of each other's journalists. There is one Chinese journalist in India and two Indian journalists in China.

The Tamil Nadu government had arranged for special train No: 13671(Bhadrak special) for the victims of the tragic train mishap in Odisha's Balasore district.

"BRICS is no longer an 'alternative', it is an established feature of the global landscape," says Jaishankar.

Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reached Bahanaga railway station where the mishap occurred and said top priority is on rescue and relief works.

Rahul, who is on a six-day visit to the US, was addressing Indian students at Stanford University in California.