Beijing: 

China's rubber-stamp lawmakers on Sunday passed a historic constitutional amendment abolishing presidential term limits that will enable President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely.

The National People's Congress' nearly 3,000 hand-picked delegates endorsed the constitutional amendment Sunday, voting

Hyderabad: The Rachakonda SHE Teams stopped two child marriages in two different incidents from here.

On Saturday, in the first incident, following a tip-off, the Choutuppal team went to Sarvel village where a 16-year-old girl was being married off with a 27-year-old boy.

In another incident, the Bhongir

New Delhi: Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami on Sunday demanded thorough investigation into the allegation levelled against him by his wife Hasin Jahan.

Brushing off the allegations Shami told a news agency that, “there have been many accusations which are increasing day-by-day. I don't want to give a

Lucknow: Voting for the bye-elections to Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats commenced today amid tight security.

The bypolls were necessitated after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya vacated the Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats respectively, following their

New Delhi: No-frills airline SpiceJet today inked USD 12.5 billion deal with French major Safran Group for CFM aircraft engines.

At current exchange rate, the deal is worth more than Rs 81,000 crore and is one of the biggest in the aviation sector.

SpiceJet and Safran Group, have now finalised the purcha

Hyderabad: The TDP, which has pulled out its two ministers from the Modi government, is now gearing up to expose the raw deal meted out by the Centre to Andhra Pradesh since the bifurcation of the state.

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is bringing out a booklet highlighting what the Centre had promised in the An

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held bilateral talks with the leaders of five African countries and discussed ways to deepen cooperation with them.

With Ghanian President Nana Akufo-Addo, Modi discussed ways to step up cooperation in the areas of climate change, renewable energy, developmental cooper

India Wells: Fifth-seeded Dominic Thiem defeated teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the second round of the $16 million ATP/WTA Indian Wells hardcourt tournament on Saturday.

Thiem moves through to the third round, where he will face either Canadian Denis Shapovalov or 30th seed Pablo Cuevas, of Uruguay.

Madrid: Lionel Messi was away attending the birth of his son but Barcelona still had more than enough to beat 10-man Malaga 2-0 on Saturday and move 11 points clear at the top of La Liga.

Messi was watching the game on a television in hospital as Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho put his team two up inside half an

New Delhi: Reflecting a growing depth in defence ties, India and France today inked a strategic pact providing for the use of each other's military facilities including opening naval bases to warships, an agreement that comes amid China's growing military expansionism in the Indo-Pacific region.

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