Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unlikely to accompany US President Donald Trump and his family members during their visit to the Taj Mahal in Agra on Monday, official sources said.

The US President will arrive in Ahmedabad at around noon on February 24 for a less that 36-hour visit to India. He will be accompanied by a high-level delegation including First Lady Melania Trump, the President's daughter Ivanka Trump, son-in-law Jared Kushner and a galaxy of top US officials.

The Tihar Jail administration has written to all the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case in connection with their last meeting with their families, an official said.

Out of the four convicts, Mukesh and Pawan have been told that they had already met their families before the February 1 death warrant, while Akshay and Vinay have now been asked when they want to meet their families, the Tihar Jail official said.

China is deliberately delaying the granting of clearance to the special Indian Air Force (IAF) flight that will deliver medical supplies and evacuate Indians from the coronavirus-infected Wuhan city, news agency ANI reported on Saturday, quoting sources.

Beijing is intentionally creating a roadblock for India's evacuation efforts, the sources added.

President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, will talk to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding issues concerning the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and raise the issue of freedom of religious minorities, during his upcoming India visit.

A senior official of the US administration at the White House in Washington DC was answering questions on this day regarding Trump's much-awaited India visit.

US President Donald Trump kept everyone guessing on the much-anticipated trade deal with India as he flip-flopped on the issue through the day, ahead of his India visit next week.

Speaking in Las Vegas, Trump hinted that a tremendous deal might be achieved during his maiden visit to India. However, political pundits were left baffled by his choice of words. Maybe we’ll slow down. We’ll do it after the (US presidential) election. I think that could happen too. So, we'll see what happens, PTI reported Trump as saying.

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the curative petition filed by victims of the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy case.

A curative petition was filed by the Association for Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) against the verdict sparing the Ansal brothers further jail term.

A Nagpur court on Thursday granted bail to former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in a case of allegedly concealing information about two criminal matters against him in an election affidavit.

Fadnavis appeared before the court after being granted exemption from appearance on four earlier occasions.

India ranked 77th on a sustainability index that takes into account per capita carbon emissions and ability of children in a nation to live healthy lives and secures 131st spot on a flourishing ranking that measures the best chance at survival and well-being for children, according to a UN-backed report.

The report was released on Wednesday by a commission of over 40 child and adolescent health experts from around the world. It was commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and The Lancet medical journal.

Shares of Muthoot Finance scaled 7 per cent to hit a new high of Rs 935 on the BSE on Thursday. The stock of India's largest gold financing company, in terms of loan portfolio, surpassed its previous high of Rs 898 touched on Tuesday, February 18, 2020.

A sharp rally in the market price of Muthoot Finance has led to its market capitalisation (market-cap) touching Rs 36,823 crore, the BSE data shows. With this, the company overtook financials like AU Small Finance Bank (Rs 35,657 crore), Punjab National Bank (Rs 35,843 crore) and IDBI Bank (Rs 35,969 crore) in the m-cap ranking.

Three people were killed while 10 others were injured after a crane collapsed on the set of actor Kamal Haasan's upcoming film 'Indian 2' near Chennai on Wednesday.

While Haasan was unharmed, three people working on the set at EVP Film City in Poonamallee lost their lives.

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