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New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal of the Kerala government to change the name of the state to Keralam, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at...

New Delhi: "Corruption" massive backlog of cases, and lack of an adequate number of judges are among the "challenges" faced by the judicial system, according to the new social science NCERT textbook for Class VIII. The section "corruption in the judiciary" in the new book...

Toronto: Ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to India, the Canadian government is pushing to revoke the citizenship of a Pakistan-born businessman, Tahawwur Rana Hussain, accused of playing a key role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. Rana, 64, is a Pakistan-born Canadian national...

Ranchi: All seven persons on board an air ambulance were killed after the aircraft crashed near Simaria in Jharkhand's Chatra district Monday evening while en route to Delhi from Ranchi, a top state government official said. The crash took place shortly after the aircraft operated...

Chandigarh: Haryana Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau has registered an FIR in the Rs 590-crore fraud involving Haryana government accounts at the Chandigarh branch of IDFC First Bank and AU Small Finance Bank, a government official said on Tuesday. The case has been filed against bank...

Frankfurt(Germany): Frustrated European officials pushed Monday for clarification on how US President Donald Trump's declaration of a 15 per cent global tax on imports would affect the trade deal they struck with Trump this summer as EU legislators hit pause on the deal's ratification until...

Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to travel to India February 26, with the aim of "expanding" ties with India and building new partnerships in defence, energy and AI. Carney will first visit Mumbai, then New Delhi, India, where he will meet with...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday said it would examine whether the sharp reduction in the qualifying marks for NEET-PG 2025-26 affects the standard of postgraduate medical education. A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe made the remarks while hearing a batch...

Dhaka: Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin has alleged that former interim government head Muhammad Yunus attempted to remove him from office several times, days after the new Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) administration took charge. In an interview with leading Bangla newspaper Kalerkantha published Sunday, the President...

New Delhi: Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra Monday said the central bank is keeping a watch on the development around Rs 590-crore alleged fraud at IDFC First Bank, and assured “it was not a systemic issue". Private sector IDFC First Bank had Sunday disclosed a...