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New Delhi: The government Friday rejected claims that diversion of sugar for ethanol production was driving a sharp rise in the price of the sweetener and instead blamed the industry for jacking up prices despite the country having sufficient stock to meet domestic demand. The...

New Delhi: The government on Friday announced the National Teachers' Awards 2026 for 48 teachers in recognition of their contribution to school education and literacy. The awardees, listed by the Department of School Education and Literacy, include teachers from states and Union Territories as well...

New Delhi: In a major relief to law graduates, the Supreme Court on Friday reduced to a year the earlier mandatory requirement of three-year legal practice for them to take entry level judicial service examination. However, the selected candidates will have to undergo training at...

New Delhi: A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique Friday announcing the cancellation of Saturday's Change of Guard ceremony to accommodate the full rehearsal of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's ceremonial welcome was withdrawn, adding a fresh layer of confusion to the status of the high-profile visit. The...

New Delhi: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy was denied political clearance for his planned trip to the US because it failed to conform with laid down norms, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday. Reddy's office had earlier said the Centre denied...

Ranchi: Jharkhand High Court Friday stayed the notifications cancelling the appointments of Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) and those recruited through the JSSC-CGL examination. The court Thursday had stayed the notifications cancelling the 11th and 13th Jharkhand PSC exams, besides putting a clamp on the...

Jaipur: A scuffle broke out at a village in Rajasthan when villagers, allegedly accompanied by BJP workers, put up barricades and forcibly pushed back a Cockroach Janta Party team that had gone there to inspect a government school as part of its "School Thik Karo"...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday sat on a dharna at the Parliament Street police station seeking the registration of an FIR over pellet injuries suffered by a youth during the CJP-led July 20 protest and said "brutality" against a peaceful protest is a...

Dubai: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has rejected the economic threats made against his country, saying that such "failed policies" will stir more hostility among Iranians and "bring more failures". Araghchi's comments came a few hours after Trump threatened "crushing economic measures" against Iran Thursday....

Juneau (US): A charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed at a remote radar site in western Alaska, killing all on board, the US military said. The crash happened at Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, approximately 450 miles (725 km) west of Anchorage, Alaska,...