New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday accused the Election Commission of India of "deleting evidence" when it was required to "provide answers" after the poll body instructed its officers to destroy CCTV, webcasting and video footage of the elections after 45 days. "Voter list?...
Mumbai: Aviation safety watchdog DGCA has ordered Tata Group-owned Air India to remove its three officials, including a divisional vice president, from all roles and responsibilities related to crew scheduling and rostering over serious lapses. In its order of June 20, the Directorate General of...
Tel Aviv: Hours of talks aimed at de-escalating fighting between Israel and Iran failed to produce a diplomatic breakthrough as the war entered its second week with a fresh round of strikes between the two adversaries. European ministers and Iran's top diplomat met for four...
Islamabad: The Pakistan government Saturday said it has decided to formally recommend US President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for his "decisive diplomatic intervention" during the recent India-Pakistan conflict. The announcement came in a post on X, with the headline: “Government of...
New Delhi: Amid the escalation of military confrontation between Israel and Iran, Israeli Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, has said that his country is in "constant contact" with the Ministry of External Affairs on the subject of the evacuation of Indian nationals from there. In...
New Delhi: All end-of-life (EOL) vehicles -- diesel vehicles older than 10 years and petrol vehicles older than 15 years -- irrespective of the states they are registered in, will not be given fuel in Delhi starting July 1, the Commission for Air Quality Management...
London: UK lawmakers Friday approved a bill to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives in a historic vote in Parliament that takes it a step nearer to becoming law. Members of Parliament voted 314-291 to back the...
New Delhi: In a special gesture, Iran has lifted airspace restrictions for three charter flights to evacuate about 1,000 Indian nationals, mostly students, from the Iranian city of Mashhad. Mohammad Javad Hosseini, the deputy chief of mission at the Iranian embassy, said more evacuation flights...
Beijing: China, Pakistan and Bangladesh have agreed to advance cooperation based on the principles of good-neighbourliness, equality and mutual trust at the inaugural trilateral meeting of their foreign ministry officials. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong, Bangladeshi Acting Foreign Secretary Ruhul Alam Siddique and Additional...
New Delhi: The Ministry of Education has set up a nine-member panel to examine issues relating to coaching, the emergence of 'dummy schools', as well as the effectiveness and fairness of entrance examinations, according to officials. The panel, headed by Higher Education Secretary Vineet Joshi,...
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