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New Delhi: Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Tuesday rejected service providers' demand to auction satcom spectrum but made it clear that radiowaves will come with a cost even if assigned without auction for satellite-based communications services. Earlier in the day, Bharti Airtel founder and chairman Sunil...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday questioned the West Bengal government over hiring of civic volunteers in the state and sought data regarding their recruitment and appointment process. A bench of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj...

Chennai: Over a month-long indefinite strike by the employees of Samsung India Electronics Ltd at its plant near here was called off Tuesday and the workers have decided to resume work, the Tamil Nadu government said. The state government in a statement said the strike...

Islamabad: India's External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar arrived in Islamabad Tuesday afternoon to attend the two-day 23rd Meeting of SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) which kicks off later with a welcome dinner hosted by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in his capacity...

New Delhi: Assembly elections in Maharashtra will be held in a single phase November 20, and in Jharkhand in two phases November 13 and 20, and the results of both will be declared November 23, the Election Commission announced Tuesday. The Assemblies of Maharashtra and...

New Delhi: India Tuesday trashed Canada's attempts to link Indian agents with criminal gangs in that country with official sources rejecting Ottawa's claim that it shared evidence with New Delhi in the Nijjar case. The sources also rejected Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations that...

New Delhi: Several opposition MPs Tuesday walked out of a meeting of the joint committee on the Waqf Bill, alleging derogatory remarks against them by a BJP member. Opposition members, including Kalyan Banerjee, Gaurav Gogoi, A Raja, Mohamed Abdulla and Arvind Sawant, stormed out of...

New Delhi: Hours after deciding to withdraw its High Commissioner and other ‘targeted diplomats’ and officials from Canada, India Monday expelled six Canadian diplomats. The reason cited behind India's withdrawal of the High Commissioner and other officials from Canada was Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's...

Kolkata: The fast-unto death demonstration by junior doctors against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata has entered the 11th day Tuesday. A crucial hearing on rape and murder is scheduled at the three-judge...

Jerusalem: The head of Hamas' Aerial Unit was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, Israeli military and security agency said. Israel's military and Shin Bet domestic security agency announced in a joint statement the killing of Samer Abu Daqqa, head of Hamas'...