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New Delhi: A joint committee of Parliament examining a Bill to hold simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies was Wednesday granted a fresh extension till the end of the Winter session. Committee chairman PP Chaudhary moved a resolution seeking extension of the...

New Delhi: A Bill to amend the law for the registration of births and deaths was introduced in the Lok Sabha Wednesday amid protests by the Opposition, which sought the presence of the PM and the home minister in the House during the debate on...

Moscow: Russia's main domestic security agency said Wednesday that Pavel Durov, founder of the messaging app Telegram, has been charged with aiding terrorism and put on an international wanted list. The charges against Durov, who was born and began his career in Russia but later...

New Delhi: Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha, JP Nadda Wednesday said any student activist who wants to do activism “should face police action”. He said this when John Britas raised the issue of Delhi Police personnel barging into the CPI(M) office in...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has threatened to resume its nationwide protests, alleging that the government is using the Supreme Court's recent observations in cases related to the anti-paper leak demonstrations as a pretext to avoid its earlier assurances to withdraw FIRs against peaceful...

New Delhi/Kyiv: At least 13 Indian seafarers are among the 15 crew members stranded aboard a cargo vessel at Ukraine's Chornomorsk port as drone and missile attacks continue in the vicinity of the strategic Black Sea harbour, according to the Forward Seamen's Union of India...

United Nations: India described the escalation of hostilities in West Asia as "deeply concerning" and strongly condemned recent attacks on several maritime vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, calling for restoration of unimpeded navigation and trade through international waterways in the region. Terming West Asia...

Ranchi: Top Maoist Misir Besra, who was carrying a bounty of over Rs 1 crore, was arrested from Jharkhand's Dhanbad district, police said. Besra was wanted in various cases related to red rebels' activities in several states, including Jharkhand and Odisha, a police officer said....

Guwahati: The toll in Assam floods increased by seven Tuesday to reach 75, even though the number of affected population came down to 3.32 lakh, an official bulletin said. All seven deaths were reported from Sivasagar district, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) bulletin...

Washington: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump met at the White House on Tuesday for the first time since they launched a joint war against Iran, offering a chance for Netanyahu to smooth out strains in their relationship. The closed-door meeting lasted...