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New Delhi: Observing that expressways must not become corridors of peril due to administrative lethargy or infrastructural gaps, the Supreme Court has issued a slew of pan-India guidelines for enhancing road safety, including a ban on parking of heavy vehicles on such roads. A bench...

Colombo: Vice President C P Radhakrishnan arrived Sunday morning on a two-day visit to further strengthen the millennia-old civilisational and people-to-people ties between the two countries. Accompanied by a 49-member delegation, the vice president was received at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo by Sports...

New Delhi: The government Sunday came out with a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to the reservation for women in legislatures following the defeat of a Constitution Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha that seeks to provide 33 per cent quota for women...

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Sunday conducted raids at the residence of Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner (DCP) Shantanu Sinha Biswas. The ED officials reached the DCP's house on Fern Road in Ballygungat at 7 am It is reported that a search is underway at the...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday warned the Congress and its allies that the women of India will severely punish them for "the sin of foeticide" after they killed a bill on women's reservation in Parliament and state assemblies. In an address to the...

New Delhi: Undeterred by the rejection of their earlier notices, opposition parties are planning a fresh move to seek the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, sources said Saturday. According to highly placed sources, leaders from several opposition parties are in talks, and at...

Dubai: Iran Saturday said that it is reviewing new proposals put forward by the US. Iran's Supreme National Security Council said in a statement that Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir, serving as an intermediary, presented the proposals to Iran when he recently visited Tehran, and...

New Delhi: India Saturday summoned Iranian envoy Mohammad Fathali and conveyed its strong protest after two Indian-flagged vessels had to reverse course in the Strait of Hormuz following an incident of firing by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri conveyed to the envoy India's...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Saturday approved a 2 per cent increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for central government employees effective from January 1, 2026, providing an increase in their take‑home pay. The Cabinet okayed to release an additional...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Delhi Police has arrested four radicalised men from Maharashtra, Odisha and Bihar who allegedly planned terror activities, carried out recce of sensitive locations to target them and attempted to recruit others through encrypted online platforms, officials said Saturday. An Improvised Explosive Device (IED)...