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Guwahati: Assam's flood situation remained critical, with over 4.45 lakh people affected across six districts, even as rescue and relief operations were intensified by the state administration, officials said Tuesday. According to the latest report issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), floodwaters...

New Delhi: A Parliamentary panel has summoned representatives of major social media platforms, including Instagram, along with officials of the ministries of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Home Affairs, August 3 to discuss regulation of social media and digital platforms. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey,...

New Delhi: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Tuesday said that the government is willing to extend the time of the anti-paper leak debate in the Lok Sabha to up to 10 hours as the House resumed at 2 p.m. As the proceedings commenced to...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday restrained states from taking any coercive action against protesters in the recent student-led agitation and directed them to release those under 18 on the condition that none should have any criminal antecedents. Hearing a batch of petitions alleging police...

Islamabad: At least 20 people were killed and dozens critically injured during the Long March organised by the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), amid an escalating crackdown by Pakistani authorities on protesters in the region. The death toll is expected to...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) may be set up to ensure a fair, transparent and thorough probe into all incidents of violence during the recent student protests. The law must take its course once there is a violation...

New Delhi: The government has summoned Meta's global head of public policy after the US-based social media company removed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's post, in which he had addressed India's youth and promised stringent measures against paper leaks, sources said Tuesday. Sources told PTI that...

New Delhi: An official record of the police action taken during the July 20 'Sansad Chalo' march by protesters on the NEET issue has stated that the RAF fired multiple rounds of non-lethal munitions, including two rounds of plastic pellets, while controlling the mob at...

Cairo: Mediators have achieved progress in getting the United States and Iran back to negotiations, regional officials said Monday, after both sides paused attacks following a period of rapidly escalating tensions. But scattered attacks by armed groups across the region underscored the lingering tensions. Saudi...

Srinagar: At least 30 Amarnath Yatris were injured Tuesday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Officials said the pilgrims were injured when a bus carrying nearly 40 pilgrims skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge near the S-Mode area...