New Delhi: The Election Commission has directed rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) not to use the party name and "Flowers and Grass symbol" during the West Bengal bypolls, and asked them to submit their preferred names and symbols by Friday morning....
Washington: The US House of Representatives has passed a sweeping sanctions and tariff Bill intended to increase economic pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, sending the Bill to President Donald Trump to sign into law more than a year after the late Senator...
New Delhi: Ordinary Indian passports issued to children below 15 years of age will now be valid for five years or until the child turns 18, whichever is earlier, under the new rules notified by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). The Passports (Amendment) Rules,...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday asked the CBSE to consider implementing its policy mandating the study of three languages, including two native Indian languages, for Class VI students from the next academic session starting 2027. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), represented by...
Tehran: Iran Thursday ordered a Swedish diplomat to leave the country within 48 hours in response to Sweden's expulsion of an official at the Iranian embassy in Stockholm, while rejecting Sweden's accusations against Tehran as "baseless." Iran's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Alireza...
New Delhi: The government Thursday hailed the passage of legislation by New Zealand's Parliament towards the free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries. India and New Zealand are working closely to complete their respective domestic processes and to facilitate the early entry into force...
New Delhi: The Centre Thursday told the Supreme Court that it has agreed to reduce the qualifying percentile for National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Super Speciality seats from the existing 50 per cent to 30. In a note filed before the top court, the Centre submitted that 1,857...
Beijing: China Thursday rejected the US "long-arm jurisdiction" to impose tariffs on purchases of Russian oil and gas, saying its normal trade and economic cooperation with other countries should not be subject to interference or coercion by third parties. The US House of Representatives passed...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday asked the CBSE to consider implementing its policy mandating the study of three languages, including two native Indian languages, for Class 6 students from the next academic session starting 2027. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), represented by...
New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released a tentative schedule of examinations from December 2026 to March 2027, officials said Thursday. "The proposed schedule for NTA examinations from December 2026 to March 2027 has been released. Dates are tentative and may undergo changes...
The alleged suicide by a second-year B. Tech student of the prestigious IIT Bombay, one of India’s most premier institutes,...
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Political satire, which in the present social media age also assumes the form of memes, is a healthy process of...
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Almost ten years ago on 8 November 2016 when PM Narendra Modi personally, in a highly insensitive and arbitrary manner,...
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By Aakar Patel Work on Donald Trump’s arch begins in Washington, DC, this month. Fashioned on Paris’s Arc de Triomphe,...
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