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New Delhi: Union Cabinet Friday approved extension of the PM-KISAN scheme for the next five years till the 2030-31 fiscal with an outlay of Rs 3,15,614 crore. Launched on February 24, 2019, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is a centrally sponsored scheme aimed at...

New Delhi: Taking note of accidents due to stray animals on roads, the Supreme Court Friday directed the Centre and the state governments to develop a mechanism for payment of compensation in such accidents. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh issued...

New Delhi: Actor Kartik Aaryan has extended support to Assam and donated Rs 1 crore to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund amidst the ongoing floods. The office of the Chief Minister of Assam shared a post on the official X handle Thursday to thank the...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Congress Friday lashed out at the Modi government over alleged sharing of an Odisha medical examination question paper on WhatsApp, saying merely mandating stronger punishments or designating courts as 'fast-track' is not sufficient, and a more honest conversation is needed on corruption...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of threatening Gen Z, and said that the duo is "India's past" and should be careful about how they treat the country's future. The Leader of Opposition in...

New Delhi: Petrol prices in Delhi would have risen to around Rs 125 per litre during the recent West Asian crisis without ethanol blending, the government said Friday, claiming the programme helped consumers save nearly Rs 30 per litre by cushioning the impact of the...

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Friday passed the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026, amid Opposition protests over the police crackdown on students during the July 20 Parliament march, with the legislation being cleared without a debate. The bill was taken up for consideration...

New Delhi: BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla Friday updated his X bio with no mention of the BJP in it, setting off speculation that he may have quit the party. There was no official confirmation to this, as Poonawalla could not be reached for comments...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the Delhi Police on jailed former JNU student Umar Khalid's regular bail plea in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots "larger conspiracy" case and sought its response. A Division Bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and...

New Delhi:  Amid continuous sloganeering by Opposition members, the Rajya Sabha proceedings were cut short Friday and the House was adjourned till August 3. Congress President and Leader of Opposition in the Upper House, Mallikarjun Kharge, sought to raise a notice under Rule 267. Rajya...