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New Delhi: Union Minister Giriraj Singh Thursday hit out at the Opposition for bringing monkeys into Parliament and said they have crossed all limits. His remarks came after several Opposition members, including Congress MPs Pawan Khera, Imran Pratapgarhi, and Jebi Mather, participated in a demonstration...

Kolkata: West Bengal's BJP government Thursday withdrew and annulled Banga Bibhushan, the state's highest civilian award, previously bestowed upon the party's Rajya Sabha MP Nagendranath Roy aka Ananta Maharaj, in the wake of his alleged derogatory remarks about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The move came...

Nanded: Shiromani Akali Dal chief and former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was injured in a knife attack inside a gurdwara in Maharashtra's Nanded Thursday, police said. A Nihang (member of a martial order of Sikhs) attacked Badal with a kirpan (curved dagger)...

Ranchi: Police Thursday lodged an FIR against 300 unnamed people in connection with the August 10 march to the Jharkhand assembly over alleged recruitment examination irregularities in the state, a senior officer said. The case was registered against the unnamed people for violating prohibitory orders,...

New Delhi:  Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant Thursday expressed concern over the mounting backlog of cases in consumer commissions across the country, observing that prolonged delays have defeated the very purpose for which these forums were created. Hearing a matter related to the...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday told the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) not to finalise, till August 18, names of probable officers for appointment as Director General of Police of Odisha. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V...

New Delhi: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) interim investigation report on Air India Flight AI 2379, which abruptly dropped by 300 feet at an altitude of 36,000 feet while flying from Phuket to Delhi, injuring 24 people on board, is expected to be submitted...

New Delhi: Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die Thursday, drawing curtains on a stormy Monsoon session which saw relentless protests by the opposition over police action on agitating students and alleged theft of Ram temple donations, and passage of several key bills without debate. As...

Thiruvananthapuram: Former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s claim of having little knowledge of the controversial Messi deal is facing fresh questions after official records revealed that his government had actively intervened on behalf of the private sponsor, even as the present government is embarking on a...

Kolkata: Nadia district court in West Bengal has ordered a police probe against Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee and 29 others in connection with a case of illegal land grabbing in Nadia and its adjacent Murshidabad...