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Srinagar: Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan arrived Wednesday on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir. A Business Boeing Jet carrying the Vice President landed at Srinagar Airport Wednesday evening. Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, the...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate attached Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani's Mumbai house, 'Abode', worth Rs 3,716 crore under the anti-money laundering law, official sources said Wednesday. The luxurious house, which is 66 metres high with 17 floors, is located in the Pali Hill area...

New Delhi: Union minister Kiren Rijiju and Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu Wednesday said atrocities on people from the Northeast will not be tolerated and strong action will be taken against those committing any such crime. Rijiju and Khandu were responding to an incident...

Jerusalem: Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Israel Wednesday to a red-carpet welcome with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and wife Sara receiving the Indian leader at the Ben Gurion airport. It is PM Modi's second visit to Israel in nine years. The India-Israel relationship...

New Delhi: The controversial portions about judicial corruption in NCERT's Class VIII social science textbook could be removed as the government has not taken kindly to the matter, sources said Wednesday, while the council pulled the book from its website. A three-judge bench comprising Chief...

Jammu: The joint security forces Wednesday recovered Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), arms and ammunition in the forests of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pooch district. Nagrota-headquartered White Knight Corps of the Army said in a post on X that, based on intelligence inputs, a joint operation was...

New Delhi: Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Wednesday slammed the "absurd and shocking" demands and arrangements linked to a senior BSNL director's proposed Prayagraj visit, calling them "unacceptable" and saying that a show-cause notice has been issued. The Minister's comments assume significance as controversy erupted after...

New Delhi: US has announced preliminary countervailing duty of 125.87 per cent on imports of certain Indian solar goods alleging that the products are unfairly subsidised by New Delhi. The US has also announced different duties on the imports of 'Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of the contents of Class VIII NCERT textbook referring to the "corruption in the judiciary" and termed it a matter of "grave concern." A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul...

New Delhi: Relevant provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act have been invoked in the case related to racial abuse and humiliation of three women from Arunachal Pradesh in Delhi's Malviya Nagar, officials said Wednesday. The police said that the...