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New Delhi: In a historic decision, the government Friday announced the implementation of the four Labour Codes, which rationalised 29 existing labour laws, with immediate effect. The four labour codes are: the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday agreed to hear a batch of pleas challenging the Election Commission's decision to conduct Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and other states. A bench of Justices Surya Kant, SVN Bhatti and Joymalya Bagchi issued notice...

Amaravati: Fifty-five people from Andhra Pradesh are among 370 Indian nationals repatriated from Thailand after they were rescued from cybercrime hubs in Myanmar. Three flights carrying the Indians landed in Delhi. According to Andhra Pradesh government officials, all 55 belong to Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam. The...

Kolkata: Tremors were felt across West Bengal and parts of the northeast Friday morning, as an earthquake of magnitude 5.7 jolted Bangladesh's Narsingdi, the National Centre for Seismology said. The quake struck 13 km south-southwest of Narsingdi in the neighbouring country at 10.08 am, and...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi departed for South Africa's Johannesburg Friday at the invitation of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to attend the 20th G20 Leaders’ Summit. Taking to social media platform X, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, “PM Narendra Modi has...

Jammu: AK rifle cartridges, pistol rounds and hand-grenade pins, among other items, were recovered during the State Investigation Agency (SIA) of J&K Police raids at the Kashmir Times office at its Residency Road area of Jammu city. “AK rifle cartridges, pistol rounds and hand-grenade pins,...

New Delhi: Late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's wife Priya Kapur Thursday told the Delhi High Court that it was a "healthy tradition" for a husband to give all his assets to his wife and refuted the claim of actor Karisma Kapoor's children that their father's alleged...

Jammu: The National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party reacted strongly to the State Investigation Agency's raid at the Kashmir Times office here Thursday, terming it an attempt to exert pressure on the media. Both parties alleged that the action represented a broader pattern of...

New Delhi/Washington: The United States (US) Thursday expressed appreciation of its ongoing partnership with the Indian security agencies for dismantling terror-linked networks and holding criminals accountable. In a statement shared on X, US Embassy in India stated, "We appreciate our ongoing partnership with India’s security...

Agra (UP): Donald Trump Jr., son of US President Donald Trump, visited the Taj Mahal in Agra Thursday and spent nearly an hour exploring the monument under an elaborate security arrangement, officials said. Trump Jr. arrived at the monument around 3.30 pm and had an...