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New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke Monday announced a nationwide campaign to improve government schools in villages, calling on parents to conduct social audits of basic facilities and sarpanches to take up the task of improving the institutions. The campaign will be...

New Delhi: The 8th Central Pay Commission has not yet submitted its recommendations to the government, Parliament was informed Monday. The commission chaired by former Supreme Court Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai was constituted by the government November 3, 2025. It had been given 18 months...

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee Monday served a legal notice to West Bengal Municipal Affairs and Urban Development Minister Agnimitra Paul, accusing her of making inappropriate statements to media persons about the Diamond Harbour MP concerning his personal assistant,...

New Delhi: US Ambassador Sergio Gor Monday met Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and discussed matters relating to India-US bilateral ties. The meeting came two days after US Vice President J D Vance held a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "Always good to meet...

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren Monday lashed out at Opposition BJP, accusing its leaders of trying to mislead protesting job aspirants for political gains. Soren, in a social media post, also appealed to the protesters to resolve their grievances through dialogue and trust. The...

Thane: A rabid stray dog attacked and bit near ly 130 people within seven hours in an area in Kalyan (west) in Thane district of Maharashtra, necessitating hospitalisation for 25 victims and advanced medi cal care for a severely injured 11-year-old girl, civic health of...

New Delhi: The Parliament approved the Taxation and other Laws (Amendment) Bill Monday, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman making it clear that the legislation does not impose any tax or transaction charge on users making payments through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). The Bill, which...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday said the country is not interested in Amit Shah's speech in Parliament "on general topics" and asserted that the Union home minister must come clean on who authorised the firing of pellet guns on the protesting students. The...

New Delhi: Youth power and their contributions to national development as well as 150 years of 'Vande Mataram' will be the theme of this year's Independence Day celebrations August 15, the defence ministry said Monday. At the same time, Defence Secretary RK Singh said the...

New Delhi: The pace of joblessness as well as the ratio of workers' population in India stayed almost flat year-on-year during the April-June quarter of this fiscal, reflecting no sign of expansion or contraction in the country's job market. The rate of unemployment, which measures...