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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday announced that the government will extend the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament by three days, April 16, 17 and 18, to fast-track steps for operationalising 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative...

Kolkata: A team of NIA officials, probing the gherao of seven judicial officers engaged in the SIR exercise, videographed the incident spot on the second day of their visit to Mothabari in Malda Saturday, a senior district official said. The NIA has been tasked by...

Chennai: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Saturday launched a sharp attack on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin over the ongoing row surrounding the three-language policy under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, accusing him of misrepresenting the reform for political gains. In a strongly...

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) Saturday encouraged voters to use the ECINET platform to access information about candidates’ educational qualifications and criminal antecedents for the upcoming Assembly Elections and by-elections in 2026. In a press release, the ECI highlighted the importance of...

New Delhi: I go to Parliament to create impact, not ruckus, said Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha Saturday as he rejected allegations levelled against him by the Aam Aadmi Party, calling them false and part of a coordinated campaign. In a video, Chadha dismissed claims...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday alleged that the Modi government is putting the security of every Indian at risk by attempting to "cover up its own failures" and concealing the reality of foreign surveillance through Chinese cameras installed at vital locations. "This is...

New Delhi: India Saturday expressed gratitude to Armenia for facilitating the evacuation of its nationals from Iran, as efforts continue to bring back citizens amid the intensifying conflict in West Asia. The evacuation of Indian fishermen through Armenia marks another step in New Delhi’s ongoing...

New Delhi: Another India-flagged liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker, Green Sanvi, transited east of the Strait of Hormuz, according to ship tracking data, making it the seventh Indian vessel to clear the maritime chokepoint safely amid the West Asia conflict. The vessel used a designated...

Thiruvananthapuram: After his convoy was allegedly blocked and a member of his security team was assaulted in Kerala’s Malappuram district, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, Saturday said that he was safe and expressed gratitude for the concern shown by supporters. Taking to X, Tharoor said: "Truly...

Nashik: A major tragedy struck Nashik, Maharashtra when nine members of the same family died after their car plunged into a roadside well in the Shivajinagar area. The incident has cast a pall of gloom over the entire Dindori taluka. Police are currently investigating the...