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New Delhi: The Congress Friday accused the Election Commission of lying about the ECINet portal and violating the Representation of the People Act, as it stressed on accountability for the violations of the law and the Constitution. Congress general secretary in-charge Jairam Ramesh said that...

New Delhi: The government has extended the timelines for the RELIEF scheme and the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme to support exporters amid geopolitical disruptions and logistics uncertainties, according to official statements Friday. According to the Ministry of Commerce and...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday spoke to brave Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar, who saved 170 lives on the flydubai flight despite facing a life-threatening attack in the cockpit and wished him a quick recovery. PM Modi applauded the courage and resourcefulness of...

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed states and union territories where the nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has been completed to conduct a special drive to identify and enrol voters who may have been left out. In a...

New Delhi: AAP leader and Delhi unit president Saurabh Bharadwaj, along with several party workers, was detained Friday while protesting against the Election Commission at Jantar Mantar. Speaking to reporters, Bharadwaj criticised the security arrangements in the city and urged party workers and supporters to...

United Nations: India's Bimal Patel has been sworn in as judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). He took the oath of office  Thursday at the tribunal in Hamburg, starting a nine-year term on the highest judicial body for the...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 157th birth anniversary at Raj Ghat in Delhi, marking Gandhi Jayanti. President Murmu visited Raj Ghat and paid floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi....

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary, recalling his ideals of truth, non-violence, simplicity and Swadeshi, saying Bapu’s timeless message would continue to guide the country towards a better society and a Viksit Bharat. In a...

 New Delhi: Delhi Police Friday imposed prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) across the New Delhi district ahead of a proposed protest at Jantar Mantar against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, officials said. Security heightened at Jantar Mantar, with...

New Delhi/Ganjam: A 16-year-old girl who went missing from her home in west Delhi’s Inderpuri earlier this month after becoming emotionally attached to a 32-year-old woman who had allegedly experienced domestic violence was traced to Odisha along with the woman, police said Thursday. The girl...