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Bhopal: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh Thursday after the nomination papers of two independent candidates were rejected during scrutiny, leaving him as the sole candidate in the by-election. The by-election was...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde were questioned by the Delhi Police Crime Branch for around four hours Thursday in connection with two FIRs related to their protest at Jantar Mantar October 13, police said. The two...

New Delhi: All serving Agniveers will be absorbed as regular soldiers after six years of service, provided they are willing to continue, physically fit and disciplined, defence officials said Thursday, insisting that the Agnipath recruitment scheme has not been rolled back. The clarification came a...

New Delhi: The Centre has issued a joint advisory to all states and Union territories, identifying 22 permissible works under the VB-G RAM G Act to strengthen fodder security, pasture development and livestock-supportive infrastructure in rural areas, the Ministry of Rural Development said Thursday. The...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka appeared before the Delhi Police Crime Branch Thursday in connection with an investigation, police sources said. The two leaders reached the Crime Branch office in Rajouri Garden around 11 am, where a team...

New Delhi: Election Commission Thursday announced a Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls in Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu, Mizoram, Odisha and Sikkim. The poll roll revision exercise seeks to enrol eligible voters, particularly young and first-time electors, and...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday declined to transfer the trial in the alleged Tirupati laddu adulteration case outside Andhra Pradesh, holding that no case was made out for shifting the proceedings to another state at this stage. A Bench of Chief Justice of India...

New Delhi: The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has written to Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, expressing deep resentment and distress felt by traders across the country over the frequent disruption of business activities in Delhi caused by political rallies, sit-ins,...

Hyderabad: Eleven personnel of SDRF and Fire Services, who went missing after two rescue boats overturned while saving trapped fishermen in a lake in Telangana’s Khammam district, have been safely rescued, officials said on Thursday. Five of the missing personnel were rescued late Wednesday night,...

Hardoi (Uttar Pradesh): A massive fire broke out at an NCC Limited warehouse, operated under the 'Jal Nigam Gramin' (Rural Water Corporation), in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi early Thursday morning, officials said. The fire broke out at around 3:30 a.m. at the warehouse located on Bilgram...