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Shimla: All India Mahila Congress head Alka Lamba Friday appealed to people of Himachal Pradesh to support the movement against "vote theft" and join the INDIA bloc's November 1 protest in Delhi's Ramlila Maidan. Additionally, in response to the BJP's outrage over Congress President Mallikarjun...

New Delhi: The Registrar General of India (RGI) has directed its countrywide units in states and union territories not to use or release to the press any data or population figures collected during the Census 2027. In a communique to chief secretaries of all states...

New Delhi: Austria's Federal Minister for European and International Affairs Beate Meinl-Reisinger will be on an official visit to India from October 27 to November 2, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced Monday. During her visit, Reisinger will hold talks with External Affairs Minister...

Chennai: DMK leader and former Tamil Nadu School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi was arrested Monday in connection with a Rs 100 crore private schools "scam," police said. Sources said Mahesh was picked up from Aminjikarai in the city and escorted to the office of...

New Delhi: Demanding an apology, Delhi BJP President Harsh Malhotra Monday led a massive protest near the residence of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge at Rajaji Marg, opposing his alleged insulting remarks about the late father of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting in Patna...

Hague: India and the US have concluded most of the discussions for a proposed bilateral trade pact, and they are now fine-tuning the agreement, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Monday. "We have concluded most of the discussions and are fine-tuning the agreement," he...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Centre, the Chief Electoral Officer and the Maharashtra government on a plea challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Maharashtra, alleging large-scale deletion of voters, while...

New Delhi: The government Monday said it has cleared capital acquisition proposals worth Rs 2.12 lakh crore for defence forces, out of which nearly 82 per cent of the procurements will be made from Indian Industry. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister...

Kolkata: Footage from 16 CCTV cameras was "unavailable" out of the 32 devices installed in and around the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal, where a stampede resulted in the death of 19 people October 17, police said Monday. Twenty-five people were also injured in the stampede,...

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday staged protests at its party headquarters and in several states across the country, demanding an apology from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over his alleged "derogatory" remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. BJP leaders and workers took to...