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New Delhi: An amended law that empowers states to set up fast-track courts for speedy trials of accused and enhance punishment in public examination question paper leak cases has received the assent of President Droupadi Murmu. In a gazette notification issued Friday, the law ministry...

New Delhi: AISA president Neha, who observed a 23-day hunger strike at the Jantar Mantar protest, has refused to apologise for or condemn the cuss-laden denunciations of the Centre made by many agitators, and accused critics of trying to divert attention from the alleged use...

New Delhi: Activist Tehseen Poonawalla Saturday alleged that he was placed under house arrest, without any written order, in Greater Kailash by the Delhi Police ahead of his proposed solo march and hunger strike against the BJP-led Centre's E20 fuel policy. Poonawalla had announced July...

Leh: Ladakh Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena Saturday approved the Ladakh Sports Policy 2026, unveiling a comprehensive roadmap that promises monthly scholarships, one-time cash rewards and sustained financial support to athletes in a major push to transform the Union Territory into a sporting powerhouse. Saxena described...

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday said it has registered an FIR against Reliance Capital Limited in Mumbai, its former Chairman Anil Ambani, unknown public servants and other unknown persons, for allegedly causing a wrongful loss of Rs 1,007.55 crore, along with...

New Delhi: Gross GST collections grew 15.4 per cent to over Rs 2.11 lakh crore in July on higher mop-up from sales and imports, reflecting sustained domestic consumption. Gross GST collections were Rs 1.83 lakh crore in July 2025 and Rs 1.95 lakh crore last...

New Delhi: A Bill that proposes to set up fast-track courts in every state for speedy trials of accused and enhance punishment in public examination question paper leak cases has received the assent of the President. In a gazette notification issued Friday, the law ministry...

New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, Saturday strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district that claimed the lives of two migrant workers from Chhattisgarh, describing the incident as "extremely tragic" and calling for the...

Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, Kashmir's chief cleric Umar Farooq and other leaders Saturday condemned the killing of two migrant labourers from Chhattisgarh in a terror attack in Kulgam district a day earlier, terming it utter inhumanity. Farooq Abdullah, president of the Jammu and...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has extended the timeline for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Odisha, allowing voters to file claims and objections until August 19. According to a notification issued by the Commission July 31, the...