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New Delhi: Several prominent voters of Delhi, including Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, have been issued notices by the poll body for "discrepancies" in the details of their enumeration forms submitted under the ongoing SIR exercise, officials said Saturday. However, the...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday condoled the loss of lives in a road accident in Madhya Pradesh and announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the kin of those killed and Rs 50,000 for those injured. Eight people died after their...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Santrupt Misra Saturday urged the Central government to explore other methods of funding for infrastructure upgrades and cybersecurity in the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), while ensuring protection for small businesses and consumers. On Friday, Odisha Leader of the...

New Delhi: More than 180 scientists and ecologists in India have signed an appeal to fellow researchers and field practitioners to prepare for an upcoming "super" El Nino event, which is likely to have devastating impacts on the country's natural systems. El Nino is marked...

New Delhi: The RSS-affiliated ABVP won three of the four central panel posts in the high-profile Delhi University Students' Union election, while independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen, who was denied an NSUI ticket, won the vice-president's post. Congress' National Students Union of India (NSUI) drew a...

New Delhi: The question before Indian courts is no longer conservation versus development but how the two can be harmonised and sustained together, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said Saturday and described the apex court as the banyan tree of environmental justice. Tracing four...

Mumbai: A 22-year-old student of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay committed suicide in his hostel room after he was allegedly caught using his mobile phone during an examination, police said Saturday. Sahil Ravindra Wakode, a native of Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, was found hanging from...

Moscow: Chief of Army Staff General Dhiraj Seth has concluded his three-day official visit to Russia, during which he interacted with senior military leadership of the country and visited key military institutions, Indian military officials said Saturday. The visit, which concluded Friday, provided fresh impetus...

Ludhiana: Former Union Minister and BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu was detained by Punjab Police Saturday after he protested near the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) gate when Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s cavalcade was passing through the area. Bittu held up a bottle towards the Chief...

New Delhi: A fresh tranche of 11 tonnes of relief material, including medicines, forensic supplies, tents and sleeping bags, was dispatched Saturday aboard a military transport aircraft to Kathmandu, officials said. In a post on X, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar shared photos of the...