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New Delhi: Congress MP K C Venugopal wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Thursday over the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, flagging concerns that no meaningful consultation with stakeholders is taking place and that there is an intention to...

New Delhi: The NCERT has made personal income tax a part of Class 9 curriculum with a civic message about paying taxes honestly being an important responsibility of citizens. The book titled "Understanding Society India and Beyond-Part 2" was released Tuesday, six months after the...

Mumbai: Accolades poured in Thursday for Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar, who fought off a co-pilot trying to crash a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv and saved several lives despite being stabbed. His childhood friend, neighbours from the Mumbai building where he lived...

New Delhi: Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has reportedly launched a massive drive to recruit retired army and navy personnel into terror outfits to bypass training delays and lead operations in Jammu and Kashmir, according to intelligence officials. The tactical shift follows acute recruitment shortages faced...

New Delhi: Israel's Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, Thursday raised questions over the timing of the flydubai flight incident and said they need to wait for the investigation's results to determine the motive. In an interview with IANS, Azar said that the incident took place...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said the country must bring youth into public services who are not attracted to public office. Addressing an event here, he said it is essential that the recruitment examination does not just test what a candidate knows but...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday stayed the execution of the death penalty of an operative of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen in connection with the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts that left 56 people dead. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, AG Masih and Sandeep...

Milwaukee: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Thursday said that he met European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic on the sidelines of the G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting here and reviewed progress towards the signing and entry into force of the India-EU...

New Delhi: State-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) have increased commercial LPG rates by Rs 62.50 per 19-kg cylinder effective from Thursday in line with firming international benchmark prices. Apart from that, aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices were also increased by Rs 16 per litre. ATF...

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar Thursday appealed to Congress booth-level agents (BLAs), party leaders and workers to provide details of alleged bulk submissions of Form 7 applications seeking deletion of names from electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. In two videos...