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Bhubaneswar: The participation of officials of the Indian High Commission in Kenya in an ISKCON-organised Rath Yatra recently has sparked resentment among devotees of Lord Jagannath in Odisha Saturday. Padma Shri awardee and sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik urged External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to advise...

New Delhi: Actor Prakash Raj joined the protesters of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at Delhi's Jantar Mantar Saturday, expressing solidarity as the agitation entered its 22nd day. Activist Sonam Wangchuk, who is on the 14th day of his indefinite hunger strike, said that he...

New Delhi: Flagging the delay in the formation of the Arbitration Council of India, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant Saturday expressed the hope that a bill in this regard will now come up before Parliament. Speaking at the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation...

New Delhi: NDA ally and Union minister Chirag Paswan Sunday expressed confidence that the BJP would retain the Bankipur seat in Bihar, where the party had to bring in a fresh candidate after its original nominee pulled out of the race for the July 30...

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday accused the BJP of trying to bring down his government by engineering a split in the National Conference, claiming that his party MLAs were offered Rs 20-30 crore to switch sides. Addressing a packed workers' convention...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday expressed grief over the deaths of Indian nationals in a boat accident in Vietnam and said that Indian missions are providing all possible help. Fifteen Indian tourists were killed in the incident on Saturday, according to Vietnamese media...

New Delhi: India has asserted that trade issues with the US should be resolved through bilateral trade negotiations rather than unilateral measures, urging the USTR to reconsider its proposed 12.5 per cent tariff, citing inconsistencies in its Section 301 investigation into forced labour concerns. Participating...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said it has issued a fresh order to attach assets worth Rs 1,021 crore as part of a money laundering investigation against the Reliance Anil Ambani Group. The provisional order, issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering...

New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI Saturday said it has issued 9 notices to quick-commerce platform Swiggy Instamart following several consumer complaints, including of alleged supply of rotten and expired food products, against the platform. In a social media post on X, Food Safety Standards Authority...

New Delhi: Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has said he is just an ordinary citizen, not a modern Gandhi or a hero, urging people to become the heroes of their own lives instead of looking for someone else to lead. The Cockroach Janta Party's...