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New Delhi: More than 200 academicians have written an open letter to Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, objecting to her "gau mutra expert" remark targeting IIT Madras Director V Kamakoti, saying that "mockery" cannot be a substitute for reasoned engagement. According to the 215 academicians...

Chaibasa (Jharkhand): A high-level inter-state board meeting of senior police officers from West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand was held Thursday through video-conferencing to deliberate on various issues, including Maoist and drug menace. Deputy Inspector General (DIG)-level officers of the contiguous region of the three states...

Tokyo: The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture has risen to 34, including cases still under investigation for links to the disaster, according to the prefectural disaster response headquarters. At a disaster response headquarters meeting held Thursday afternoon, Kumamoto Prefecture...

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha cleared the Vande Mataram Bill Thursday amid din in the House, following a brief debate on the crucial legislation. The bill -- Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 -- was cleared by the Lower House with a...

New Delhi: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Thursday said it has taken strict enforcement action against multiple food business operators (FBOs) for misleading claims, non-compliant labelling, food safety violations and serious hygiene lapses to safeguard consumer interests. In a post on...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has asked senior officials from Meta to appear before the government to explain the temporary restriction placed on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Facebook post, with the meeting expected to take place within the next seven...

New Delhi: A high-level meeting of Union ministers, including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, S Jaishankar and Nirmala Sitharaman, was held at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office in Parliament Thursday. The meeting was also attended by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. Also Read : Delhi Police registers...

New Delhi: The hunt for social media influencer-turned Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-paid terror recruiter Shahzad Bhatti is set to widen. Bhatti, who was operating from Dubai, was briefly shifted to Pakistan to coordinate with ISI handlers in setting up a large recruitment network aimed at luring...

Kolkata: Police Thursday arrested the manager and brother-in-law of absconding stone trader Tullu Mondal, following a night-long search operation during which they recovered Rs 28.5 crore in cash and 15 kg of gold from his residence in West Bengal's Birbhum district, in one of the...

New Delhi: The Congress party and its allies in the INDIA bloc Thursday staged a protest at Makar Dwar of the Parliament, demanding answers from the NDA government over the alleged use of lethal force against student protesters during the July 20 'Sansad Chalo' march...