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New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk has refused to end his indefinite hunger strike despite suffering muscle loss and immense pain, insisting that the government should initiate dialogue, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) said Tuesday as his fast entered the 17th day and the outfit's agitation...

New Delhi: Following the leak of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) paper in Maharashtra, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday called for a new exam date, action against those responsible for the leak, and age-limit relaxation for candidates affected by the situation. The TET 2026 was...

New Delhi: The comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA) that was signed between India and the UK July 25, 2025, after several rounds of negotiations, will come into force from July 15, 2026. This will be the sixth free trade agreement to be implemented by...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to interfere with the Jharkhand High Court order granting bail to RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in a fodder scam case. A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and P B Varale asked the high court to expedite...

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has clarified that the third language (R3) will not be included as a Board examination subject in the Class X examination for the current batch of Class IX students. However, students will be required to successfully...

New Delhi: Wholesale price inflation shot up to 9.87 per cent in June, from 9.68 per cent in May, led by a sharp spike in prices of food and non-food items. The sharp rise in WPI inflation reflects the impact of the West Asia crisis,...

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala will have another moment of pride Tuesday evening when NASA astronaut Dr Anil Menon, whose family traces its roots to Ottapalam in Palakkad district, blasts off to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft. The launch is scheduled for 8.17 p.m....

New Delhi: India Tuesday summoned the Iranian diplomats, including Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Mohammad Javad Hosseini, following the latest attack on United Arab Emirates (UAE) merchant vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, which killed one Indian and injured several others. An Indian sailor was...

New Delhi: India has backed Palestine's bid for United Nations membership and reaffirmed its support for a two-state solution to the festering conflict between the Palestinian people and Israel. New Delhi's position on Palestine was apprised by Sripriya Ranganathan, a secretary at the external affairs...

Hyderabad: Mortal remains of three persons from Andhra Pradesh who were killed in a boat tragedy in Vietnam arrived at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport’s cargo terminal Tuesday. Andhra Pradesh Minister Kondapalli Srinivas received the bodies and consoled the family members. Earlier, the bodies of Mudiam...