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New Delhi: INDIA bloc's "public impeachment" of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has been postponed to October 31 due to the rains in the city, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Friday. "By consensus we have decided to postpone today's programme to tomorrow at the same...

New Delhi: Amid the row over divestment of IDBI Bank, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday took on the Congress party and the previous UPA government, alleging they used banks and financial institutions as "personal entities" and pressured bank employees to extend loans at their whim,...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has asked the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) to decide two show-cause notices issued to grappler Vinesh Phogat in two weeks. Justice Amit Mahajan, in an order passed October 29 on Phogat's petition, said a sportsperson has to be...

Sonipat: Mumbai Police have arrested another accused from Haryana's Sonipat district in connection with the firing incident targeting Hindi film actor Tiger Shroff's car, taking the total number of arrests in the case to 12, including nine people from Sonipat. The latest accused, identified as...

Greater Noida: A 40-year-old man and his 11-year-old son died after falling from the 23rd floor of a residential tower at Mahagun Mywoods Society in Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddha district, Friday, while reportedly plucking flowers for a puja, police said. The incident...

New Delhi: INDIA bloc will hold a "public impeachment" of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar Friday, with former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar chairing the proceedings, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge moving the "motion" and former party chief Rahul Gandhi making the concluding remarks. INDIA bloc...

New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to launch its GSLV-F18/NVS-03 mission at 11.51 pm Friday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC SHAR) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Announcing the launch schedule on X, ISRO said, “Launch Day! The GSLV-F18/NVS-03 Mission is...

United Nations:  As threats to maritime security emerge from new technology, India has urged international cooperation to counter them and said it would be a priority for it in pursuing election to the Security Council. "India has identified AI (artificial intelligence) and maritime security as...

Thimphu: A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) at Shintaphu Lake in northwestern Bhutan has triggered flash flood warnings for parts of West Bengal and Assam, with authorities monitoring vulnerable areas along rivers flowing towards the two states. The incident occurred Thursday evening in Bhutan's Gasa...

New Delhi: Former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar will chair the INDIA bloc's "public impeachment" of the CEC October 30, with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge initiating the proceedings and former party chief Rahul Gandhi making the concluding remarks before the 'motion' is adopted, sources said...