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New Delhi: Congress Friday attacked the Modi government after American national Matthew VanDyke was reportedly released on default bail for a month to travel home, alleging that US pressure determined this outcome and Prime Minister Narendra Modi failed to protect India's national security. The opposition...

New Delhi: As many as 111 MPs and MLAs changed their parties after winning elections to Parliament or state assemblies between 2022 and 2026, with the highest number of such switches recorded in Nagaland and West Bengal, according to an analysis by the Association for...

New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging decisions, guidelines and software changes allegedly made by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar without the concurrence of the two Election Commissioners, saying suchonactions violate the statutory requirement of collective decision-making. The plea filed...

New Delhi: India and Australia are working on a comprehensive economic cooperation agreement and a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to boost two-way trade and strengthen economic ties, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Friday. Addressing ICAI's first Oceania International Conference 2026 in Australia, the...

New Delhi: Delhi High Court Friday directed Meta Platforms to immediately remove objectionable content of a woman's morphed picture posted on social media with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Justice Girish Kathpalia observed that this is an extraordinary position in which the matter is not of...

New Delhi: Several protesters demanding the arrest and resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar were detained by Delhi Police during a demonstration at Jantar Mantar Friday, organisers said. A senior police officer said the protesters had not sought permission for the demonstration. "No application...

New Delhi: Four women wrestlers Friday moved a sessions court, challenging a magistrate's order acquitting former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a sexual harassment case. The plea also assails the acquittal of former WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar of...

Gangtok: A major landslide triggered by continuous heavy rainfall damaged several houses in Sikkim's Gyalshing district, officials said Friday. The landslide occurred late Thursday night, causing extensive damage in the Rimbi village, they said. Several houses, including government accommodations, were destroyed or extensively damaged in...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder, Abhijeet Dipke, Friday said that the outfit will stage nationwide protests from October 2, which marks Gandhi Jayanti, if Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar does not resign by Saturday. This comes a day after the CJP demanded Gyanesh...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday issued two notices on Tarun Tejpal's sentencing in a 2013 rape case -- one to Goa Police on the journalist's petition against his 10-year prison term and the second to him on a Goa government plea seeking enhancement of...