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Jodhpur: The Rajasthan High Court has granted 20-day parole to self-styled "godman" Asaram, who is serving a life sentence in a 2013 case of sexually assaulting a minor, saying the state government failed to justify its decision to reject his parole application. A bench comprising...

New Delhi: India Tuesday said it has nothing to do with former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina's plan to hold a virtual interaction with the media in New Delhi this week. Hasina is set to hold her first media interaction Wednesday evening, two years after...

Ranchi: Amid the ongoing students agitation over alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC), Chief Minister Hemant Soren Tuesday issued his first public response, saying that the state government is treating the...

New Delhi: India Tuesday slammed Pakistan for conducting the "so-called local elections" in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), terming the electoral exercise as a "complete farce", which cannot hide reality. Addressing a bi-weekly media briefing in New Delhi Tuesday, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal...

New Delhi: Indian economy is set to cross USD 5-trillion mark in FY29 as per the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the government has adopted a broad-based growth strategy to achieve the milestone, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday. As per...

New Delhi: The Centre Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it has constituted an expert committee headed by the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) to examine issues arising out of the challenge to the reduction of qualifying cut-off percentiles for the NEET-PG 2025-26 examination....

Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin is set to walk free Tuesday after questioning by police as the state government submitted in the Madras High Court that it has no intent to remand him. When the bail petition of Udhayanidhi came up...

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha Tuesday passed the Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Bill, 2026 by a voice vote amid continuous uproar and sloganeering by Opposition members. The Bill had already been cleared by the Lok Sabha July 31. After the passing of the...

New Delhi: WhatsApp is testing privacy-protective ways for people to confirm their age as it prepares to comply with upcoming laws in India, such as the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP), the messaging platform has said. WhatsApp further said it understands that age-related information...

New Delhi: AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday said his party's campaign against E20 fuel would continue and urged people to join the protest in large numbers if they wanted to stop its implementation. Addressing a press conference after leading a march towards the Prime...