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New Delhi: Emphasising that India has consistently respected China's sovereignty, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Friday asserted that it is Beijing that has illegally occupied Indian territories in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh since 1963. Addressing a media briefing in New Delhi, MEA spokesperson...

New Delhi: Actors Shahid Kapoor, Dia Mirza, Malaika Arora and Sumeet Raghavan have lent their voices to the growing support for students protesting against alleged irregularities in the NEET examination and demanding accountability. Spearheaded by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), protests demanding the resignation of...

New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Friday announced that it would launch a dedicated website to gather photographs and videos from protesters to identify police personnel allegedly involved in the July 20 crackdown during the 'Sansad Chalo' march, saying it would seek FIRs against...

New Delhi: The Rapid Action Force (RAF) has initiated an inquiry into allegations of its personnel using disproportionate force and firing pellet guns during the ongoing student protests in Delhi, officials said Friday. The officials told that the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has asked...

New Delhi: Legal services organisation Software Freedom Law Center, India Friday moved the Delhi High Court against the suspension of mobile internet services in parts of Central Delhi amid the ongoing CJP-led protest at Jantar Mantar against NEET paper leak and alleged examination irregularities. The...

New Delhi: The first week of the Monsoon session of Parliament was washed out as the government and the Opposition continued to be at loggerheads over the demand for Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation before a debate on NEET paper leak issue in both Houses....

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday presented to the media a student protester who was allegedly shot with a pellet gun by security personnel during the July 20 protests and demanded the removal of the Education Minister. Gandhi also demanded that there should be...

New Delhi: Observing that courts can't be a 24x7 entertainment channel, the Supreme Court Friday barred posting and uploading of audio-video recordings of judicial proceedings on social media and other digital platforms without prior permission of the court administration. Taking note of the misuse of...

New Delhi: The government Friday introduced a bill in the Rajya Sabha seeking to make any obstruction or insult to the national song 'Vande Mataram' a criminal offence. Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai introduced 'The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment)...

Shimla: Thirteen people, including a six-month-old infant, were killed while two others had a narrow escape after massive boulders from a nearby hill suddenly fell on a moving taxi on the Udaipur-Pangi road in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul and Spiti Friday, police said. Fifteen people were...