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New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh said Sunday that he has submitted a petition to Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan seeking the disqualification of seven party MPs in the Upper House, who recently quit the AAP and announced their merger with the...

New Delhi: Data on oil imports from Russia to India cannot be provided as it is exempted under the RTI Act due to its "commercial and confidential" nature, according to the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Oil Ministry, with the Central Information...

New Delhi: A parliamentary committee has said it was "taken aback" to find that crucial regulations issued by the National Medical Commission were not vetted by the Union law ministry, an essential prerequisite to prevent future infirmities. In its report on "Infirmities in the regulations...

Kolkata: Police have filed an FIR on the instructions of the Election Commission of India (ECI) related to an incident of threatening voters in Diamond Harbour in West Bengal's 24 Parganas district, said officials Sunday. The Commission received a complaint that voters were being intimidated...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said he was relieved that US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Vice President J D Vance were safe and unharmed after a security incident at the White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington. Modi said violence...

New Delhi: India has achieved a major milestone in wind energy, with the country's wind energy generation capacity exceeding 56 gigawatts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday. In his monthly radio address 'Mann Ki Baat', Modi also said the country must save electricity and adopt...

New Delhi: Raghu Rai, one of India's best-known photographers whose lens captured India in its many shades, died at a private hospital here in the early hours of Sunday. He was 83. "Dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago, but he was cured....

Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah cast his vote along with his family at Booth No. 38 at the Sub-zonal Office in Naranpura area of Ahmedabad, as polling continued across Gujarat for the state’s local body elections Sunday. HM Shah’s participation came as voting was...

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Sunday was conducting searches at three places, including the houses of two businessmen in Anandapur and Alipore areas, in Kolkata. According to ED officials, this search was linked to its investigation into a criminal-linked syndicate of Sona Pappu alias Biswajit...

New Delhi: India and New Zealand are set to sign a long-awaited free trade agreement Monday, more than four months after concluding negotiations, with the deal expected to significantly boost bilateral trade, investments and market access across sectors. The agreement will be signed at Bharat...