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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday directed electoral authorities in West Bengal to ensure the submission of pending verification documents by 5 p.m. February 26 to judicial officers overseeing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India...

New Delhi: The first meeting of the joint committee of Parliament set up to examine the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill, which seeks to establish a single higher education regulator, will be held Thursday. According to the schedule shared with the members, the committee...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying it has been more than 24 hours since he challenged the PM to scrap the India-US interim trade deal and once again, he (Modi)has "quietly slipped off to Israel"....

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear Thursday a suo motu case over the objectionable statements about the judiciary in NCERT textbooks. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi will hear the case titled 'In...

New Delhi: The Left parties Wednesday strongly opposed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Israel, alleging that the trip comes at a time when Israel is "waging a genocidal war in Gaza" and amounts to betrayal of the Palestinian cause. In a statement issued here,...

Srinagar: Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan arrived Wednesday on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir. A Business Boeing Jet carrying the Vice President landed at Srinagar Airport Wednesday evening. Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, the...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate attached Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani's Mumbai house, 'Abode', worth Rs 3,716 crore under the anti-money laundering law, official sources said Wednesday. The luxurious house, which is 66 metres high with 17 floors, is located in the Pali Hill area...

New Delhi: Union minister Kiren Rijiju and Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu Wednesday said atrocities on people from the Northeast will not be tolerated and strong action will be taken against those committing any such crime. Rijiju and Khandu were responding to an incident...

Jerusalem: Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Israel Wednesday to a red-carpet welcome with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and wife Sara receiving the Indian leader at the Ben Gurion airport. It is PM Modi's second visit to Israel in nine years. The India-Israel relationship...

New Delhi: The controversial portions about judicial corruption in NCERT's Class VIII social science textbook could be removed as the government has not taken kindly to the matter, sources said Wednesday, while the council pulled the book from its website. A three-judge bench comprising Chief...