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Gandhinagar: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah Sunday said that India’s design sector needed opportunities similar to the Indian Premier League (IPL) model in cricket to ensure talented young people could pursue design as a viable profession without hesitation. Speaking at the inauguration of...

Kolkata: A large number of Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) were found scattered in a field in West Bengal's Birbhum district Sunday, while over a hundred Aadhaar cards and other documents were recovered from a TMC office in Bidhannagar, triggering political sparring and prompting police...

Kandla: A vessel carrying 20,000 metric tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) arrived at Deendayal Port Authority in Kandla in Gujarat after crossing the Strait of Hormuz amid the West Asia crisis, officials said Sunday. The Marshall Islands-flagged MV SYMI started its journey from Qatar...

New Delhi: India is closely monitoring Sri Lanka's decision to offer foreign investors control of an airport near the China-controlled Hambantota port, as it could present a rare opening for Indian firms seeking strategic footholds in the Indian Ocean, people familiar with the matter said...

New Delhi: Two months after beginning of the 2026-27 academic session, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has notified implementation of the three-language formula for Class IX from July 1, 2026. Here is an explainer of what the formula is: What is three-language formula?...

New Delhi: The Delhi government has advised private companies and organisations to adopt a two-day work-from-home policy, make changes to office timings, and urge employees to avail car pooling and public transport to support the fuel-saving efforts amid global uncertainties. Private entities involved in essential,...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Education Sunday dismissed concerns about On-Screen Marking (OSM) affecting students' scores in CBSE class XII exams and announced that the revaluation and answer sheet verification charges have been reduced to Rs 100 each. According to officials, the decision has been...

New Delhi: The alleged role of a public servant associated with the National Testing Agency has come under CBI's scanner in the NEET-UG paper leak case, officials said Saturday. While seeking the custody of one of the accused, Manisha Sanjay Waghmare, who was arrested May...

United Nations: Targeting commercial shipping, endangering civilian crew and impeding freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz is "unacceptable", India's Permanent Representative to the UN Parvathaneni Harish has said. Harish's remarks at a special meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UNECOSOC)...

The Hague: Driven by shifting global geopolitics, India and the Netherlands elevated their ties to a strategic partnership and inked 17 agreements to boost cooperation in defence, critical minerals and other key sectors during talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Dutch counterpart Rob...