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New Delhi: After WhatsApp, messaging platform Telegram has also submitted its reply to the IT Ministry's notice on the 'username' feature, according to sources. Submissions of both WhatsApp and Telegram are currently being examined by the government, sources told PTI. The username feature essentially allows...

New Delhi: Centre has withdrawn the licensing exemption for medicinal formulations containing more than 12 per cent of ethyl alcohol and brought them under stricter regulatory oversight, including mandatory licensing and prescription-only sale, to curb misuse and prevent diversion for intoxication, officials said. Certain medicinal...

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Friday filed a charge sheet against six Kashmiri separatist leaders, including Shabir Ahmad Shah, for allegedly instigating large-scale mob violence against police personnel during the funeral procession of a slain terrorist in Srinagar nearly three decades ago. Besides...

New Delhi: Indian Youth Congress (IYC) Friday staged a protest against the E20 ethanol-blended petrol policy, accusing the Centre of pushing a measure that allegedly harms vehicles and benefits ethanol manufacturers. Gathering outside the IYC office on Raisina Road, party workers wearing masks of Union...

New Delhi: Several women's organisations and movements Friday came together to demand the immediate implementation of the women's reservation law by delinking it from the census and proposed delimitation exercise, and announced a nationwide campaign, including a dharna at Jantar Mantar beginning July 20. Addressing...

Auckland: As the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) expands its global footprint, New Zealand is ready to experience the digital payment freedom that comes with India's unique and indigenously developed QR-based system, its Trade and Investment Minister, Todd McClay, said Friday. The minister stressed that New...

New Delhi: Delhi High Court Friday upheld the conviction of actor Rajpal Yadav in cheque-bounce cases and sentenced him to three months' imprisonment. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma also directed Yadav to pay more than Rs 1 crore to the complainant in each of the seven...

Patna: A court in Patna Friday deferred till July 13 its order on the anticipatory bail plea of educator Faisal Khan, popularly known as 'Khan Sir', in the coaching institute firing case, citing that the district judge was on leave. On Wednesday, it reserved the...

New Delhi: In a dramatic turn of events, a litigant appearing in person was forcibly removed from the Supreme Court Friday after he allegedly hurled abuses and threw his legal papers during the hearing of his petition challenging an Allahabad High Court order. The incident...

Karur (Tamil Nadu): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay Friday slammed the DMK for attempting to gain "political mileage" from the tragic stampede here last year and restraining him from visiting the district. In his first visit here since the 2025 stampede that killed...