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New Delhi: In a significant move, the Supreme Court Tuesday directed deletion of a part of an interim order of the Kerala High Court which had asked the state Waqf Board to function under the supervision of a joint secretary. Restoring the autonomy, a bench...

Kolkata: Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday announced that she will join the Cockroach Janta  Party's movement over the NEET exam paper leak in the national capital. She also said that, if necessary, she will go to the level of the Supreme Court to...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday allowed activist Sonam Wangchuk to be shifted from Safdarjung Hospital to Medanta Hospital, observing that there was a consensus among doctors that he required constant medical monitoring and directing that a panel of doctors be constituted at the...

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day Tuesday amid heavy Opposition sloganeering. It will reconvene at 11 am Wednesday. This was the third time on Tuesday the House was adjourned as din from the Opposition benches did not fade. Dilip Saikia in...

Gangtok: Ten people were killed after a tunnel under construction collapsed due to a landslide in Sikkim's Namchi district a day ago, police said Tuesday. The number of victims could go up as search and rescue operations were underway, a Namchi district official said. Sikkim...

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi Tuesday met Speaker Om Birla, along with other Opposition MPs, and demanded a detailed discussion in Parliament on the NEET-UG paper leak issue and the violent Jantar Mantar protest. "Met the Hon'ble Lok Sabha Speaker...

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the second time Tuesday, this time till 2 pm, as persistent sloganeering and protests by Opposition members continued to disrupt proceedings during the Monsoon Session of Parliament. Presiding over the House, Sandhya Ray announced the adjournment after...

New Delhi: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the NDA's 'Mangal Milan' programme, noted that action was taken as soon as the reports of the NEET-UG paper leak emerged and mentioned that the guilty should face the...

Kohima: The toll in the flash floods and landslides triggered by incessant rain in Nagaland's Mon district rose to nine with the recovery of five more bodies, while four people remain missing as search and rescue operations were underway Tuesday, a state government report said....

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Tuesday summoned the Russian Charge d'Affaires following the attack on a commercial vessel departing from Odesa port in Ukraine, in which four Indian nationals lost their lives, while one was critical. According to the MEA, on the...