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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday granted three weeks’ time to the Centre to place on record the status of the probe into the Ahmedabad air crash that claimed 260 lives. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi...

New Delhi: BJP National Spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari Wednesday raised questions about Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Mahua Moitra's alleged tax evasion and "abetment" under the income tax law. Bhandari posted documents and references on his X handle in this regard and said, "Rather than filing...

New Delhi: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju Wednesday claimed that 20 to 25 Congress MPs had abused Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in his chamber, and they were not stopped by senior leaders K C Venugopal and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who were present there. The parliamentary...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Feb 11 (PTI) Drug law enforcement agencies have seized nearly 39 lakh kg of cannabis based drugs across India since 2020, with Odisha alone accounting for more than 27 per cent of the total recoveries, according to government data presented in Parliament. Cannabis...

New Delhi: The Centre Wednesday told the Supreme Court that Ladakh-based social activist Sonam Wangchuk, who is under preventive detention under the National Security Act (NSA), is “fit, hale and hearty” and cannot be released on health grounds. Appearing for the Union government, Solicitor General...

New Delhi: The recent bombing at a mosque in Islamabad by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) clearly shows that the terror outfit has exploited the failing security mechanism in Pakistan. The ISKP was quiet when it came to operations in Pakistan for almost a...

New Delhi: The Opposition notice for removal of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla could have been rejected due to flaws in drafting, but he directed officials to get it rectified so that it can be listed at the earliest, Parliamentary sources said. As many as...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi Wednesday alleged that the government has "sold Bharat Mata" through the India-US interim trade deal and that it was a "wholesale surrender" with India's energy security handed over to America and farmers' interests compromised. Participating in the debate...

New Delhi: Delhi Police's Special Cell has issued a notice to Penguin Random House India seeking clarifications over the circulation of the unpublished book of former Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on social media, an official said Wednesday. The notice was served as competing...

New Delhi: Union Home Ministry has directed that all six stanzas of the National Song Vande Mataram, written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, shall be sung first when the National Song and National Anthem Jan Gana Man are to be played together. In an order dated...