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New Delhi: Telegram has been removed from the Google Play Store in India following the Centre's decision to temporarily restrict access to the messaging platform ahead of the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination. As a result, new users are currently unable to download the app through...

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has launched a project to develop indigenous long-range Kamikaze drones with Indian industry, a Defence Ministry official said Tuesday. The IAF has issued a limited tender to select Indian companies for One-Way Attack Unmanned Aerial Systems (OWA-UAS), the...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Coming to the aid of a visually impaired man and his 80-year-old mother living in abject poverty, the Supreme Court Tuesday directed the Odisha government to ensure all social security benefits and basic amenities are provided to them. A bench of Chief Justice...

Chandigarh: A day after the Sikh clergy declared him 'Guru Dokhi' (anti-Guru) and 'Khalsa Panth virodhi' (anti-Khalsa Panth) over an objectionable video, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Tuesday rejected it, saying the person in the video was not him. In a video message, the chief...

New Delhi: With the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2026 re-examination set to be held June 21, the National Testing Agency (NTA) Director General Abhishek Singh Tuesday asserted that paramilitary forces as well as the Air Force are being used to ensure the highest order of...

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday filed an election petition before the Calcutta High Court, challenging the poll result in the Bhabanipur Assembly seat she lost to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari. Adhikari defeated Banerjee by a margin of 15,105 votes in the seat held by...

New Delhi: Adani Group has "secured" all long-term coal power purchase contracts awarded by BJP-ruled states, either independently or as one among multiple awardees, since the Centre resumed such agreements in 2024, according to a report by The Reporters' Collective. The report said that of...

New Delhi: The government has amended the Drugs Rules, 1945 (Fifth Amendment), removing an exemption that allowed the sale of cough syrups in small villages without compliance with certain retail licensing requirements, according to an official statement Tuesday. The amendment was notified through a notification...

New Delhi: In a major move aimed at curbing examination-related fraud, the Central government has imposed a temporary restriction on the messaging platform Telegram across India until June 22, following recommendations from the National Testing Agency (NTA). The measure has been taken to prevent alleged...

Mumbai: Indian equity markets traded higher in morning trade Tuesday after the United States and Iran reached a preliminary agreement to end conflict. Sensex rose over 300 points or 0.41 per cent to touch an intraday high of 76,579 in early trade, while Nifty gained...