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New Delhi: Sixteen Delhi Metro stations, including Rajiv Chowk, Central Secretariat, Mandi House, ITO and Khan Market, were closed Wednesday morning due to security reasons, the DMRC said. The closures come amid the ongoing Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar. "Due to security...

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned till noon Wednesday after Opposition parties continued to protest police action against students protesting the NEET examination paper leak. As soon as Leader of the Opposition and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge started speaking on the issue, ruling party...

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned until noon just one minute after it reconvened Wednesday as the Opposition MPs continued to shout slogans and gather at the well of the House. Despite Speaker Om Birla's assurances that their concerns would be addressed after the...

New Delhi: Wearing black clothes, leaders of several Opposition parties Wednesday staged a protest outside Parliament to express solidarity with students protesting against the NEET paper leak issue. The opposition MPs raised slogans against the government and demanded the resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah...

New Delhi: An FIR has been registered in connection with a video showing a Rapid Action Force (RAF) jawan being chased and assaulted allegedly by a group of protesters during the CJP's march, police said Wednesday. The video, shared widely across social media platforms, purportedly...

Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam further deteriorated Tuesday as 21 more persons died, while 5.64 lakh people were affected across 16 districts, an official bulletin said. According to a late-night bulletin issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), the worst-hit Sivasagar district...

New Delhi: Union Ministers J.P. Nadda and Jitendra Singh met innovator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, shortly after he was shifted there from Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital for further treatment. Wangchuk was discharged from Safdarjung Hospital earlier in the evening and...

Kolkata: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee sent a Rs 10 crore legal notice to veteran leader Madan Mitra Tuesday, claiming that the MLA made defamatory statements against him in a social media post. The notice by Banerjee's lawyer claimed compensation to Banerjee by Mitra "for the...

New Delhi: Delhi High Court Tuesday ordered immediate shifting of activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on an indefinite fast since June 28 over alleged examination irregularities, from Safdarjung Hospital here to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice...

New Delhi: The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has announced nationwide protests Wednesday against the proposed India-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and other trade pacts, and written to President Droupadi Murmu, urging her to intervene to stop the Centre from signing the agreements. In an open...