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Jaipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday accused the Congress of insulting the national song 'Vande Mataram' and demanded that the party apologise to the people and to Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay who wrote the song. Addressing a public meeting in Chittorgarh, Shah alleged that during...

Mumbai: Maharashtra FDA has issued a show-cause notice to actors Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff over their advertisement for Vimal Elaichi, claiming it prima facie amounts to "indirect or surrogate" promotion of prohibited pan masala and tobacco-related products. The use of the...

New Delhi: Several Food Business Operators (FBOs) have taken corrective measures following notices issued by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) over misleading claims, non-standardised products and labelling violations, it was announced Sunday. “Following Notices from FSSAI, major Food Business Operators (FBOs)...

New Delhi: Bar Council of India (BCI) chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra has apologised to law students after facing criticism over a now-withdrawn order to state bar councils not to enrol any of the current batch of graduating NALSAR students as advocates. In a statement issued...

Varanasi: The licensed pistol of a passenger at the Varanasi airport went off during security screening, leaving a female staff and another person injured Sunday morning. Both the injured have been admitted to a hospital for treatment. A passenger identified as Kamlesh Rai -- a...

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) Sunday released the provisional answer key for the UGC NET June 2026 examination. Candidates who appeared for the examination can now access their recorded responses and question papers online through the official UGC NET website at ugcnet.nta.nic.in. The...

Kolkata: Former Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly and ex-Trinamool Congress MLA Asish Banerjee was found dead in a room at his Rampurhat residence that served as his party's office Sunday. His body was found hanging in the office, said police, adding that a...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with several other dignitaries, paid floral tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at 'Sadaiv Atal' in New Delhi Sunday, marking his death anniversary. The leaders also attended a...

Kathmandu/Singapore: India's global partners, including the US, UK, France, Russia and Iran, Saturday extended greetings to the country on its 80th Independence Day, reaffirming their commitment to strengthening bilateral ties and regional cooperation. French President Emmanuel Macron, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Australian Prime Minister Anthony...

New Delhi: The Income Tax Department Saturday notified a new voluntary disclosure scheme allowing small taxpayers to declare certain undisclosed foreign assets and income by paying an effective 60 per cent tax, as the government seeks to bring overseas holdings into the tax net without...