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New Delhi: After more than one-and-a-half month of door-to-door Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Madhya Pradesh, the Election Commission of India (ECI) will release the draft electoral roll of voters for the state Tuesday. The official sources in the Chief Electoral Office (CEO) in...

Chennai: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, recently appointed as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s election in-charge for Tamil Nadu, is set to formally initiate alliance negotiations with the AIADMK and other National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners during a one-day visit to Chennai Tuesday....

New Delhi: India continues to send a large number of students overseas for higher education, with more than 13.35 lakh Indians studying abroad in 2024, highlighting the country’s growing dependence on foreign universities despite having the world’s largest college-age population, according to a report released...

Imphal: Opposition Congress in Manipur Monday strongly criticised the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government for removing the name of Mahatma Gandhi from the rural employment act. After the Parliament approved the Viksit Bharat, Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill,...

Chennai: The Indian Navy Monday received ‘Anjadip’, the third of eight ASW SWC (Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft), designed and built indigenously at Kolkata, an official said. The ship is a reincarnation of the erstwhile INS Anjadip, a Petya class Corvette decommissioned in 2003, and...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Monday that India and the United States are in the advanced stages of negotiating a bilateral trade agreement. Goyal told journalists that India has already finalised free trade agreements with three members of the Five Eyes...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the fifth national conference of chief secretaries in the national capital this week, a senior government official said Monday. The fifth national conference of chief secretaries will be held in Delhi from December 26-28, and it will...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday came down heavily on the Uttarakhand government and its officials over large-scale encroachment of forest land by private entities. As it registered a suo motu (on its own motion) case, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday asked Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others to respond to a plea by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging the order of the trial court that refused to take cognisance of its chargesheet against them in the...

Jaipur: Congress workers and various social organisations held protests in different parts of Rajasthan Monday, demanding the protection of the Aravallis, a crucial mountain range in the state. The demonstrations saw confrontation between protesters and police outside Udaipur Collectorate, where some agitators were detained. Congress...