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New Delhi: Centre Tuesday further tightened the stock holding limit for sugar dealers, cutting it from 4,000 quintals to 2,000 quintals, effective from September 15 to November 30, as it looked to rein in high retail prices of the sweetener. The stock holding limit of...

New Delhi: The last date for submission of applications by selected meritorious students for National Means cum Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS) for 2026-27 has been extended to September 30, the Ministry of Education announced Tuesday. The earlier deadline was August 31. So far, 79,398 fresh...

Bishkek: India on Tuesday highlighted several key outcomes from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, including measures to strengthen security cooperation and tackle transnational threats such as terrorism and extremism. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) listed 13 outcomes, one of which was the approval...

New Delhi: Union Minister Chirag Paswan, a Z-category protectee, Tuesday received threat messages claiming that he will be "killed by terrorists", according to his office, which sought enhanced security for him. The office of Paswan, who is the supremo of Lok Janshakti Party (R), has...

Ayodhya (UP): The first CEO of the Ram temple will be selected from a likely shortlist of three Wednesday at a meeting of the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust that may also announce the two members and general secretary of the panel, sources said....

New Delhi: The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) has decided to go on a nationwide strike September 11 over the delay in implementing five-day banking, differences over the performance-linked incentive scheme, and several pending demands, including pension-related issues. If the strike materialises, banking services,...

New Delhi: All FIRs lodged against those who took part in the Cockroach Janta Party-led protests in July will be withdrawn, and no stringent action will be taken against any of them, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said Tuesday. Nadda's remarks came shortly after...

Kolkata: TMC supremo and former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's niece Bristi Mukherjee was found hanging at her residence in Birbhum district Tuesday, police said. The body of Bristi Mukherjee (28), the daughter of Banerjee's maternal cousin Nihar Mukherjee, was recovered from a room...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday quashed FIRs registered against student protesters in Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal, and Assam in connection with protests held between July 20 and 25, and directed that similar cases registered across the country will not be pursued or investigated....

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it has called off its September 5 protest following developments on the closure of FIRs registered against students who participated in the NEET paper leak protests. CJP co-convenor Saurav Das appeared before a bench...