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New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to amend the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 to make any obstruction to the singing of the national song Vande Mataram a punishable offence. This gives Vande Mataram the same statutory protection as...

New Delhi: Ahead of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to India, US envoy Sergio Gor Wednesday said Washington deeply values its growing partnership with New Delhi and remains committed to building even stronger ties that will benefit both the nations and the world. In...

Kolkata: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Wednesday afternoon submitted a report to Governor R.N. Ravi on the post-poll violence in the state after the results of the recent Assembly elections were declared May 4. The CEO at the same...

Guwahati: The BJP-led NDA government in Assam is likely to be sworn in for a third consecutive term on May 12 following the alliance’s decisive victory in the Assembly elections, sources said Wednesday. According to sources, the NDA Legislature Party meeting will be held at...

New Delhi: Senior bureaucrat Saurabh Vijay was appointed Wednesday as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India. Vijay, a 1998-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, is currently serving in his cadre state, Maharashtra. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to accede to the Centre's request to adjourn the hearing on pleas challenging the constitutional validity of a 2023 law that removed the CJI from a committee responsible for appointing the chief election commissioner and the deputies, saying...

Chennai: Seeking to follow through on the dramatic Tamil Nadu Assembly election results, C. Joseph Vijay Wednesday formally staked claim to form the next government in the state after his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) emerged as the single-largest party in the 234-member Assembly. Vijay arrived...

Kochi: The arrival of a Dutch naval ship in Kochi alongside a high-level delegation from the Netherlands underscores the deepening maritime cooperation between India and the European nation, said the Ministry of Defence Wednesday. The Royal Netherlands Navy Ship HNLMS De Ruyter (F804), a De...

Kolkata: West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya Wednesday announced that the oath-taking ceremony of the new government in the state will be held May 9. Bhattacharya told reporters that the swearing-in ceremony will take place at Brigade Parade Ground in central Kolkata from 10 am....

Chennai: The Congress party, a long-time ally of the DMK, Wednesday announced support to actor-politician Vijay's TVK to form the government in Tamil Nadu and severed ties with the Dravidian major. The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee and the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) have decided to...