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New Delhi: The Union Cabinet is learnt to have cleared Wednesday the draft bill for amendments to the Women's Reservation Act that will ensure an increase in the number of Lok Sabha seats to 816, with 273 reserved for women, and its implementation in the...

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi Wednesday criticised the rejection of the Opposition's notice for moving a motion in Parliament to remove Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar from his post, alleging that the decision undermines constitutional processes and weakens accountability in a...

Srinagar: A local court Wednesday sent five operatives, two Pakistani nationals and their three local supporters, affiliated with the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit, to 10 days' police custody here, an official said. The five were arrested following the uncovering of a "deep-rooted" interstate LeT...

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court Wednesday granted conditional bail to multi-crore Saradha ponzi scam accused Sudipta Sen in the last two of the 300-odd criminal cases against him, paving the way for his release from jail after 13 years. A division bench of the high...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will visit Mauritius and UAE from April 9-12, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced Wednesday. During his visit to Mauritius, EAM Jaishankar will attend the 9th Indian Ocean Conference and meet the Mauritian leadership to review...

New Delhi: India Wednesday welcomed a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, calling for "de-escalation, dialogue, and diplomacy" to ensure lasting peace in West Asia. "We welcome the ceasefire reached and hope that it will lead to lasting peace in West Asia. As we...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday observed that it has the right and jurisdiction to hold what is a superstitious practice in a religion. This came in response to the Centre's submission that a secular court cannot decide the issue as judges are experts in the...

New Delhi: The meeting between a Trinamool Congress delegation and the full bench of the Election Commission Wednesday culminated on an acrimonious note, with the TMC saying the panel's chief asked them to "get lost" at the end of the seven-minute meeting, while the EC...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank Wednesday expectedly kept interest rates unchanged amid hopes of a global recovery on the back of the ceasefire in the six-week-long US/Israel-Iran conflict. The policy decision comes as a month and a-half-long West Asia conflict has disrupted energy supplies, shot up...

New Delhi: Global crude oil prices Wednesday plunged sharply up to 20 per cent, after US President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran that includes a pledge to restore navigation through the Strait of Hormuz -- the narrow waterway at the heart of...