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Rajouri/Jammu: Army troops foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district Tuesday, killing one terrorist during an encounter, officials said. Acting on intelligence inputs, security forces detected the movement of two terrorists in the general area of...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet Tuesday approved the extension of Jal Jeevan Mission up to December 2028 with an enhanced outlay of Rs 8.7 lakh crore, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. The project was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019 to provide safe...

New Delhi: There is no shortage of lower-denomination currency notes of Rs 10, Rs 20 and Rs 50 in circulation in the country, the government told the Parliament Tuesday. Minister of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary, in a reply to a question in the Rajya...

New Delhi: The government Tuesday sought Lok Sabha approval for gross additional expenditure of over Rs 2.81 lakh crore in current fiscal year. The second batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants was tabled in the Lok Sabha by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. "Approval of Parliament...

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Tuesday took up an Opposition resolution seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla from office for his alleged bias towards the ruling party, amid a heated debate on who will preside over the House while the motion is taken up....

Kolkata: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar faced protests with a group of people raising 'go back' slogans and showing black flags to him during his visit to Dakshineswar Kali Temple near Tuesday morning. A similar protest over alleged arbitrary deletions in the post-SIR electoral rolls...

Shillong: Curfew was clamped and mobile internet services suspended in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district following violence linked to the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) election nomination process, officials said Tuesday. The curfew was imposed on March 10 and will remain in force for...

New Delhi: An ambitious vision document broadly outlining a series of strategic reforms, capability enhancements and organisational changes required to bolster the Indian military was unveiled by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday. The release of the document came eight months after the military conflict between...

New Delhi: A QR code printed on the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 mathematics question paper led to the music video of "Never Gonna Give You Up" by British singer Rick Astley. It became a classic internet prank known as "rickrolling", even...

New Delhi: Opposition leaders Tuesday raised concerns over a growing LPG supply crisis in India, linking the situation to the ongoing tensions in West Asia and demanding a detailed discussion in Parliament on the country’s energy security. Congress MP Jebi Mather criticised the government over...