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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to introduce the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 in the Rajya Sabha Monday, the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament. The proposed legislation seeks to make insulting or obstructing the...

New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike for more than three weeks, said he would end his fast Monday only if the three conditions outlined in a handwritten letter from Safdarjung Hospital are fulfilled. Wangchuk, who is on the...

New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk was stable Sunday but needed round-the-clock medical care and close monitoring due to the physiological stress and systemic effects of his prolonged hunger strike, Safdarjung Hospital authorities said. A health bulletin issued by VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital said Wangchuk's vital...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday hailed the laurels won by the Indian team members in the Biology and Chemistry Olympiads and said India's youth continue to make a mark globally. Modi said it is a matter of immense happiness that in the 37th...

New Delhi: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal has concluded a five-day visit to Spain, Belgium, Finland and Estonia aimed at deepening India’s economic partnership with Europe, while building on the momentum generated by the successful conclusion of the India–EU Free Trade Agreement...

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government led by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief C. Joseph Vijay is preparing to reduce the State-level Value Added Tax (VAT) on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF), a move aimed at lowering airline operating costs and making the State’s aviation sector more...

Kohima: At least eight people, including children, were killed after a massive landslide ripped through Defence Colony in Nagaland’s Mon district Sunday, sweeping away several houses and triggering a large-scale multi-agency rescue operation, officials said. A senior Nagaland disaster management official said rescue personnel have...

New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife Gitanjali J Angmo Sunday said it felt like he was kept under "illegal detention" at Safdarjung Hospital after being forcibly removed from Jantar Mantar, and that the family has been denied the fundamental right to choose where he should...

New Delhi: The government intends to bring a Bill in the Rajya Sabha to make any obstruction or insult to the national song 'Vande Mataram' a criminal offence Monday, the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament. The Prevention of Insults to National Honour...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Sunday met President of Zanzibar Hussein Ali Mwinyi and discussed ways to expand bilateral cooperation in higher education, capacity building, water supply, health, and digital domains. Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous province of Tanzania. Mwinyi has been Zanzibar's President...