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New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday sought details of backward communities among Muslims while hearing a plea seeking quota in jobs and admissions under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category for 'Pasmanda Muslims'. "What about the other Muslim OBCs? The OBC is not only a social...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday met a gym owner from Uttarakhand who shot into the limelight as "Mohammad Deepak" for taking on Bajrang Dal activists allegedly harassing a Muslim shopkeeper, and expressed support by telling him that he would come to Kotdwar to...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Archana Patnaik released the final electoral roll Monday and 97.37 lakh names of voters were deleted under various categories. The state now has 5.67 crore voters, she said. Addressing a press conference, Patnaik said before the SIR exercise, the...

Jammu: The Army Monday termed the killing of three Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar a "massive blow to the terror network", and said it was the culmination of a relentless, high-altitude joint operation conducted over 326 days in extremely challenging terrain. Three members...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday sought responses of the union ministries on a proposal for shifting all coal-based industries out of Delhi-NCR to ensure better air quality. In a bid to deal with the persistent air quality crisis in the National Capital Region (NCR),...

Varanasi: Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati Monday said he is ready to face arrest and will fully cooperate with any probe in connection with the POCSO case, even as he criticised the Uttar Pradesh government. Addressing reporters during media interaction here, the seer said that if an...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday came down heavily on banks resorting to mis-selling of financial products, including insurance, saying it is an offence under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). "Banks should concentrate on their core business... My pet peeve has always been .......

New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Monday released a statement regarding the clash between student groups on campus, stating that the JNU administration condemns such unruly behaviour aimed at the repeated destruction of public property and damage to its inclusive ethos. It added that strict...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Monday unveiled the bust of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, the first and only Indian Governor General of independent India, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Bhubaneswar. The initiative is part of a series of steps being taken towards shedding vestiges of colonial mindset,...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday orally observed that pre-2018 land acquisition cases cannot be reopened for the grant of compensation with interest to the farmers whose land had been acquired under the NHAI Act. The observation was made by a special bench comprising Chief Justice...