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Shillong: The Meghalaya government Wednesday postponed the April 10 elections to the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHACD) in view of recent violence that claimed two lives in the region, as mobile internet services were suspended in five districts. Curfew has also been imposed in...

New Delhi: The Centre  Wednesday asked states and Union Territories to take strict action against hoarding and black marketing of fuel, even as it assured that India’s crude oil supplies remain secure despite tensions in the Middle East affecting global shipping routes. The direction was...

New Delhi: The resolution seeking the removal of Om Birla as Speaker was defeated in Lok Sabha Wednesday by a voice vote. Amid protests and sloganeering by the opposition seeking an apology from Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Jagdambika Pal, who was in the chair,...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at 19 locations Wednesday in connection with the alleged embezzlement of Rs 590 crore from the Haryana government's accounts maintained with IDFC First Bank in Chandigarh, sources said. The agency conducted searches in Haryana and Chandigarh against various...

New Delhi: AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal and other accused in the excise policy case have written to the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, urging him to transfer the case from Justice Swarnkanta Sharma. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including Kejriwal and Manish...

New Delhi: More than 93,000 posts are lying vacant in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles, the government informed the Rajya Sabha Wednesday. In a written reply to a question, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai presented vacancies data in...

New Delhi: BJP MP Anurag Thakur Wednesday called Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi "Leader of Propaganda" and said he breaks the rules of the House and attempts to disrupt proceedings. He also asserted that parliamentary functioning would be governed by established rules and not by...

New Delhi: The National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) Tuesday urged its members to reduce LPG consumption by focusing on menus that require lower gas usage or shorter cooking cycles and also look at electric gadgets as alternatives for cooking wherever feasible. "The ongoing geopolitical...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi Wednesday interjected a Lok Sabha debate on the resolution to remove Om Birla as Speaker, saying that he was stopped from speaking in the House on multiple occasions. Responding to BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad, who cited parliamentary procedures...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday directed the Centre to constitute a committee of domain experts within a week to finalise the curriculum related to legal studies in NCERT textbooks. The top court said that its orders in the matter were not intended to prevent any...