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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday launched a revamped online portal for regulating foreign contributions and the e-OCI Card, initiatives which would simplify compliance, improve public services and strengthen national security through greater use of technology. In his address, Home Minister said that...

New Delhi: The government Tuesday extended nil customs duty on the import of 40 critical petrochemical products by 15 days till July 15 to ensure continuity of supply stability amid the West Asia crisis. The full customs duty waiver on such products provided on April...

Ayodhya (UP): Ram Temple Trust is likely to meet July 6 in Ayodhya to discuss its next course of action following the resignation of its two senior members in the wake of the donation theft row. VHP chief Alok Kumar had previously told PTI that...

New Delhi: Congress general secretary KC Venugopal Tuesday met senior journalist R Rajagopal in Kolkata whose passport renewal was allegedly denied after his name was deleted from the electoral rolls during the SIR in West Bengal. "This is pure vendetta politics, and he is being...

New Delhi: Congress leader KC Venugopal Tuesday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla demanding that privilege proceedings be initiated against Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for "misleading" Parliament by saying that no Indian soldier was martyred post the Pahalgam terror attack last year. In his...

New Delhi: The monthly average rainfall over India is expected to be below normal during July, the India Meteorological Department said Tuesday in its monthly forecast. The weather department stated that July is most likely to see 94 per cent of the long-period average rainfall...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Tuesday directed status quo with regard to an order of the Karnataka High Court which directed enhancement of ethanol allocation for the Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2025-26. The top court was hearing a plea filed by an oil marketing company which...

Mumbai: Reserve Bank Tuesday said the interim peace deal between Iran and the US can provide tailwinds to Indian economic growth. In its bi-annual financial stability report released Tuesday, the central bank also said that the growth in gold imports has decelerated "substantially" in May...

Pune: Police probing the Ketan Agarwal murder case have found that the victim had expressed suspicion to his family that his fiancee was in a relationship with someone else and that he had asked his family members if her background was checked thoroughly before fixing...

Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai and other members of a party delegation were Tuesday prevented from visiting the Ram temple in Ayodhya, where the alleged theft of donations has sparked a major political storm and put the ruling BJP on the back foot....