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New Delhi: The Congress has asserted that the INDIA bloc's November 1 rally here against "vote chori" will send a strong message that "we are united" in protecting democracy and driving the "vote chors" out of power. Congress general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and K...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended warm greetings to the personnel of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on its Raising Day and praised their exceptional valour and determination towards serving the nation. Raised October 24, 1962, the ITBP guards a 3,488 km-long India-China border,...

New Delhi: The Centre has directed states and Union Territories to strictly enforce a ban on the reuse of single-use medical devices and disposable surgical items in public and private healthcare facilities, citing infection risks and instances of patients being charged the full cost of...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke Friday questioned the Centre's priorities, alleging that the government was deploying security personnel in Delhi to prevent protests instead of focusing on national security concerns, including the situation along the China border. Referring to American national Matthew...

New Delhi: Delhi High Court Friday rejected a plea by All India Students' Association (AISA) president Neha Bora challenging a police notice asking her to execute a peace bond before a special executive magistrate (SEM). "I am rejecting the writ petition at this juncture," said...

Baku: Describing External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar’s visit to Baku as “a very valuable meeting”, Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov Friday expressed confidence that country's relations with India were on the path to “higher levels” with growing opportunities in energy, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and transport...

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Friday said that India and China continue to use existing diplomatic and military mechanisms to resolve outstanding issues and "avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation along the Line of Actual Control" (LAC) while emphasising that the situation in the...

New Delhi: A large number of protesters, including representatives from the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, trade unions, student bodies and Left parties, took out a protest march in the capital Friday, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the withdrawal of the Special...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Friday extended till February 24 next year the permission granted to US national Matthew Aaron VanDyke and six Ukrainian nationals to remain outside India in the Myanmar arms training case being probed by the NIA. Special Judge Prashant Sharma passed...

Chandigarh: The Punjab Vidhan Sabha Friday unanimously passed a resolution moved by Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, calling for constitutional safeguards to protect the voting rights of eligible citizens during the revision of electoral rolls under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. The resolution also...