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New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar Friday held another telephonic conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, discussing bilateral cooperation and matters concerning BRICS, where India is the current chair and Iran a member of the grouping. This marked the fourth such...

Kolkata: Sensitivity-mapping will determine the decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on the district-wise deployment of police observers for the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, scheduled to be held later this year. An insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer...

New Delhi: Amid reports of a move to initiate proceedings for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy Friday confirmed that notices have been submitted in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, and that these actions have been...

New Delhi: The government remains committed to keeping the fiscal deficit within the revised estimates for FY26, even as it brings in the second batch of supplementary demands for grants, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Friday. Replying to the debate in the Lok Sabha on...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday declined to entertain a plea seeking mandatory menstrual leave for working women and female students across the country, observing that such a matter falls within the domain of government policy. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya...

Kohima: Veteran politician and former Bihar Minister Nand Kishore Yadav Friday took oath as the 23rd Governor of Nagaland. Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar administered the oath of office and secrecy to Yadav at a simple ceremony held at Lok Bhavan in Kohima....

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction for taking action against individuals or organisations allegedly spreading misinformation through posters or public statements about the Tirumala laddu controversy. The top court, October 4, 2024, had set up a five-member...

New Delhi: The Congress party Friday expressed its disapproval of the government's reaction to the recent assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei, claiming that there has been a lack of response regarding the matter, and even Parliament has failed to make an obituary reference. In a social...

Bhopal: A heart-wrenching incident in Madhya Pradesh's Khamaria village under the Kesli police station area has left the local community in disbelief. A 30-year-old woman, identified as Savita Lodhi, allegedly murdered her four young daughters by throwing them into a deep well before taking her...

New Delhi: There is no LPG shortage in the country and "no dry-out has been reported", Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry's Joint Secretary, Marketing and Oil Refining, Sujata Sharma, said Thursday. In a briefing on the current LPG situation in the country, she said that...