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New Delhi: Election officials have resolved as many as 20 lakh cases out of 33 lakh in Delhi where voters were issued notices under SIR for logical discrepancies or for not being mapped in the 2002 electoral rolls, according to an official statement. If any...

New Delhi: Two merchant vessels with 22 Indian crew members came under attack in Strait of Hormuz, triggering a strong condemnation by India. First ship, MT Petro Dolphin, was reportedly struck by a drone Sunday, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). "We condemn...

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has asked all states and Union Territories (UTs) to ensure that rates charged for services and facilities offered by clinical establishments are displayed prominently, in a step to improve transparency, accountability and patient-centric healthcare delivery. Union Health Secretary Punya...

Mumbai: Banks have urged the Reserve Bank of India to ease one of the key measures the regulator announced over the weekend to support the rupee and scrap the threshold above which the rule comes into effect, four sources familiar with the discussions said. Lenders...

Mumbai: The Election Commission of India has extended to October 26 the deadline for filing claims and objections to the draft electoral rolls in Maharashtra. The final voter list will be published as scheduled November 16, it added. The draft electoral rolls were published August...

New Delhi: India and UK Monday agreed to exchange data annually on the use of their Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), including businesses' claims for lower tariffs and feedback on implementation, starting a year after the pact comes into force, to help more firms...

Dubai: The family of an Indian national killed in an attack at Saudi Arabia's international airport decided to hold his funeral in Riyadh, Indian Embassy said Monday. Mohammed Yousuf Ali was killed in an attack on the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh Saturday, which...

New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court opposing a contempt petition against authorities over traffic-and-transit curbs during protests in Delhi, stressing that the right to assemble cannot override public order and commuters' mobility. The application comes amid ongoing contempt proceedings in...

New Delhi: Protesting at Ramlila Maidan, one of the three new demonstration sites in Delhi, can become a distant as well as costly affair, as the site has no free dates for the next two and a half months and even then, the booking amount...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday said the Centre's response on capping the trade margin of anti-cancer drugs at 30 per cent of the maximum retail price (MRP) is "hardly anything to be happy about" and questioned why the government cannot cap trade margins of other...