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New Delhi: India continues to send a large number of students overseas for higher education, with more than 13.35 lakh Indians studying abroad in 2024, highlighting the country’s growing dependence on foreign universities despite having the world’s largest college-age population, according to a report released...

Imphal: Opposition Congress in Manipur Monday strongly criticised the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government for removing the name of Mahatma Gandhi from the rural employment act. After the Parliament approved the Viksit Bharat, Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill,...

Chennai: The Indian Navy Monday received ‘Anjadip’, the third of eight ASW SWC (Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft), designed and built indigenously at Kolkata, an official said. The ship is a reincarnation of the erstwhile INS Anjadip, a Petya class Corvette decommissioned in 2003, and...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Monday that India and the United States are in the advanced stages of negotiating a bilateral trade agreement. Goyal told journalists that India has already finalised free trade agreements with three members of the Five Eyes...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the fifth national conference of chief secretaries in the national capital this week, a senior government official said Monday. The fifth national conference of chief secretaries will be held in Delhi from December 26-28, and it will...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday came down heavily on the Uttarakhand government and its officials over large-scale encroachment of forest land by private entities. As it registered a suo motu (on its own motion) case, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday asked Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others to respond to a plea by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging the order of the trial court that refused to take cognisance of its chargesheet against them in the...

Jaipur: Congress workers and various social organisations held protests in different parts of Rajasthan Monday, demanding the protection of the Aravallis, a crucial mountain range in the state. The demonstrations saw confrontation between protesters and police outside Udaipur Collectorate, where some agitators were detained. Congress...

Jammu: Security forces widened the area of the search operation to track down terrorists hiding in the forest belt of Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district Monday, officials said. The cordon and search operation, which entered its second day, was launched in the Majalta forests after...

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and discussed various development projects in Bihar. The Chief Minister left for Delhi Sunday afternoon and began meetings with NDA leaders Monday. Following the NDA's decisive victory in the Bihar Assembly elections,...