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Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government led by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief C. Joseph Vijay is preparing to reduce the State-level Value Added Tax (VAT) on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF), a move aimed at lowering airline operating costs and making the State’s aviation sector more...

Kohima: At least eight people, including children, were killed after a massive landslide ripped through Defence Colony in Nagaland’s Mon district Sunday, sweeping away several houses and triggering a large-scale multi-agency rescue operation, officials said. A senior Nagaland disaster management official said rescue personnel have...

New Delhi: Activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife Gitanjali J Angmo Sunday said it felt like he was kept under "illegal detention" at Safdarjung Hospital after being forcibly removed from Jantar Mantar, and that the family has been denied the fundamental right to choose where he should...

New Delhi: The government intends to bring a Bill in the Rajya Sabha to make any obstruction or insult to the national song 'Vande Mataram' a criminal offence Monday, the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament. The Prevention of Insults to National Honour...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Sunday met President of Zanzibar Hussein Ali Mwinyi and discussed ways to expand bilateral cooperation in higher education, capacity building, water supply, health, and digital domains. Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous province of Tanzania. Mwinyi has been Zanzibar's President...

Kolkata: A single-judge special bench of Calcutta High Court, which conducted an urgent hearing Sunday afternoon on the petition filed by the Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee, challenging the demolition of his party office at Amtala in West Bengal's South...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Sunday refused to interfere with activist Sonam Wangchuk's treatment at Safdarjung Hospital here. Justice Mini Pushkarna said no interim order was required at this stage on a petition by Wangchuk's wife, Gitanjali J Angmo, seeking permission to shift him...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to introduce the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, in the Rajya Sabha Monday during the Monsoon Session of Parliament. The proposed legislation seeks to extend the same legal and statutory protection to...

New Delhi: National Testing Agency (NTA) has issued an advisory to NEET-UG 2026 candidates and their parents, warning them not to submit fake or AI-generated OMR sheets when raising complaints about score discrepancies. The warning comes after the NTA reviewed several complaints regarding differences between...

New Delhi: Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi Sunday said the Opposition has sought discussions during the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament on the "theft" of donations at Ram Temple, ethanol blending, student issues and the situation in Manipur, at the all-party meeting convened by the government....