New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday imposed a blanket ban on class 8 NCERT book carrying a chapter on corruption in the judiciary, and ordered a seizure of all physical copies, along with takedown of its digital forms. The apex court ordered that the Centre...
New Delhi: India Thursday said the talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney next week will provide an opportunity to advance a forward-looking partnership between the two nations. Carney will undertake a four-day visit to India beginning Friday, in his...
New Delhi: Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate for a second round of questioning in connection with an alleged bank fraud-linked money laundering case. The 66-year-old businessman entered the federal probe agency's office in central Delhi around 10.30 am. Officials...
Bijapur: Two Maoists were killed, and a cache of arms and ammunition was recovered following an encounter with security personnel in the Indravati river area of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, officials said Thursday. According to officials, the operation was launched after specific intelligence inputs about...
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to depute one Central observer for each of the 294 Assembly constituencies to oversee the pre-poll nomination phase in West Bengal. Insiders from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that all...
New Delhi: The European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will not see any exceptions despite the concluded India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA), but both sides have committed to technical discussions to find the best way forward, a senior German environment ministry official said. Jochen...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has surpassed the landmark figure of 100 million followers on Instagram, becoming the first serving world leader and politician to reach the milestone on the social media platform. Having joined Instagram in 2014, PM Modi has, over the past...
New Delhi: Union minister Piyush Goyal Wednesday launched a blistering attack on Rahul Gandhi, alleging that the Congress leader and his party are compromised and spreading falsehood to destabilise the country's progress at the behest of anti-India forces. Addressing a press conference at the BJP...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday directed electoral authorities in West Bengal to ensure the submission of pending verification documents by 5 p.m. February 26 to judicial officers overseeing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India...
New Delhi: The first meeting of the joint committee of Parliament set up to examine the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan (VBSA) Bill, which seeks to establish a single higher education regulator, will be held Thursday. According to the schedule shared with the members, the committee...
Protests by thousands of pro-democracy activists in Leh and Kargil districts on 16 March, demanding, among other things, statehood for...
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The ongoing war between the US-Israel combine and Iran has unexpectedly turned out to be a windfall for Russia. In...
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The widening conflict in West Asia is beginning to cast a shadow over India’s economic outlook. The country’s heavy dependence...
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On 4 November 2013, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to over 120 heads of Indian missions and outlined the...
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