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New Delhi: The resolution seeking the removal of Om Birla as Speaker was defeated in Lok Sabha Wednesday by a voice vote. Amid protests and sloganeering by the opposition seeking an apology from Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Jagdambika Pal, who was in the chair,...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at 19 locations Wednesday in connection with the alleged embezzlement of Rs 590 crore from the Haryana government's accounts maintained with IDFC First Bank in Chandigarh, sources said. The agency conducted searches in Haryana and Chandigarh against various...

New Delhi: AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal and other accused in the excise policy case have written to the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, urging him to transfer the case from Justice Swarnkanta Sharma. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including Kejriwal and Manish...

New Delhi: More than 93,000 posts are lying vacant in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles, the government informed the Rajya Sabha Wednesday. In a written reply to a question, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai presented vacancies data in...

New Delhi: BJP MP Anurag Thakur Wednesday called Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi "Leader of Propaganda" and said he breaks the rules of the House and attempts to disrupt proceedings. He also asserted that parliamentary functioning would be governed by established rules and not by...

New Delhi: The National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) Tuesday urged its members to reduce LPG consumption by focusing on menus that require lower gas usage or shorter cooking cycles and also look at electric gadgets as alternatives for cooking wherever feasible. "The ongoing geopolitical...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi Wednesday interjected a Lok Sabha debate on the resolution to remove Om Birla as Speaker, saying that he was stopped from speaking in the House on multiple occasions. Responding to BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad, who cited parliamentary procedures...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday directed the Centre to constitute a committee of domain experts within a week to finalise the curriculum related to legal studies in NCERT textbooks. The top court said that its orders in the matter were not intended to prevent any...

Jagdalpur: In a landmark development in India's anti-Naxal operations, a total of 108 cadres of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) formally renounced violence Wednesday and joined the mainstream of society under the Poona Margem; Rehabilitation to regeneration initiative. The surrender ceremony will be held...

New Delhi: In its first ever order allowing passive euthanasia, the Supreme Court Wednesday permitted the withdrawal of artificial life support to a 32-year-old man who has been in a coma for more than 12 years. Ruling on the long-discussed emotive issue, a bench of...