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New Delhi: Congress Friday hailed the courage of Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar, who foiled an attempt by his co-pilot to allegedly crash an Israel-bound flydubai flight, and said the entire nation is in awe of what he did. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam...

New Delhi: Three new judges are likely to be appointed to the Supreme Court next week, sources said Friday. The Supreme Court collegium had September 29 recommended the elevation of three high court chief justices to the top court. Sources aware of the appointment procedure...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday said students have exercised their constitutional right and protested against "vote chori" as he asserted that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will go and the system that put him there will go too. In a post in Hindi...

Mumbai: Despite police denying permission, thousands of young men and women gathered Friday for the Cockroach Janta Party's (CJP) protest at Shivaji Park here demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. While police and security forces were deployed in the central Mumbai area...

New Delhi: The government has proposed decriminalising regulatory breaches such as violations of petroleum licence terms and introducing a civil-penalty regime, while retaining or strengthening criminal penalties for serious offences involving public safety, critical infrastructure and unauthorised petroleum operations. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural...

Amritsar: The Border Security Force (BSF) Friday thwarted a major infiltration attempt across the India-Pakistan border in Punjab by neutralising two Pakistani intruders who tried to sneak into Indian territory in the state's Tarn Taran district, officials said. The incident occurred in the BOP Rajoke...

New Delhi: Delhi Police detained more than 700 people, including AAP leaders and members of various student organisations, at Jantar Mantar and in surrounding areas Friday, during a protest against the CEC. Prohibitory orders were imposed and additional security personnel deployed to prevent any unauthorised...

New Delhi: Captain Smit Machchhar, speaking to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a video call Friday, gave him a brief account of the fatal attack and his fightback inside the Dubai-Tel Aviv flydubai flight cockpit and stated that he kept chanting 'Hanuman Chalisa' while fighting...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Friday highlighted the growing potential of bamboo as an industrial and economic resource, saying the state will soon make a newly developed bamboo bicycle available in parks across Guwahati for public use and take feedback ahead of its...

New Delhi: The Congress Friday accused the Election Commission of lying about the ECINet portal and violating the Representation of the People Act, as it stressed on accountability for the violations of the law and the Constitution. Congress general secretary in-charge Jairam Ramesh said that...