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Bengaluru: Senior BJP leader R Ashoka Wednesday criticised the Congress-led Karnataka government over the bus fare hike, alleging that it had failed to clear Rs 5,650.95 crore in dues to the state-run transport corporations and was passing the burden of its failures on to the...

New Delhi: Climate change is already cutting into India's food supply, disrupting farm-to-market systems and driving up food prices, with losses now running into billions of dollars a year, according to a report published Wednesday. For instance, heat stress alone costs India an estimated Rs...

New Delhi: In a major success in international law enforcement cooperation, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), UAE authorities and Delhi Police, has secured the extradition of fugitive Sajeer Palli Mooppam...

New Delhi: Expressing concern over the tendencies to implicate husband's relatives in matrimonial disputes through sweeping allegations of cruelty, the Delhi High Court Wednesday stressed the importance of timely support from a woman's family when she speaks of violence in her marriage. The court said...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday directed the National Medical Commission to examine the issue of mandatory rural service for doctors after completion of their MBBS course. A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe passed the order while hearing a petition that raised...

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Students' Association (JKSA) said on Wednesday that it has appealed to the External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar for return of mortal remains of a Kashmiri medical student, who passed away in Bangladesh. JKSA National Convenor Nasir Kheuhami said the association...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a stay on the release of Sunny Deol-starrer upcoming Hindi film Suryaa: Ant Se Aarambh Tak, scheduled to release in theatres November 20. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the ‘Viksit Bharat Initiative for Statistical Transformation, Analytics & Research (VISTAR)’ Scheme for the period FY 2026-27 to FY 2030-31 with an outlay of Rs 4,371.10 crore. Aligned with the central...

New Delhi: The Congress Wednesday cited the results of the US mid-term elections to stress on the power of such polls in enforcing accountability, and claimed that the 'One Nation, One Election' proposal advocated by the Modi government would significantly blunt that instrument. In a...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking mandatory rotation of constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in Parliament and state assemblies, saying that such decisions lie within the domain of the legislature and cannot be ordered...