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New Delhi: Delhi is on high alert with tight security and temporary traffic curbs as India hosts top world leaders for the BRICS Summit at the Bharat Mandapam over the weekend. With around 15,000 Delhi Police personnel, 200 companies of paramilitary forces and more than...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has declined to grant immediate relief to three-time Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who had sought permission to participate in the selection trials for the 2026 Senior World Wrestling Championships scheduled to be held in Kazakhstan. A single-judge Bench of...

New Delhi: Banking services, particularly at public sector banks across India were disrupted on Friday due to the United Forum of Bank Unions' (UFBU) nationwide strike seeking immediate implementation of a five‑day workweek and resolution of pending wages. The UFBU represents seven unions and about...

New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi Friday to attend the 18th BRICS Summit and is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Confirming Putin’s arrival in the national capital, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in...

New Delhi: Delhi Police, in coordination with the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and other allied agencies, conducted multi-agency mock drills at key Metro stations across the national capital as part of security preparedness ahead of the BRICS Summit 2026....

New Delhi: Taking serious note of the allegations of harassment of a minor girl who participated in the July Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protests, the Supreme Court Thursday said nobody can be permitted to browbeat a victim or her family for pursuing criminal proceedings. A...

New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA has ordered drug tests for pilots across all airlines and the exercise is to be completed by July 2027, according to sources. Separately, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu Thursday said the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is expected...

New Delhi: The Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) Thursday announced a September 19-24 padyatra in Ladakh after their talks with the Union Home Ministry 'failed' to make progress, with LAB chairman Chering Dorjey Lakruk expressing anguish over the "differential treatment" meted...

Chandigarh: The convoy of Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Kewal Singh Dhillon was allegedly attacked by workers of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Thursday, but he and other senior party leaders escaped unhurt. The attack took place when Dhillon was on his way to...

New Delhi: The T20 series opener between India and Afghanistan will go ahead as scheduled, the DDCA said Thursday, despite Delhi Traffic Police's request to reschedule the game due to the high-profile BRICS Summit. Afghanistan will be 'hosting' India for the three-match series here at...