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New Delhi: The government has called an all-party meeting on the West Asia crisis Wednesday, sources said. This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to Parliament on the West Asia situation. The prime minister Monday said the difficult global conditions caused by the West...

Patna: Nitish Kumar was elected unopposed as the National President of Janata Dal (United) Tuesday following the conclusion of the nomination withdrawal deadline. With no other candidate in the fray, Kumar retains the post for the fourth time. Earlier, March 19, JD(U) Working President Sanjay...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court  Tuesday upheld an Andhra Pradesh High Court ruling holding that a person who has converted to Christianity and continues to profess and practice the faith cannot claim the status of a Scheduled Caste. A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra...

New Delhi: Hours before Chief Minister Rekha Gupta's scheduled budget presentation, the Delhi Legislative Assembly received a bomb threat Tuesday morning, police said. Police said nothing suspicious has been found so far after the assembly premises were checked, while adding that searches are still underway....

New Delhi: Chief Minister Rekha Gupta presented the annual budget for the 2026-27 financial year in the Delhi Assembly Tuesday, proposing a total outlay of Rs 1,03,700 crore. This marks her second budget for the national capital. The Speaker of the Assembly, Vijender Gupta, congratulated...

Guwahati: The chief of the regional party All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), Badruddin Ajmal, who is contesting the Assembly polls from the Binnakandi seat, has declared total assets worth over Rs 169 crore, along with liabilities of more than Rs 4.45 crore, in his...

New Delhi: An 18-year-old youth was stabbed to death in northeast Delhi's Bhajanpura area in the intervening night of Monday-Tuesday, officials said, adding that efforts are underway to identify and apprehend those involved in the crime. The incident occurred near a temple in the locality,...

New Delhi: Gold and silver prices plummeted further Monday, over profit‑taking, a stronger US dollar and rising real yields. MCX gold April futures lost 6.91 per cent to Rs 1,34,506 per 10 grams around 3.30 pm on an intraday basis. Meanwhile, MCX silver May futures...

Chennai: The AIADMK Monday formally unveiled its seat-sharing arrangement with key allies for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, bringing clarity to weeks of negotiations within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). However, the party stopped short of announcing the number of constituencies it will contest,...

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha Monday made a strong pitch for "regulation and rationalisation" of mobile data, demanding that the big telecom giants make adequate provisions for rollover of unused data and also its transfer among family and friends. Raising yet...