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New Delhi: Alleging that the Opposition parties are against women's reservation in Lok Sabha and state Assemblies as well as an increase in the number of SC, ST seats, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday said the delimitation exercise will lead to rationalisation of voters...

Sambhal (UP): A mosque and a madrassa in Mubarakpur Band village of Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district, built on government land, which was officially recorded as a playground and a site for compost pits, were removed Friday using bulldozers and JCBs, officials said. The bulldozer operation...

Hazaribag: Four Maoists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district Friday, police officials said. The encounter took place in the Batuka forest area within the Keredari police station limits, following a tip-off, they said. One of the ultras killed has...

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Friday that India has safely brought back home 2,361 people since the beginning of the conflict in West Asia. Addressing a weekly media briefing in New Delhi Friday, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that these 2,361...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea filed by candidates belonging to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) seeking age relaxation and additional attempts in the Civil Services Examination on a par with the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward...

New Delhi: India has slipped to sixth place among the world’s largest economies, according to the International Monetary Fund’s April 2026 World Economic Outlook. The IMF clarifies that the change reflects a nominal‑ranking shift, while India continues to be the fastest‑growing major economy. It projects...

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing debate in the Parliament, women MPs from the Opposition Friday voiced their disagreement over the Centre's move to pass the Women's Reservation Bill and the Delimitation Bill during the three-day extended Budget session, alleging that both the measures were being...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi Friday said the constitution amendment bill has nothing to do with women's reservation but is an attempt by the government to change the country's electoral map by taking away representation from southern, northeastern and smaller states, which is...

Nashik: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has suspended an employee, Nida Khan, who has been named as the main accused in an alleged religious conversion-related case in Maharashtra's Nashik, according to an official communication issued by the company. A suspension order, dated April 9, 2026, shows...

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, openly acknowledged in the House that his sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, accomplished in five minutes what he has been unable to achieve in 20 years, and that he has much to learn...