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New Delhi: Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has said he is just an ordinary citizen, not a modern Gandhi or a hero, urging people to become the heroes of their own lives instead of looking for someone else to lead. The Cockroach Janta Party's...

New Delhi: A committee set up by the Centre to examine the content of the Diljit Dosanjh-starrer film Satluj is learnt to have recommended that the ban on its public access through online streaming platforms should remain, as the film allegedly goes against India's sovereignty...

New Delhi: Shehzad Bhatti has emerged as the Inter-Services Intelligence's latest operative tasked with carrying out a large-scale recruitment drive in India aimed at fuelling terrorism. Once known as a social media influencer, Bhatti was recruited by the Pakistani spy agency to enlist Indian youth...

Kolkata: The rebel faction in Trinamool Congress under the leadership of the expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee, will be announcing its state and district committees in West Bengal Saturday. This rebel faction in the Trinamool Congress, which is claiming to be the “real Trinamool Congress,”...

New Delhi: A video showing an Indian diplomat objecting to the depiction of an incorrect map of India during a seminar in Bangladesh has gone viral on social media, with many users Saturday praising her for immediately flagging the issue and firmly reiterating New Delhi’s...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directed all Central government offices and Governors' offices to ensure strict adherence to the prescribed script, text, diction and pronunciation while singing or playing the National Song and the National Anthem, reiterating the protocols governing their...

Ahmedabad: Fresh from his historic mission to the International Space Station (ISS), astronaut and Ashoka Chakra awardee Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is scheduled to visit Tanmay's 'Amazing Space Museum – Zero Digital Space Museum' in Ahmedabad Saturday. The visit is scheduled between 12 p.m. and...

New Delhi: Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, facing a death sentence back home where her party is banned, told Reuters she and senior party colleagues plan to return from exile in India around December and surrender. The South Asian nation’s longest-serving leader said she...

New Delhi: After WhatsApp, messaging platform Telegram has also submitted its reply to the IT Ministry's notice on the 'username' feature, according to sources. Submissions of both WhatsApp and Telegram are currently being examined by the government, sources told PTI. The username feature essentially allows...

New Delhi: Centre has withdrawn the licensing exemption for medicinal formulations containing more than 12 per cent of ethyl alcohol and brought them under stricter regulatory oversight, including mandatory licensing and prescription-only sale, to curb misuse and prevent diversion for intoxication, officials said. Certain medicinal...