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New Delhi: The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025 -- which was passed by the Lok Sabha Thursday -- repeals the MGNREGA and paves the way for a structural transformation of the government's role in the rural employment landscape. Passed...

New Delhi: Following the abandonment of the fourth T20I between India and South Africa due to excessive fog and poor visibility, Prem Manohar Gupta, the Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA), said that the full ticket refund process will commence from Friday. Gupta...

Muscat: Oman Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik conferred 'The First Class of the Order of Oman' on Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday - an award that has previously been presented to Queen Elizabeth, Queen Maxim, Emperor Akihito, Nelson Mandela and King Abdullah of Jordan. This is...

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Jammu and Kashmir resident, a close associate of suicide bomber Umar-un-Nabi, in connection with the Red Fort area blast, making it the ninth arrest in the case, officials said Thursday. Yasir Ahmad Dar allegedly played...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday allowed petitioners requesting more time for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kerala and Uttar Pradesh to submit their representations to the Election Commission of India (ECI), which will decide on the requests by December 31....

New Delhi: As many as 202 Indian nationals have been recruited into the Russian armed forces since 2022, with 26 reported fatalities and seven missing, the Centre informed the Rajya Sabha Thursday. The disclosure came in response to a question from Trinamool Congress MP Saket...

New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor Thursday called for cricket matches between mid-December to mid-January to be scheduled in South India instead of the north, which experiences heavy fog during the period, so cricket lovers don't feel cheated. His remarks came a day after the...

New Delhi: In a tumultuous session marked by loud protests and sloganeering from Opposition benches, the Lok Sabha passed the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025 (VB-G RAM-G Bill) via voice vote Thursday. The legislation, which replaces the Mahatma...

Kolkata: Two senior IPS officers, including the state police chief, and a top government official submitted their responses to the West Bengal government Thursday regarding the show-cause notices issued over the mismanagement and vandalism during Argentina’s football icon Lionel Messi’s event at Salt Lake Stadium...

Dungarpur: An overnight sit-in protest was staged outside the Peeth police outpost in Dungarpur district of Rajasthan after a 16-year-old girl allegedly died by suicide following harassment by a youth in the Dhambola police station area. The protesters demanded action after the girl died after...