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New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday extended the timeline for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in six states and Union territories following requests from the respective chief electoral officers. In a statement, the Election Commission (EC) issued the revised schedule for SIR in...

New Delhi: No significant lapses were observed during the DGCA’s recent surveillance audit at major airports, and all observations were categorised as Level II and communicated to the aerodrome operators concerned and subsequently closed after the completion of action by them, the Parliament was informed...

New Delhi: IndiGo, which has been facing significant operational disruptions, Thursday announced that it will offer travel vouchers worth Rs 10,000 to each passenger whose flights were cancelled or delayed for long during December 3-5. The compensation would be in addition to the amount that...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate Thursday conducted multi-state searches as part of a terror financing-linked money laundering investigation against a "highly radicalised" ISIS module, officials said. The raids were launched early morning at 40 locations, including in the Padgha-Borivali area of Thane in Maharashtra (near...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday said he directly challenged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss his press conferences on "vote chori" in Parliament, but did not get any answer. A day after the Lok Sabha witnessed a heated exchange between him and...

Islamabad: The United States has approved the sale of advanced technology and support for F-16 fighter jets valued at USD 686 million to Pakistan. The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), in a letter sent to Congress Monday, approved, reported Dawn Thursday. The package includes...

United Nations: India has assailed Pakistan's "trade and transit terrorism" against the people of Afghanistan by closing access for the landlocked country that is trying to rebuild itself after years of travails. India's Permanent Representative P. Harish told the Security Council Wednesday (local time), "Such...

Mumbai: Crisis-hit IndiGo cancelled 60 flights from Bengaluru Airport Thursday, as safety watchdog DGCA tightened its scrutiny following large-scale disruptions in services on account of planning failures related to the implementation of new pilot and crew duty norms, a source said. "IndiGo has cancelled 60...

Washington: US President Donald Trump announced a new “Trump Gold Card” programme that he said would allow companies to retain top graduates from American universities -- including thousands from India -- ending what he described as a “ridiculous” system that forces skilled talent to leave...

Islamabad: The Trump administration has approved USD 1.25 billion in US Export-Import (EXIM) Bank financing for Pakistan's Reko Diq copper-gold mine in restive Balochistan, the mineral-rich but poor province hit by militancy and insurgencies. In a video message posted on X Wednesday, US Charge d'Affaires...