New Delhi: The Congress will launch its 'Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan Abhiyan' in all blocks, districts and states January 3. The campaign will culminate in a public rally at Mhow January 26. The campaign was to be launched December 27 but was suspended...
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday approved continuation of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme till 2025-26 with an overall outlay of Rs 69,515.71 crore from 2021-22 to 2025-26. The decision...
Lucknow: A 24-year-old man from Agra took his mother and four sisters to a hotel room here and allegedly killed them by slitting their throats and wrists on Wednesday, after which he recorded a video to say he did it because of "helplessness and despair"...
New Delhi: The year 2024 was the warmest on record in India since 1901, with the average minimum temperature settling 0.90 degrees Celsius above the long-period average. The annual mean land surface air temperature across India in 2024 was 0.65 degrees Celsius above the long-term...
Kyiv: Ukraine Wednesday halted Russian gas supplies to European customers that pass through the country, almost three years into Moscow's all-out invasion of its neighbour, after a prewar transit deal expired. Ukraine's energy minister, Herman Halushchenko, confirmed Wednesday morning that Kyiv had stopped the gas...
New Delhi: India Wednesday declared 2025 as the year of defence reforms and that the aim will be to facilitate rolling out integrated theatre commands to bolster synergy among the three services and transform the military into a technologically advanced combat-ready force. The broader aim...
Sydney: As Indian cricket deals with the fading form of its two stalwarts in captain Rohit Sharma and senior batter Virat Kohli, head coach Gautam Gambhir and his support staff's role in handling a team in transition has also come into focus. The ongoing Border-Gavaskar...
New Delhi: BJP Wednesday asked AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal to learn "spirit of service" from the RSS leaving behind his "political moves" instead of writing to the organisation's chief Mohan Bhagwat to draw "media attention". The BJP's reaction came after Kejriwal wrote a letter to...
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation has cancelled a global tender floated for procuring smart meters, citing the high cost quoted by Adani Energy Solutions Ltd (AESL). The tenders were floated as four packages in August 2023 for providing the smart meters under the...
New York: India's R Vaishali clinched a bronze in the women's section of the World Blitz Championship, capping another strong performance by the country's chess players after stalwart Koneru Humpy's title-winning show in the rapid event here. Vaishali defeated China's Zhu Jiner 2.5-1.5 in the...
The quality of air that people across cities in India have been breathing on Deepabali nights for the past few...
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By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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