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New Delhi: Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof Wednesday said he spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on further strengthening the "good relations" between the Netherlands and India, and also discussed the "war in Ukraine" among other matters. In a post on X, the Dutch PM...

Mumbai: Two passengers died and 75 others on board a ferry were rescued after a speed boat crashed into it off Mumbai coast on Wednesday, officials said. The Neelkamal ferry, with 80 persons and five crew members on board, was on way to Elephanta Islands,...

New Delhi: The Congress party launched an all-out attack on Union Home Minister Amit Shah Wednesday, demanding his apology for ‘disparaging’ remarks on BR Ambedkar in the Rajya Sabha. Speaking to the press, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge hit out at Union Minister Shah and Prime...

New Delhi: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Manish Tewari are set to be among the Congress representatives in the parliamentary panel that will scrutinise the two bills proposing simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly polls, while Kalyan Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress and P Wilson of...

New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has raised concerns over the failure of several states to establish the necessary mechanisms to effectively address cases of atrocities against Scheduled Castes (SCs). Highlighting persistent systemic gaps, the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment recommended that the central...

Jaipur: Mukadma (case), Mulzim (accused), Ilzam (allegation), Ittila (information), Chashmdeed (eyewitness) and many such terms may not be a part of policing vocabulary in Rajasthan for long, with the BJP government in the state issuing direction to replace them with appropriate Hindi words. The state...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Wednesday granted seven days interim bail to former JNU student Umar Khalid, accused in the conspiracy case connected to February, 2020 riots, to attend a family event. Additional sessions judge Sameer Bajpai granted him the reprieve for seven days to...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday stoutly defended Amit Shah from the Congress' charge that he insulted B R Ambedkar in his speech in the Rajya Sabha, asserting that the Home Minister in fact exposed the party's ‘dark history of insulting’ the architect of...

New York: The panel set up by India to enquire into allegations about a murder-for-hire plot against a US-based Khalistani and US government agencies have been exchanging briefings, according to State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller. “We have been regularly briefing them on the results of...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday said it was ‘pitiable’ that some retired high court judges were getting a pension ranging between Rs 10,000 and Rs 15,000. "You cannot have a legal approach in every matter. Sometimes, you need to have a humane approach," observed...