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Chandigarh: Punjab farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said no 'jatha' (group) of farmers will resume foot march to Delhi Tuesday, and accused the Centre of being confused on how the protesters should proceed to the national capital. Pandher said they will decide their next course...

New Delhi: Reservation cannot be on the basis of religion, the Supreme Court observed Monday while hearing a batch of pleas challenging the Calcutta High Court verdict that struck down the OBC status of several castes in West Bengal granted since 2010. The pleas, including...

New Delhi: The turbulent relations between Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and the INDIA bloc came to a head Monday with Opposition camp sources saying they are considering submitting a notice "very soon" for moving a resolution to remove the vice president from his office....

Kolkata: Taking a dig at a section of Bangladeshi politicians, who said the country has legitimate claims over Bengal, Bihar and Odisha, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday wondered whether Indians "would have lollipop" when external forces would try to occupy Indian lands. While...

New Delhi: The government Monday appointed Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra as the 26th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet cleared Malhotra's name, who has been appointed as the RBI Governor for three years, starting Wednesday. Malhotra, a 1990...

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Monday released its second list of 20 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in the capital. Manish Sisodia, the former Delhi Deputy CM and Arvind Kejriwal’s closest aide, has been named in the list, however, his constituency has...

Mumbai: BJP MLA Rahul Narwekar was Monday elected unopposed as the Speaker of the 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, in his congratulatory speech, highlighted that Narwekar is the second member of the lower House to be re-elected to the post since...

Jammu: An organisation of migrant Kashmiri Pandits said Monday that it has filed a police complaint against the alleged derogatory and inflammatory remarks by Iltija Mufti, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and daughter of former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. In a statement,...

New Delhi: The Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses is set to undergo several changes in the 2025 edition following a review by an expert panel, according to UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar. The University Grants Commission (UGC) had constituted...

New Delhi: The BJP Monday launched a scathing attack at former Congress President Sonia Gandhi, accusing her of ‘working against India’ after allegations surfaced regarding her links with an organisation financed by the George Soros Foundation. In a series of posts on X, the BJP...