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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday allowed the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to relax the stringent GRAP-4 (Graded Response Action Plan) curbs to stage 2 to deal with air pollution in the national capital region in view of improvement in the AQI levels....

Mumbai: BJP legislature party leader Devendra Fadnavis was sworn-in as the new chief minister of Maharashtra while allies Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar took oath as deputy CMs at a grand ceremony in Mumbai Thursday evening. The event, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several...

New Delhi: As many as 350 posts of High Court judges, almost a third of the sanctioned 1,114 positions, are lying vacant across the country, with the Allahabad High Court topping the list with 74 vacancies, the Rajya Sabha was informed Thursday. Minister of State...

Sriharikota: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Thursday successfully sent the European Space Agency (ESA) Proba-3 Sun observation mission atop the PSLV-C59 launch vehicle into space. The mission lifted off from the First Launch Pad (FLP) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR), Sriharikota. ✅ Mission...

New Delhi: Countries have right to respond to situations but they should be mindful of civilian casualties and must observe humanitarian laws, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told Rajya Sabha Thursday. Responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour regarding India's position on the ongoing conflict...

New Delhi: Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day Thursday over BJP member Nishikant Dubey's remarks targeting Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and seeking to link him to a US-based multi-billionaire. After two earlier adjournments, the House resumed at 3 pm to pass...

New Delhi: Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari Thursday said that despite the government's continuous efforts to reduce deaths in road accidents, there have been 1.68 lakh road accident deaths this year. Gadkari said that the casualties have been on the rise as people neither have...

Ranchi: Six days after Hemant Soren took oath as Jharkhand Chief Minister for a record fourth time, he expanded his cabinet Thursday with 11 MLAs sworn in as ministers as they took the oath of office and secrecy. The ceremony was held at the Raj...

Mumbai: BJP legislature party leader Devendra Fadnavis will be sworn-in as the new chief minister of Maharashtra Thursday evening at a grand ceremony in Mumbai to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other dignitaries. Fadnavis, who would be occupying the CM's post...

New Delhi: In an unusual protest, leaders of several INDIA bloc parties wore black jackets with stickers reading "Modi Adani Ek Hai" and "Adani Safe Hai" on them and raised slogans on the Parliament premises to demand a joint parliamentary probe into the Adani issue....