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Mumbai: The name of the Maharashtra Chief Minister will be announced Wednesday, a day ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the Mahayuti government, after the BJP elects its legislature party leader, a senior functionary said Monday. The BJP Monday named Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...

New Delhi: The ruling BJP and Opposition parties reached an agreement Monday to break the Parliamentary impasse, with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju expressing confidence that Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will function smoothly from Tuesday. Speaker Om Birla held a meeting with floor leaders...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday refused to relax emergency measures under Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) dealing with air pollution in the national capital till it noticed a downward trend in the AQI level. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka...

New Delhi: India is expected to seal separate contracts for the procurement of 26 naval variant Rafale fighter jets and three additional Scorpene submarines next month, Navy Chief Admiral DK Tripathi said Monday as he asserted that activities of the navies of China and Pakistan...

New Delhi: Expressing its concern over the appointment of DMK leader V Senthil Balaji, as a minister in the Tamil Nadu government days after he was granted bail in the money laundering case related to the cash-for-job scam, the Supreme Court Monday agreed to examine...

Hyderabad: Cyberabad Police have arrested a choreographer and an architect from Odisha for MDMA consumption and peddling. The Special Operations Team (SOT), Cyberabad and Gachibowli Police arrested four persons, including choreographer Kanha Mohanty, during a raid on a hotel room. Though the arrests were made...

Thane: Shiv Sena MP Srikant Shinde, the son of Maharashtra's caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Monday said the speculation about him getting the deputy CM's post in the new state government were false and baseless. In a post on X, the parliamentarian also said he...

New Delhi: Ahead of the upcoming Delhi Assembly Elections, renowned UPSC teacher and motivational speaker, Awadh Ojha Monday joined the AAP in the national capital. Addressing the media at a press conference to induct educationist and UPSC coach Avadh Ojha into the AAP, Kejriwal said,...

New Delhi: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows into India surged by a robust 45 per cent to $29.79 billion in September during the current financial year compared to $20.5 billion in the same period during 2023-24, according to figures compiled by the Department for Promotion...

New Delhi: Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 12 noon Monday amid protests by opposition members over the Adani indictment row, recent violence in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal and other issues. As soon as the House met after the weekend break, many opposition members, including those...