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New Delhi: India and the UK have sealed a framework agreement to co-design and co-produce electric propulsion systems to be used in futuristic warships in sync with their aim to broad-base cooperation in the strategic domain. A Statement of Intent (SoI) was inked for the...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday asked the Sambahl trial court not to pass any order related to the survey of a Mughal-era mosque while directing the Uttar Pradesh government to maintain peace and harmony in the violence-hit town. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv...

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Friday swooped on the homes and offices of businessman Raj Kundra and others in Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh, in connection with ongoing investigations into the bitcoin scam case, official sources said here. Among those raided include Ripu Sudan Kundra alias...

New Delhi: Proceedings of the Lok Sabha were adjourned for the day Friday amid unrelenting protests by opposition members over violence in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal and the Adani controversy. As soon as the House met for the day at 11 AM, opposition members started raising...

Sambhal: A large contingent of police has been deployed around the Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal ahead of the Friday prayers and the Supreme Court hearing on the survey matter. The situation in the area is reportedly normal, with people walking on the...

Mumbai: Seventy-eight first-time poll winners will enter the 288-member Maharashtra assembly, comprising about 27 per cent of its strength. Of these, 33 are from the BJP, 14 from the Shiv Sena and eight from the NCP. While the Shiv Sena (UBT) has 10 newcomers, six...

Ranchi: Tribal icon Birsa Munda's great-grandson Mangal Munda, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital here after being injured in a road accident, died of "cardiovascular failure" Friday, an official of the health facility said. He was 45. Mangal Munda breathed his last at 12.30...

Bhubaneswar: The annual all-India conference of directors general of police and inspectors general of police will begin in Bhubaneswar Friday where issues related to internal security, Jammu and Kashmir, and pro-Khalistan elements, among others are likely to be discussed, officials said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...

New Delhi: Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) will soon be able to offer an option to undergraduate students to shorten or extend their study durations instead of the standard duration of their degree programmes, UGC Chairman Jagadesh Kumar has said. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has...

New Delhi: Hindus have the right to approach courts and seek survey of mosques because it is a truth that many of them were built on ruins of temples demolished by Mughal invaders, Union minister Giriraj Singh said Thursday. He also said Hindus would not...