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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...

New Delhi: India and Russia have decided to expand joint military exercises to further solidify the operational synergy. The decision was taken at a meeting this week of the working group on military cooperation under the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military-Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-M&MTC)....

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday reserved its decision on anticipatory bail plea of sacked Maharashtra cadre probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, who allegedly submitted false OBC and PwBD (Persons with Benchmark Disabilities) certificates and fraudulently availed attempts beyond the permissible limits provided for...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday said the Punjab and Haryana governments have been slow in taking action against farmers burning stubble and a mechanism was required to be devised for a long-term solution to the problem. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday refused to relax emergency measures under Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to deal with air pollution in the national capital, ordering it to continue till December 2. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and...

New Delhi: The number of cases pending in district and subordinate courts went up by more than nine lakh in the past 11 months, the government told the Rajya Sabha Thursday. In a written reply, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said while more than...

Alappuzha: Four doctors here have been booked for allegedly failing to detect genetic disorders in a newborn while it was in the mother's womb, the police said Thursday. The accused include two female doctors attached to the Kadappuram Government Women and Child Hospital in Alappuzha,...

Mumbai: The process of government formation in Maharashtra is expected to get a boost after a crucial meeting between caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar and Union Minister Amit Shah in Delhi Thursday night, sources said. The meeting assumes significance amid reports...