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New Delhi: The Union government will soon release a national policy and strategy to counter terrorism, that will help demolish the entire terror ecosystem, said Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday, reiterating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s slogan of “zero tolerance for terrorism”. Speaking at the 'Anti-Terror...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate Thursday conducted searches against some 'main vendors' operating on e-commerce platforms of giants like Amazon and Flipkart as part of a foreign investment ‘violation’ investigation, official sources said. A total of 19 premises of these "preferred" vendors located in Delhi,...

New Delhi: Delhi Police arrested three men for the alleged gang rape of a woman from Odisha with mental illness here in Sarai Kale Khan, officials said Thursday. The victim is receiving treatment at AIIMS, Delhi after the alleged gang rape October 10. She travelled...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday ordered liquidation of cash-strapped Jet Airways, saying that the resolution plan, approved five years ago, is no longer capable of implementation. A Bench, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, allowed the lenders' plea against the transfer of ownership of the...

New Delhi: Gold prices continue to fall after the US presidential election and Thursday, the December future contracts of gold on MCX opened with a decline of 0.37 per cent at Rs 76,369 per 10 grams, while silver December future contracts were trading 0.24 per...

New Delhi: The Centre has doubled the fine for farmers burning crop residue in view of the deteriorating air quality in the Delhi-NCR region, the penalty going up to Rs 30,000 for those with more than five acres of farmland. According to the notification, which...

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Legislative Assembly was adjourned Thursday after heated exchanges between members of different political parties. Speaker, Abdul Rahim Rather adjourned the House for 15 minutes after he was unable to maintain order because of the ruckus created by the BJP...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to US President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday to congratulate him on his "spectacular" victory, and said he looked forward to working together with him again to further strengthen India-US relations across technology, defence, energy, space and other sectors. Official...

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Sat Paul Sharma slammed the ruling National Conference (NC) on Wednesday for "unconstitutionally" passing a resolution in the Assembly on the restoration of the erstwhile state's special status and said the action amounts to breach of privilege. Sharma asked...

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Wednesday dissolved the entire Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) unit in Himachal Pradesh along with the district and block units with immediate effect. The move is seen as part of the Congress' plan to restructure the Himachal unit of the...