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New Delhi: A meeting of the joint committee of Parliament on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill witnessed fireworks with members vociferously opposing certain provisions of the draft legislation, leading to a brief walkout by opposition members. The panel, chaired by BJP member Jagadambika Pal, heard the...

New Delhi: India must be prepared for another Covid-19 outbreak, said an expert Friday, amid rise in cases in several countries including the US and South Korea. According to estimates from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Covid infections are increasing across...

New Delhi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge Friday appointed party functionaries as AICC Secretaries and Joint Secretaries in different states, assigning them to work with the respective General Secretaries and In-charges with immediate effect. Accordingly, Mohd Shahnawaz Choudhary has been appointed as the Secretary for Odisha,...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Friday ordered framing of charges for murder and other offences against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case related to alleged murder of three people in the north Delhi's Pul Bangash area during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Special CBI judge...

New Delhi: India's economic growth slowed to a 15-month low of 6.7 per cent in April-June 2024-25, mainly due to poor performance of the agriculture and services sectors, government data showed Friday. The gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 8.2 per cent in the April-June...

Palghar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday apologised to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and those hurt by the collapse of the warrior king's statue in coastal Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra. “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is not just a name or a king. For us, he is our deity....

Ranchi: Two days after he quit the JMM, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren joined the BJP Friday. Soren along with a large number of his supporters crossed over to the saffron camp in the presence of Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Assam Chief...

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said the government is making necessary policy changes, like removal of Angel Tax, to promote the fintech sector, even as he asked the regulators to take additional measures to check cyber frauds which can have a crippling impact on...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Friday asserted that the era of interrupted dialogues with Pakistan is over, noting that "actions have consequences". In his remarks at a book launch event in the national capital, Jaishankar said: "Era of uninterrupted dialogues with Pakistan is...

Ranchi: JMM legislator Ramdas Soren Friday took oath as a minister in the Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand. The Ghatshila MLA replaced former Chief Minister Champai Soren in the state cabinet. Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar administered the oath of office and secrecy to Ramdas Soren...