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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday convened a critical meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg in response to the unrest in Bangladesh. The meeting was attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar,...

New Delhi: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who resigned Monday following unprecedented anti-government protests, landed at the Hindon airbase near Ghaziabad on her way to London, diplomatic sources said. Hasina arrived in India in a C-130J military transport aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force, they...

New Delhi/Kolkata: The Border Security Force (BSF) Monday issued a "high alert" across all its formations along the 4,096-km India-Bangladesh border in the wake of the developments in the neighbouring country, officials said. BSF Director General (Acting) Daljit Singh Chawdhary and other senior commanders toured...

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Jaya Bachchan Monday once again raised an objection when Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar called out her full name in the House and labelled it as a ‘new drama’ started in the Parliament. She remarked, "Sir, I hope you...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai will meet Union Minister for External Affairs S Jaishankar in New Delhi Monday, along with fishermen representatives. This visit is to petition the Union Minister about the regular attacks on Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu by the Sri...

Sagar (MP): Nine children, aged 10 to 15 years, were killed and two others injured after a wall of a dilapidated house collapsed due to rain in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district Sunday, officials said. The incident occurred between 8:30am and 9am near the campus of...

New Delhi: In a major setback to the AAP government, the Supreme Court Monday held that the lieutenant governor of Delhi has the power to nominate aldermen to the MCD. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices PS Narasimha and...

Hajipur (Bihar): At least nine Kanwar Yatra pilgrims were electrocuted to death and two others sustained injuries when the vehicle they were travelling in came in contact with a high-tension overhead wire in Bihar's Vaishali district, a senior official said Monday. The incident took place...

Wayanad: Rescue operations entered the seventh day Monday when the toll in Kerala’s worst natural calamity touched 387, while 180 people still missing after the massive landslides and floods in Wayanad last week. The over 1,500-strong rescue team comprising personnel from all three defence forces,...

New Delhi: The Parliament's Budget Session resumes Monday with several key bills on the agenda, following a week of intense debates between opposition and ruling parties who are likely to again spar over several issues. In the Lok Sabha, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will...