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New Delhi: Microsoft users globally, several in India, have reported massive outages in services, with outage tracking website Downdetector showing users flagging disruptions across various services. Globally, the Microsoft cloud outage led to US airlines cancelling flights, but the tech giant later reportedly said its...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday said a public interest litigation seeking a court-monitored investigation into the electoral bonds scheme will be heard July 22. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took note of the submissions of...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday agreed to examine the contours of Article 361 of the Constitution which grants 'blanket immunity' to Governors from any kind of criminal prosecution. The top court's order came on a plea of contractual woman employee of West Bengal 'Raj...

Mumbai: Governor Shaktikanta Das Friday said the Reserve Bank's relations with the government have been "smooth" during his nearly six-year term, and credited the close coordination between the two for the quick revival of the economy after the pandemic. Speaking at an event organised by...

New Delhi: Six new bills, including the one to amend the disaster management law, will be presented during the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning next week. Besides the Finance Bill, the government has also listed the Bhartiya Vayuyan Vidheyak 2024 to replace the Aircraft Act...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a plea of two of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case challenging the January 8 verdict cancelling their remission. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar termed the plea as "absolutely misconceived"...

Gonda (UP): The death toll in the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derailment in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda has risen to four, while 31 people were injured in the incident, an official said Friday. Eight coaches of the train had derailed between Motiganj and Jhilahi railway stations, about 150...

Imphal/Silchar: Several tribal organisations in Manipur Thursday accused the Assam Police of ‘whimsically orchestrating extra-judicial killings of three youths’ belonging to the Hmar tribal community Wednesday. According to officials in Assam, at least three suspected militants, belonging to Assam and Manipur, were killed while three...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Youth Welfare and Sports Development Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin is likely to be soon elevated to the post of Deputy Chief Minister, DMK sources said. Highly placed sources in the ruling DMK told IANS that Udhayanidhi Stalin will be made the Deputy Chief...

Pune: A Pune Court in Paud has sent Manorama Dilip Khedkar – the mother of the controversial IAS-Probationary Officer Puja Khedkar – to police custody till July 20, hours after she was arrested from Mahad town in Raigad District, here Thursday, officials said. Manorama, who...