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Jammu: Over 2.80 lakh devotees had ‘darshan’ inside the holy cave shrine during the last 14 days as another batch of 4,669 Yatris left for the Valley Saturday. Officials of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) headed by Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha,...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court said Friday that the power to arrest under the anti-money laundering law cannot be exercised according to the whims and fancies of the ED officer. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, which granted interim bail to Delhi...

United Nations: India's population is projected to peak in the early 2060s at about 1.7 billion and then decline by 12 per cent, but the country will remain the world's most populous throughout the century, the United Nations has said. The World Population Prospects 2024...

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Friday said an appeal will be filed against the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee's (CWRC) directive to the State to release one tmcft of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu daily till the end of this month. After a meeting with...

New Delhi: The Congress Friday slammed the government's move to declare June 25, the day the Emergency was declared in 1975, as 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas' as yet another "headline grabbing exercise in hypocrisy" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Taking a swipe at the decision, the...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Friday held talks with his Thai counterpart Maris Sangiampongsa during which the two sides discussed on their "intensifying engagement" covering a range of domains, including political, defence and security, trade and investment and tourism. The two leaders also...

New Delhi: Courts should refrain from staying bail orders in a mechanical manner and without giving any reason, the Supreme Court said Friday, underlining that the relief should be denied to an accused only in rare and exceptional cases. A bench of Justice Abhay S...

New Delhi: The government has decided to observe June 25, the day the Emergency was declared in 1975, as 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas' to commemorate the "massive contributions" of those who endured inhuman pains of the period, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced Friday. He also...

New Delhi: Delhi University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh Friday said the proposal to introduce Manusmriti for LLB students was rejected as it was not found appropriate, and that there are other texts which can be used for teaching Indian knowledge. In an interview with PTI,...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday asked the Haryana government to clear the barricading at the Shambhu border near Ambala, where farmers have been camping since February 13, and questioned its authority to block the highway. The Haryana government had set up barricades on the...