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New Delhi: The Congress and the INDIA bloc will raise the need for peace in Manipur with full force in Parliament to put pressure on the government to end this tragedy, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said Thursday, days after his...

New Delhi: India's premier defence research organisation DRDO has awarded seven new projects to private entities to develop key military assets including underwater launched unmanned aerial vehicle and long-range remotely operated systems. The projects were cleared under the defence ministry's Technology Development Fund scheme to...

New Delhi/Mumbai: The Centre Thursday constituted a single-member Committee "to verify the candidature" of controversial probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, amid allegations she misused the disability and Other Backward Class quota to secure a position in the service. In a statement, the Centre said the...

New Delhi: The chiefs of CISF, BSF and CRPF Thursday said 10 per cent posts of soldiers will be reserved in their respective forces for former Agniveers in line with a decision by the Union home ministry. The remarks by CISF Director General Nina Singh,...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday held a meeting with senior NITI Aayog officials and leading economists as part of the wider consultations in the run-up to the Union Budget 2024-25. The Modi 3.0 government will present its first full budget July 23. Finance...

Pune: Pune police will conduct a thorough inquiry and take necessary action over the unauthorised use of a red-blue beacon light and 'Maharashtra Government' written on the private car of controversial IAS officer Puja Khedkar during her posting here, an official said Thursday. The Audi...

New Delhi: The CBI Thursday arrested one of the alleged kingpins in the NEET-UG paper leak case who was on the run ever since the crackdown on irregularities in the entrance exam began, officials said. Rockey alias Rakesh Ranjan, who hails from Nalanda, and is...

New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Thursday met some NEET aspirants at his residence, amid a raging row over alleged irregularities in the conduct of the medical entrance exam this year. According to sources, the students raised issues like the uncertainty prevailing over the...

Mumbai: The main accused in the BMW hit-and-run case Mihir Shah was under the influence of alcohol when the horrific incident, in which one woman was killed, took place, a Mumbai police official said Thursday. A probe team of the police recreated the accident scene...

Gadchiroli: Two women Naxalites involved in many encounters with security forces and collectively carrying rewards of Rs 16 lakh surrendered before the police in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district Thursday, an official said. Pramila Sukhram Boga, alias Manjubai (36), and Akhila Sanker Pudo, alias Ratnamala (34), turned...