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Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court Monday adjourned the hearing in the Gyanvapi mosque dispute case in Varanasi to February 3, saying the matter is pending before the Supreme Court. Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal was hearing the petition, which seeks a scientific survey of the ablution...

New Delhi: A new version of a man-portable anti-tank guided missile was successfully test-fired at a firing range in Maharashtra's Ahilya Nagar. The defence ministry said the weapon system with "top attack capability" was tested against a moving target. Third Generation Fire & Forget Man...

New Delhi: Net direct tax collection grew about 8.82 per cent to over Rs 18.38 lakh crore in the current fiscal till January 11 due to slower refunds and better corporate tax mop-up. Data released by the Income Tax Department Monday showed that net corporate...

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Monday confirmed that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2026-27 February 1, which happens to be a Sunday. The Finance Minister will begin the presentation of the Budget at 11 a.m. in the lower house...

New Delhi/Chennai: TVK chief and actor Vijay was questioned for nearly six hours by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here Monday in connection with the Karur stampede case, officials said. The Tamil superstar will be called again for questioning as some queries need to...

New Delhi: Reiterating their support for the conclusion of the India–EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA), India and Germany Monday signed a slew of agreements across sectors such as trade, technology, health and renewable energy. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the two sides concluded...

Ernakulam: The Kerala High Court Monday orally suggested that the State consider enacting a comprehensive law to protect temple properties, with stringent penal provisions to address dereliction of duty and misappropriation. The observation came during the hearing of bail pleas in the Sabarimala gold theft...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the Centre and all state governments on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the implementation of the “creamy layer” principle in reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). A Bench of Chief Justice of...

New Delhi: Former vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar was admitted to the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here Monday after he fell unconscious twice January 10, officials said. Dhankhar, 74, will undergo an MRI, the officials said. On January 10, he had "two bouts of...

Sriharikota: ISRO's PSLV-C62 rocket carrying 16 satellites, including a foreign Earth Observation satellite, encountered an anomaly, the space agency saidMonday, signalling the failure of the mission. Disturbances in the rocket and later deviation from the flight path were observed when strap-on motors were providing thrust...