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New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo moto cognizance of the derogatory remark made by TMC MP Mahua Moitra against its chairperson Rekha Sharma and sought an FIR against her. This came a day after the TMC, commenting on a video...

Hathras (UP): The Uttar Pradesh government's SIT probing the Hathras stampede has recorded 90 statements so far, the panel's chief Anupam Kulshrestha said Friday. Kulshrestha, also the Additional Director General of Police (Agra Zone), is leading the three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) preparing a detailed...

New Delhi: Scrapping the NEET-UG, 2024 exam in its entirety would "seriously jeopardise" lakhs of honest candidates and not be rational in the absence of any proof of large-scale breach of confidentiality, the Centre told the Supreme Court Friday. The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG), conducted...

New Delhi: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Russia for an upcoming summit, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra Friday said issues of regional and global interest will be on the agenda of the talks between PM Modi and President Vladimir Putin. In a media...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to consider July 10 a batch of pleas seeking review of its last year's judgement which refused to accord legal recognition to same-sex marriage. According to the cause list of July 10 uploaded on the apex court website,...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday congratulated Labour Party leader Keir Starmer on his party's landslide win in the UK general elections and said he looked forward to their positive and constructive collaboration to further strengthen the India-UK comprehensive strategic partnership. Modi also praised...

New Delhi: Hitting out at the government over three private firms increasing mobile service tariffs, the Congress Friday accused it of "fleecing" 109 crore cell phone users and asked how can the firms be permitted to unilaterally increase rates without any oversight and regulation. Congress...

London: Keir Starmer, the human rights barrister elected Britain's new Prime Minister Friday, pledged a “reset” not only for the country but also for the Labour Party's relationship with the Indian diaspora to pursue a “new strategic partnership", including an FTA, with India if his...

New Delhi: India's annual defence production has hit a record high of approximately Rs 1.27 lakh crore in 2023-24, with the Make in India programme crossing new milestones, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Friday. The value of defence production in FY 2022-23 was Rs 1,08,684...

New Delhi: The NEET-PG 2024 entrance examination will be held August 11 in two shifts, the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences announced Friday. The exam was earlier scheduled to be held June 23. "In continuation of NBEMS notice dated 22.06.2024, the conduct of...