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New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar Monday took exception to allegations by opposition members that their microphones are turned off when they are speaking in the House and said the presiding officers do not have any switch or...

New Delhi: A court here Monday sentenced activist Medha Patkar to five months simple imprisonment in a 23-year-old defamation case lodged against her by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena when he headed an NGO in Gujarat. Metropolitan Magistrate Raghav Sharma also imposed a fine of...

New Delhi: The three new criminal laws, which replaced the British-era penal statutes Monday, have evoked mixed reactions from legal luminaries with some hailing them as "significant step" towards modernising criminal justice system while others terming them as "draconian" and "cosmetic". The new laws --...

New Delhi: India recorded below-normal rainfall in June, with the deficit standing at 11 per cent, the highest in five years, the India Meteorological Department said Monday. According to the IMD data, the country received 147.2 mm of rainfall against a normal of 165.3 mm...

Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Monday announced that it has now joined Project Nexus with the four ASEAN countries to create a platform to facilitate instantaneous cross-border retail payments. Nexus, conceptualised by the Innovation Hub of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), aims to...

New Delhi: In a fiery speech in the Lok Sabha Monday, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi launched a sharp attack on the ruling BJP, asserting that Hinduism is not about spreading fear, hatred and falsehoods. His remarks came during a discussion on the Motion of...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday posted for hearing after two weeks a plea alleging OMR sheet manipulation in the controversy-ridden NEET-UG, 2024. The plea came up for hearing before a vacation bench of Justice CT Ravikumar and Justice Manoj Misra. The counsel appearing for...

Ratnagiri: The video of an eight-foot-long crocodile strolling on a rain-swept road in a coastal Maharashtra town has gone viral on social media. The video was shot by an autorickshaw driver in Chinchnaka area of Chiplun town in Ratnagiri district amid a steady downpour, an...

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency announced the revised rank list for the medical entrance exam NEET-UG Monday, officials said. The revised list was announced after a retest was conducted for candidates who were earlier awarded grace marks to compensate for loss of time as...

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Monday gave its consent for jailed Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, to take oath as MP July 25. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh will pass an order on the plea Tuesday. Rashid,...