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New Delhi: The Congress Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has nothing new to offer and as usual resorted to ‘diversion’ in his remarks ahead of the start of the 18th Lok Sabha. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the PM has shown no evidence...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said people have given his government mandate for a third consecutive term and have put a stamp of approval on its policies and intentions. He also said that the 18th Lok Sabha begins Monday with a resolve of...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Monday administered oath to BJP member B Mahtab as 'speaker pro-tem' of the newly-constituted 18th Lok Sabha. A seven-time MP, Mahtab, along with a panel of chairpersons is tasked with running the proceedings of the Lok Sabha Monday and Tuesday...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Monday the plea moved by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal against the interim stay ordered by the Delhi High Court on his release on bail in a money laundering case linked to the alleged liquor policy scam....

Lucknow: A DSP, who was found in a hotel with a woman constable three years back, has been demoted to the rank of a constable in the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) in Gorakhpur, officials said Monday. Kripa Shankar Kannaujiya, 59, has been demoted to his...

Patna: The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar Police stepped up its investigation into the NEET ‘paper leak’ by arresting five more suspects Sunday, a day after their detention in Jharkhand's Deoghar, taking the total number of those apprehended to 18. The development comes on...

Bengaluru: JD(S) MLC Suraj Revanna, who has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing a male party worker, was produced before a magistrate court judge here Sunday, who remanded him in judicial custody for 14 days. The investigation into the case was handed over to...

Latur: Several candidates and parents who arrived at exam centres for NEET-PG scheduled for Sunday unaware that it had been postponed rued allegations of irregularities plaguing exams conducted by the National Testing Agency and asserted it was adding to their already heightened stress and tension....

New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Sunday reached out to Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay on the eve of the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, amid a face-off with the opposition INDIA bloc over the appointment of BJP leader Bhartuhari Mahtab as...

Kallakurichi (Tamil Nadu): Actor-politician Kamal Haasan Sunday said the victims of the hooch tragedy here that has left about 53 persons dead were "careless" and "exceeded their limit." In Tamil Nadu, there is "enough" liquor available; liquor retail outlets of state-run TASMAC outnumber pharmacies, he...