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New Delhi: As many as 3,695 citizens have signed a petition urging political leaders of the INDIA bloc and numerous National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners to intervene and prevent the implementation of new criminal laws deemed by them as "anti-democratic". Prominent signatories of the petition...

New Delhi: Air pollution contributed to 8.1 million deaths worldwide in 2021, with India and China recording 2.1 million and 2.3 million fatalities, respectively, according to a report released Wednesday. Published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI), an independent US-based research organisation, in partnership with...

New Delhi: Delhi Water Minister Atishi Wednesday said that she has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the water crisis in the national capital and threatened to go on an indefinite hunger strike from June 21 if the issue is not resolved within a...

Jammu: Jammu & Kashmir Police Wednesday said "a major breakthrough" has been made in the June 9 Reasi terror attack, in which 9 pilgrims were killed and 44 others injured, with the arrest of a terror associate. "A major breakthrough has been achieved in the...

New Delhi/Hyderabad: Senior leader Rahul Gandhi shared a lighter moment at the Congress headquarters on Wednesday as he cut his birthday cake, in presence of party President Mallikarjun Kharge, Priyanka Gandhi and other senior leaders. Rahul Gandhi, who turned 54 Wednesday, was greeted by numerous...

Srinagar: Two terrorists were killed Wednesday in an encounter with the security forces in J&K’s Baramulla district. The identity of the slain terrorists is still to be ascertained. Officials said that the terrorists were hiding in the Hadipora village of the Rafiabad area in the...

Chandigarh: The detention of newly elected Punjab MP Amritpal Singh and nine others under the National Security Act at Dibrugarh Central Jail in Assam was extended Wednesday for a year. He has been in jail since March last year. The detention of Amritpal Singh, chief...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Wednesday extended Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's judicial custody in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam, till July 3. Vacation Judge Nyay Bindu passed the order. While the judge continues to hear the arguments on his...

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP MM Abdulla has complained to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar over some security personnel allegedly asking the purpose of his visit to the Parliament. In a letter to the Chairman, copies of which were also sent to Parliamentary Affairs Minister...

New Delhi: The Congress will hold protests in all state headquarters Friday over the alleged irregularities in medical entrance exam NEET, demanding justice for the students. In a letter to all state unit chiefs, Congress legislature party leaders, state incharges, general secretaries and other top...