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New Delhi: India has slipped two places on the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap index to 129th place, while Iceland retained its top position in the rankings published Wednesday. Within South Asia, India was ranked fifth after Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan, while...

Vijayawada: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president Nara Chandrababu Naidu turned emotional after taking oath as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh here Wednesday. Naidu hugged Prime Minister Narendra Modi soon after being sworn in by Governor S Abdul Nazeer in the presence of a galaxy of...

Vijayawada: A total of 24 ministers will take oath along with N Chandrababu Naidu, who will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. There are 20 ministers from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), three from Jana Sena and one from the Bharatiya Janata...

Uttarkashi: Three women died while 24 were injured when a bus driver lost control over the vehicle and it fell into a gorge near Gangnani on the Gangotri National Highway in Uttarakhand, police said Wednesday. According to them, the incident occurred 50 km from Gangnani...

A terrorist holed up in a border village in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district was killed by security forces Wednesday in a more than 15-hour operation during which his partner was also shot dead and a CRPF jawan lost his life, officials said. According to...

New Delhi: The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will begin June 24 for oath or affirmation of the newly elected members, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said Wednesday. The first three days of the session will see the newly elected leaders taking oath...

New Delhi: Extending the Ayushman Bharat coverage to everyone aged above 70 years and the pan-India roll out of the U-WIN portal to digitise routine vaccinations are among the highlights of Narendra Modi's new government's 100-day agenda for the Union health ministry. In a brief...

New Delhi: Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi will be the next Chief of the Army Staff succeeding incumbent Gen Manoj Pande, the government announced Tuesday night. Lt Gen Dwivedi is presently serving as Vice Chief of the Army Staff. Gen Pande will retire June 30. In...

New Delhi: Delhi Water Minister Atishi Tuesday slammed the Haryana government and alleged that it was “deliberately” and “illegally” halting the water supply to the capital. In a press conference here, Atishi alleged that the Haryana government was releasing less water to the city because...

New Delhi: After going back to the drawing board on several occasions, the Union Law Ministry finalised Tuesday a document on the national litigation policy that seeks to expedite the resolution of pending cases. Soon after assuming charge as the Union law minister earlier in...