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Bengaluru: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will appear before a special Bengaluru court Friday in connection with a defamation case filed by Karnataka BJP MLC Keshav Prasad. As per Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Rahul Gandhi will appear before the Special MP/MLA court at 10.30 a.m....

New Delhi: In the wake of the contentious National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2024 results, health activist Dr. Vivek Pandey has taken a significant step by filing a Right to Information (RTI) plea. The RTI seeks detailed information from the National Testing...

Chandigarh: The CISF constable who ‘slapped and abused’ actress-turned-newly-elected MP from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, Kangana Ranaut, at the Chandigarh airport Thursday has taken to the CISF Commandant Office for questioning after being placed under suspension. The constable Kulvinder Kaur, who has been on duty at...

New Delhi: Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena has accorded sanction to prosecute six persons under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for their alleged involvement in the Parliament security breach incident, Raj Niwas officials said Thursday. In a major security breach on the anniversary of...

Chandigarh: Newly-elected BJP MP Kangana Ranaut Thursday was allegedly assaulted by a woman constable of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at the Chandigarh airport when she was on her way to Delhi, officials said. The constable has been suspended and an FIR has been...

New Delhi: Statues of Mahatma Gandhi, BR Ambedkar and Chhatrapati Shivaji among others have been removed from their original place within the Parliament premises and shifted to a lawn near the old building as part of a landscaping exercise, a move that drew sharp criticism...

New Delhi: A voter turnout of 65.79 per cent was recorded in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections, but the final figures may change as it does not include postal ballots, the Election Commission said Thursday. At a recent press conference, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar...

New Delhi: India's unemployment rate decreased to 3.1 per cent in 2023, down from 7 per cent in 2022 amid robust government policies, a report showed Thursday. The country's national savings as a percentage of GDP increased to 33.4 per cent in 2023 compared to...

New Delhi: BJP ally Janata Dal (United) leader KC Tyagi Thursday said his party has demanded for a review of the Agnipath scheme and will ‘pursue’ the caste census issue which, he asserted, was a need of the time. Tyagi said his party's support to...

New Delhi: The acute shortage of drinking water has become an ‘existential problem’ in Delhi, the Supreme Court observed Thursday and directed the Himachal Pradesh government to release 137 cusecs of surplus water to the national capital Friday and Haryana to facilitate its flow. The...