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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday praised the Indian Armed Forces, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), social workers and locals who have stepped in to help with the rescue efforts as the monsoon continues to wreak havoc in several...

Noida: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh dedicated the country's largest aero engine test bed, manufactured by Raphe mPhibr Pvt Ltd, to the nation in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar Saturday. On this occasion, he described the achievement of the institute's founders, Vishal Mishra and Vivek Mishra,...

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has ruled that the absence of registration of marriage will not invalidate the marriage. The court, in its order dated August 26, said that the state governments are empowered to frame rules for marriage registration but the object of such...

Chandigarh: Over 1,000 villages, maximum in Gurdaspur district, and over 61,000 hectares of farmland have been affected by floods in Punjab even as relief and rescue operations gained momentum. While the opposition parties alleged that the people of Punjab were suffering due to the "incompetence"...

New Delhi: Less than 50 weapons fired by the Indian Air Force at carefully chosen Pakistani military targets forced Islamabad by mid-day of May 10 to request an end to the four-day conflict, Vice Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari said Saturday....

Jaipur/New Delhi: Former vice-president of India Jagdeep Dhankhar has applied for pension as a former legislator in Rajasthan, officials said. Dhankhar, who represented the Kishangarh Assembly constituency as a Congress MLA from 1993 to 1998, received pension as a former legislator until July 2019. It...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Chief Secretaries of Chhattisgarh and Odisha met in New Delhi Saturday to iron out their differences on Mahanadi river water sharing, and emphasised to amicably work out a solution for the benefit of the people of the two states, officials said. The...

New Delhi: In today's era of terrorism, regional conflicts and tariff war, India's military can't afford to depend on uncertain foreign supplies and self-reliance in defence is central to shield the country's strategic autonomy, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Saturday. In an address at a...

New Delhi: The bilateral trade between India and China has been growing at a healthy rate, but the trade gap remains sharply tilted in Beijing's favour. India has time and again flagged its concern over the ballooning trade deficit and the non-trade barriers faced by...

New Delhi: Opposition-ruled states have extended their support to cut the number of GST rate slabs and the rates for mass consumption items, while demanding a mechanism to ensure the benefits get passed on to consumers, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said Saturday. He also said...