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New Delhi: The CBI Friday questioned Anil Ambani's son Jai Anmol Ambani in a Rs 228-crore Union Bank of India fraud case, officials said. Jai Anmol Ambani has been called again Saturday for questioning, they said. The agency questioned him in connection with an alleged...

New Delhi: The government Friday said uninterrupted LPG supply to households has been ensured, and there is no need for panic booking for cylinders. Briefing the media, Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, said the domestic production of LPG...

New Delhi:  Opposition MPs Friday held a protest in the Parliament Complex over the LPG crisis issue, and raised slogans demanding answers from Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. TMC MPs started the protest around 10.30 am Friday outside the Parliament building,...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar Friday held another telephonic conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, discussing bilateral cooperation and matters concerning BRICS, where India is the current chair and Iran a member of the grouping. This marked the fourth such...

Kolkata: Sensitivity-mapping will determine the decision of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on the district-wise deployment of police observers for the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, scheduled to be held later this year. An insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer...

New Delhi: Amid reports of a move to initiate proceedings for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy Friday confirmed that notices have been submitted in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, and that these actions have been...

New Delhi: The government remains committed to keeping the fiscal deficit within the revised estimates for FY26, even as it brings in the second batch of supplementary demands for grants, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Friday. Replying to the debate in the Lok Sabha on...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday declined to entertain a plea seeking mandatory menstrual leave for working women and female students across the country, observing that such a matter falls within the domain of government policy. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya...

Kohima: Veteran politician and former Bihar Minister Nand Kishore Yadav Friday took oath as the 23rd Governor of Nagaland. Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar administered the oath of office and secrecy to Yadav at a simple ceremony held at Lok Bhavan in Kohima....

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction for taking action against individuals or organisations allegedly spreading misinformation through posters or public statements about the Tirumala laddu controversy. The top court, October 4, 2024, had set up a five-member...