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New Delhi: The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has filed a case against AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain over alleged corruption in the construction of 12,748 classrooms in Delhi government schools, an official said Wednesday. The scam is pegged at around Rs 2,000 crore and...

New Delhi: Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal Wednesday said the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs will take a call on the demand of several Opposition parties, including the Congress, for a special session of Parliament over the Pahalgam terror attack. Meghwal, who is a state...

New Delhi: Girls outshone boys yet again in the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) Class X and XII examination results declared Wednesday. In Class X examinations, the pass percentage of girls stood at 99.45 per cent while that of boys was marginally lower at 98.64...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to chair two top-level cabinet meetings Wednesday, one with the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) and another with the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA). The Union Cabinet meeting will be held for the first time since...

Kolkata: At least 14 persons, including two children and one woman, were killed in a devastating fire at a six-storey hotel building at Madan Mohan Burman Street in central Kolkata. Expressing anguish at the loss of lives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex gratia...

Jammu: After resorting to unprovoked ceasefire violation on the Line of Control (LoC) consecutively for the last six days, Pakistani troops Wednesday initiated unprovoked firing on the International Border (IB) in Jammu district. The Defence ministry spokesman said, “Further to the previous update about 29-30...

Islamabad: Amid looming fears of strong action from India in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, Pakistan Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar held an emergency press meet at 2am. Wednesday, saying that there were 'intelligence reports of military action against their...

Mangaluru: A man was allegedly beaten to death by a group of people over a dispute during a cricket match in the outskirts of the city, following which 15 people have been arrested, police said Tuesday. Terming the incident as "mob lynching", Karnataka Home Minister...

New Delhi: Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai was Tuesday appointed the next Chief Justice of India. He would enter the office of the CJI May 14, a day after incumbent CJI Justice Sanjiv Khanna retires. The law ministry issued a notification announcing Justice Gavai's appointment as...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted Tuesday that the armed forces have "complete operational freedom" to decide on the mode, targets and timing of India's response to the Pahalgam terror attack, as he chaired a meeting with the top defence establishment. During the high-level...