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New Delhi: In a key development, Indian public sector oil companies have finalised a deal for imports of around 2.2 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) LPG for the contract year 2026, to be sourced from the US Gulf Coast, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep...

New Delhi: The Army has considered inducting women cadres into the Territorial Army battalions as a pilot project, with their recruitment to be initially limited to a few battalions, sources said Sunday. The move is aimed at gradually opening up more opportunities for women in...

Ferozepur: A 32-year-old shopkeeper and son of a local RSS leader was shot dead by two unidentified bike-borne attackers here, police said Sunday. The victim has been identified as Naveen Arora (32), whose father Baldev Raj Arora has been associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh...

New Delhi: In a major breakthrough in the Red Fort area car bomb blast case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Kashmiri resident who had allegedly conspired with the suicide bomber to carry out the terror attack on November 10, said an official...

New Delhi/Srinagar: The sophisticated 'white-collar' terror module, spearheaded by a group of doctors recently busted by Jammu and Kashmir Police, had been actively scouting for a suicide bomber since last year, with key planner Dr Umar Nabi pushing the agenda, officials said Sunday. Interrogation of...

Amaravati: Chief Justice of India BR Gavai Sunday affirmed that he is still for the exclusion of creamy layer in reservations to the Scheduled Castes. Addressing a programme "India and the Living Indian Constitution at 75 Years", Gavai opined that children of an IAS officer...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has frozen 110 "mule" bank accounts, seized Rs 70 lakh in cash and found usage of Dubai-based cryptocurrency wallets during searches in a money laundering case linked to alleged drug trafficking in Delhi, a statement said Sunday. Mule bank accounts...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will lead discussions on key issues concerning states and the Centre at the Northern Zonal Council’s meeting in Haryana’s Faridabad Monday, an official said. Under HM Shah’s chairmanship, the 32nd meeting of the Northern Zonal Council may discuss...

New Delhi: Rohini Acharya, daughter of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, Sunday levelled serious allegations of being humiliated and physically intimidated, which compelled her to leave behind her "crying parents and sisters" and depart. In a heartfelt post on her X handle, Rohini wrote in...

New Delhi: Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal held discussions in Moscow with Russian leaders on the proposed India–Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Free Trade Agreement, according to a statement issued by the Commerce Ministry Sunday. The Commerce Secretary met the Minister in charge of Trade of the...