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New Delhi: As many as 70 nations are already on board as signatories to the Delhi declaration, and discussions are on with many others, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Friday, adding that the final tally should cross 80 by Saturday when the event concludes. Vaishnaw...

Kolkata: Several complaints were lodged at a police station in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district Friday against the chief electoral officer over alleged harassment of people during the SIR process, a senior officer said. Seven people, accompanied by Canning Purba legislator Saokat Molla, filed...

Mumbai: Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra voted for the status quo in the key interest rate earlier this month, saying the current policy rate was appropriate, given the buoyant economic growth and benign inflation, according to the MPC meeting minutes released Friday. The Reserve Bank...

New Delhi: Highways authority NHAI is considering discontinuing cash payments at highway toll plazas from April 1, requiring commuters to use only digital modes such as FASTag or UPI for toll payments. Post implementation, all toll payments at National Highway fee plazas will be processed...

New Delhi: In an extraordinary order, the Supreme Court Friday directed the deployment of serving and former district judges to assist the Election Commission in the controversy-ridden special intensive revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal. Ruing the "unfortunate blame game" between the EC and...

New Delhi: IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Friday said artificial intelligence could lift global growth by 0.8 per cent and help India achieve the Viksit Bharat goal, but poses a significant risk of displacement of jobs and financial stability. While being optimistic about the technology,...

New Delhi: The electorate in Gujarat, Lakshadweep and Puducherry shrunk by nearly 69 lakh after the completion of the special intensive revision of the voters' list, data shared by the Election Commission Friday shows. Gujarat, Lakshadweep and Puducherry recently published their respective final electoral rolls...

New Delhi: A group of Indian Youth Congress workers Friday staged a dramatic 'shirtless protest' at an AI Impact Summit exhibition hall, walking around holding T-shirts with slogans against the government and the India-US trade deal printed on them, before being whisked away by security...

Mumbai: BJP workers staged a black-flag protest against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Mumbai Saturday, calling it a response to the Youth Congress's protest at the AI Summit. Gandhi landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in the morning and travelled by road to...

Hyderabad: Another bomb threat email was sent to CBI Court in Nampally here Friday, triggering panic. A bomb-threat email was sent to the court, warning that blasts will occur on a ‘Holy Friday’. The court authorities alerted the police. The email threat triggered the evacuation...