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New Delhi: Lok Sabha Wednesday passed a Bill to ban the operating, facilitating and advertising of online games played with money, as the government looks to check rising instances of addiction, money laundering and financial fraud through such applications. The Promotion and Regulation of Online...

Ahmedabad: A class 10 student of a private school in Ahmedabad was allegedly fatally stabbed by his classmate following an altercation, triggering a massive protest and vandalism by parents and locals Wednesday, police said. Police detained the accused teenager following the attack, while the victim...

Chennai: The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)  Wednesday informed the Madras High Court that Sun TV Network Limited had willingly accepted an ‘A’ certificate for Rajinikanth’s latest film Coolie, after refusing to carry out the additional cuts required for a U/A certification. The move...

New Delhi: Union Minister Amit Shah Wednesday introduced three Bills in Lok Sabha for the removal of Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and ministers arrested on serious criminal charges for 30 days, drawing fierce protests from the Opposition as the draft laws were referred to a...

Dantewada: In a significant breakthrough for Chhattisgarh’s anti-Naxal strategy, 21 Maoists, including 13 carrying cash rewards totalling Rs 25.5 lakh, surrendered before security forces in Dantewada district Wednesday. The surrender was carried out under the state’s flagship campaigns, “Puna Margam (Revival through Rehabilitation)" and “Lon...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday called former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who has been undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar, and enquired about his health condition, according to a statement issued by the BJD supremo. The PM wished Patnaik a speedy...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday lashed out at the Centre for bringing the 130th Constitution Amendment bill, saying it was a step towards "super-emergency" and "end the democratic era of India forever". Using her X handle, Banerjee said, "I condemn the...

New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Wednesday slammed the new bills that provide for the removal of the prime minister or chief ministers arrested on serious criminal charges as "draconian" and "undemocratic". Slamming the Centre, she said, by bringing such bills, the BJP...

New Delhi: Congress Working Committee member and senior MP Shashi Tharoor has once again taken a stand independent of his party’s line, this time expressing support for the controversial bills on lawmakers’ disqualification. The three bills provide for mandatory resignation or removal of the Prime...

New Delhi: In a major twist to the case involving the attack on Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, a CCTV footage dated August 19 has surfaced showing the accused, Rajesh Bhai Khimji Bhai Sakariya, conducting a recce and recording a video of the Chief Minister's...