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New Delhi: C P Radhakrishnan, who was Friday sworn in as the new vice president Friday, assumed charge as the chairperson of Rajya Sabha. Radhakrishnan offered floral tributes at the Prerna Sthal at Parliament House complex, where he was welcomed by Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson...

Lucknow: Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam offered prayers at Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi Friday. Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel accompanied him during his visit to the temple. The pictures shared by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on social...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated C P Radhakrishnan, who took oath as the Vice-President of India Friday. His vast knowledge and experience will further strengthen the country's democratic processes to serve people even better, Shah said. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath...

New Delhi: Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan was Friday sworn in as the 15th Vice President of India. President Droupadi Murmu administered oath to the 67-year-old Radhakrishnan at a brief ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan this morning. Dressed in a red kurta, Radhakrishnan took oath in English...

New Delhi: Two Tejas Mark-1A fighter jets will be delivered to the Indian Air Force next month by state-run aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), officials said Thursday. HAL said it received one jet engine from American defence major GE Aerospace and another engine will...

New Delhi: Calling itself the “custodian of the Constitution”, the Supreme Court Thursday asked if it could “sit idle” if a constitutional functionary like Governor failed to discharge duties as it reserved the verdict on the presidential reference on grant of assent to bills. In...

Raipur: At least 10 Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Gariaband district Thursday, a police official said. Police sources said Modem Balakrishna, a senior leader and Central Committee Member (CCM) of the outlawed CPI (Maoist), is among the deceased. The...

Srinagar: High drama unfolded at the circuit house here Thursday as former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah was prevented from meeting AAP MP Sanjay Singh, who was detained on the premises to prevent him from protesting against the detention of party MLA under...

Patna: Negotiations between India and the US on the proposed trade agreement, which began in March, are progressing in a positive atmosphere, and both countries are satisfied with the progress, Commerce and Industry Minister Piysuh Goyal said Thursday. He said that in February this year,...

New Delhi: Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari Thursday said the social media rage over blending of 20 per cent ethanol in petrol fuel was a “paid campaign” to target him politically. There has been clarity on the E20 (20 per cent ethanol blended petrol)...