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New Delhi: The Opposition INDIA bloc’s Vice Presidential candidate and former Supreme Court judge Justice (Retd) B. Sudershan Reddy filed his nomination papers in the presence of top Opposition leaders here Thursday. Justice Reddy has been fielded against the NDA’s nominee C.P. Radhakrishnan, the incumbent...

New Delhi: Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka will be on an official visit to India from August 24–26, marking his first trip to the country in his current capacity. The visit aims to further deepen the longstanding partnership and close ties between the two...

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) Thursday said the office of the Bihar Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has so far received 70,895 claims and objections from individual voters seeking inclusion or deletion of names in the state’s draft electoral rolls. Of these, 3,449...

New Delhi: The Opposition parties Wednesday alleged that the Modi government is attempting to turn India into a "dictatorship" with the introduction of three Bills that seek to provide for the removal of the prime minister, chief ministers and ministers arrested on serious charges, and...

New Delhi/Chandipur: In a significant boost to India's strategic defence arsenal, the nuclear-capable Agni-5 intermediate-range ballistic missile was successfully test-fired Wednesday from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Odisha's Chandipur, the Ministry of Defence said. In a statement, the ministry said: "The intermediate-range ballistic missile...

Bhopal: Highlighting the grievances of tribals and the issue of fertiliser shortage in several parts of Madhya Pradesh amid sowing of 'kharif' crops at its peak, the Congress held a protest in Chhindwara Wednesday and handed over the memorandum to a dog rather than to...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday remarked that allowing a Governor to withhold assent to Bills without returning them to the state Assembly would place the functioning of an elected government at the "whims and fancies" of a Governor. A Constitution Bench, headed by Chief...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta Wednesday said the attack on her during a "Jan Sunwai" programme was a "cowardly attempt" on her resolve to serve people, and asserted that it has not broken her spirit. In her first reaction after the attack at...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said the new Odisha Bhavan in Delhi will reflect the state's heritage. Reviewing the redevelopment work of the guest house, located in Chanakyapuri area of the national capital, Majhi advised the architects to depict the rich stonework of...

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...