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New Delhi: Noting an ‘extremely grim’ situation due to stray dog bites resulting in rabies, particularly among children, the Supreme Court Monday directed Delhi-NCR authorities to permanently relocate all strays from streets to shelters ‘at the earliest’. Saying dog shelters will have to be augmented...

New Delhi: The long-awaited National Sports Governance Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha here Monday with Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya describing it as the "single biggest reform in Indian sports since independence" amid opposition protests over revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. The National...

New Delhi: Amid continued Opposition protest, the Lok Sabha Monday passed two important legislations pertaining to taxation -- Income-Tax (No 2) Bill and Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill. The Income-Tax (No.2) Bill, 2025, seeks to consolidate and amend the law relating to Income Tax Act 1961....

Beijing: China is set to build the most ambitious rail link connecting Xinjiang province with Tibet, part of which will ‘run near’ the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India, according to a media report. Work is expected to get underway this year on one...

Patna: A disturbing incident in Bihar's Samastipur Monday triggered public outrage as a private school teacher allegedly shot dead a 19-year-old girl student. The victim, identified as Gudiya Kumari — daughter of Vinay Kumar from Ward 1 of Parsa Panchayat — was on her way...

New Delhi: Tata Group-owned Air India Monday said it is suspending its services between Delhi and Washington, D.C., effective from September 1, 2025, due to a combination of operational factors. The airline, which has been facing a myriad of issues since the fatal Boeing 787...

New Delhi: The government is working on measures to boost India's exports, including targeting 50 countries in regions such as the Middle East and Africa, amid the heavy tariffs imposed by the US on Indian goods, an official said Monday. These 50 countries account for...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday lashed out at the makers of the Hindi film Kesari Chapter 2 for allegedly misrepresenting Bengali revolutionary Khudiram Bose as 'Khudiram Singh'. The criticism came as she paid tributes to the freedom fighter on his death anniversary....

New Delhi: Nuclear sabre-rattling is Pakistan's stock-in-trade, New Delhi said Monday, in a strong response to Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir's nuclear threat directed at India from the US soil. India said Munir's remarks reinforced the well-held doubts about the integrity of nuclear...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday introduced the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which aims to provide tax exemptions to subscribers of the Unified Pension Scheme. The Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha, also incorporates changes in the scheme of block assessment with regard...