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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday maintained the conviction of activist Medha Patkar in a criminal defamation case filed against her by V.K. Saxena – now Lieutenant Governor of Delhi – back in 2001. A single-judge Bench of Justice Shalinder Kaur rejected the revision...

New Delhi: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Tuesday attacked PM Modi over the ceasefire on ‘Operation Sindoor’ and questioned the success and aim of India’s military retaliation on Pakistan. Delivering a fiery speech in Lok Sabha, the Congress leader took a dig at the Centre's handling...

New Delhi: In a searing speech in the Lok Sabha Tuesday, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra launched a direct attack on the Centre over the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam’s Baisaran Valley, questioning the NDA government’s claims of “normalcy” in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)...

A bizarre car accident outside Hotel Ramada in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly has gone viral, leaving internet both stunned and amused. The incident, captured on CCTV, shows a woman lawyer accidentally reversing her car at high speed into the hotel’s glass entrance, shattering the door and...

New Delhi: The US team will visit India August 25 for the next round of negotiations for the proposed bilateral trade agreement between the two countries, an official said Tuesday. The official added that the two sides continue to be engaged in an interim trade...

New Delhi: The government has raised a tax demand of Rs 21,719 crore as a result of assessments completed under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 (during July 1, 2015 to March 31, 2025), the Parliament was...

Kolkata:  West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Tuesday, questioned the silence of the different national commissions on the alleged atrocities and harassment of Bengali-speaking people in the BJP-ruled states. “The national commissions become active and send delegations to West Bengal even if a lizard bites...

New Delhi: Three top Australian universities were granted Letter of Intent (LoI) Tuesday to set up their campuses in India on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the new National Education Policy (NEP), officials said. The three universities are Western Sydney University, Victoria University...

New Delhi: The maximum and minimum range capability of the 'Pralay' missile system were successfully tested by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Odisha over two days, an official said Tuesday. The User Evaluation Trials of Pralay, an indigenous solid propellant quasi-ballistic missile...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MPs staged a protest at the Gandhi statue in Parliament Tuesday, decrying the alleged deteriorating law and order situation in BJP-ruled Odisha, particularly the “surge” in crimes against women and children. Carrying placards that read 'Mahilaon ki cheekh aur...