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New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) MPs staged a protest within the Parliament premises Monday, strongly condemning the derogatory remarks made by Islamic cleric Maulana Sajid Rashidi against Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Dimple Yadav. The MPs stood united outside the Parliament, holding placards that...

New Delhi: Ahead of the highly anticipated debate on 'Operation Sindoor' in Parliament, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Monday invoked the Ramayan to draw parallels between India's military response to Pakistan-sponsored cross-border terrorism and Lanka's destruction. Referring to the aftermath of Pakistan-backed terror activity,...

New Delhi: ISRO will launch Earth observation satellite NISAR Wednesday. Developed with NASA, the satellite aims to improve the management of natural resources and hazards. The observations of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite will be available to policymakers across the world, which will...

New Delhi: As the month-long first phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar's electoral roll has concluded, the Election Commission (EC) said Sunday that enumeration forms from 7.24 crore or 91.69 per cent voters of the state have been received. The poll panel...

Haridwar: A stampede broke out at Haridwar's hilltop Mansa Devi temple where hundreds of devotees had gathered Sunday, killing at least six people and leaving 28 injured, police said. Rumours of an electric current where the stairs to the temple begin triggered panic among people,...

New Delhi: As many as 63 districts across 13 states and Union Territories, including 34 in Uttar Pradesh, have reported that more than 50 per cent of children enrolled in anganwadis are stunted, according to an analysis of multiple documents submitted in Parliament. The analysis...

New Delhi: The first week of disruption in Parliament's Monsoon session is set to give way to a fiery debate on the Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor from Monday as the ruling alliance and the Opposition will lock horns over the two issues framed around...

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami Sunday announced Rs 2 lakh solatium to the next of kin of the deceased in the Mansa Devi stampede in Haridwar. CM Dhami also ordered a magisterial probe into the incident that claimed six lives and injured several...

Pune: Pune police seized drugs, hookah setups and liquor after conducting a raid at a party in an apartment here in the early hours of Sunday and detained seven persons, officials said. Pranjal Khewalkar, the husband of former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse's daughter Rohini Khadse,...

Mumbai: A woman took a wrong turn and drove her high-end car into a ditch in Navi Mumbai while following directions on Google Maps and was later rescued, police said Sunday. The incident took place at around 1 am Friday in the Belapur area of...