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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday wished Jagdeep Dhankhar, who has resigned as vice president on health grounds, good health, and said he got many opportunities to serve the country in various capacities. He said on X, "Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar Ji has got many...

  New Delhi: Union minister JP Nadda Tuesday said the Vice President's office was informed that he and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju would not attend a BAC meeting convened by Jagdeep Dhankhar last evening, shortly before he resigned from the post. Nadda's remarks came...

New Delhi: Opposition MPs, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Tuesday staged a protest in Parliament House complex against the Election Commission's voter roll revision in Bihar. The opposition MPs gathered on the steps of Makar Dwar of Parliament and...

Thiruvananthapuram: British fighter jet F-35 B, which made an emergency landing at the international airport here over a month ago and has been parked since then, flew back Tuesday after completing maintenance, airport sources said. The jet, which took off at 10.50 am, flew to...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear on July 24 plea of the Maharashtra government against the Bombay High Court verdict acquitting all 12 accused in the 2006 Mumbai train bomb blasts case. A bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justices K...

New Delhi: With Jagdeep Dhankhar quitting as the Vice President, the election to appoint his successor will have to be held "as soon as possible". According to Clause 2 of Article 68 of the Constitution, an election to fill a vacancy in the office of...

Patna: In a major breakthrough in the Chandan Mishra murder case, a joint team of Bihar STF and Bhojpur police arrested three accused following an encounter in Bhojpur district Tuesday. The encounter took place around 5.45 a.m. near a river on the Bihiya-Kateya road under...

New Delhi: Congress Tuesday claimed the reasons behind Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation as vice president are "far deeper" than health issues cited by him, and that his resignation speaks highly of him but poorly of those who got him elected to the post. Congress general secretary...

New Delhi: In a sudden move, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Monday evening resigned from his post citing medical reasons. He has sent his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu and said he was stepping down with immediate effect. "To prioritise health care and abide by medical...

Kathmandu: India and Nepal Monday signed an agreement to implement five "high-impact" development projects related to education and health in the Himalayan nation under an Indian grant assistance of NRs 390 million, according to an official statement. The Embassy of India and Nepal's Ministry of...