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New Delhi: The government does not see any scope for making changes in the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 and may issue a detailed reply soon to explain issues raised by journalists and civil rights bodies, an official source said Friday. Civil rights and...

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing turbulence in bilateral relations following the high tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump, Defence Ministry sources have denied reports that India has paused its plan to buy US arms. Although there has been no official clarification on this sensitive...

Uttarkashi: Sniffer dogs nosed their way through high piles of rubble, drones circled overhead, and rescue personnel searched for the missing through the sludge in disaster-hit Dharali Friday, four days after raging waters buried half the village and left scores missing. Since Tuesday, 650 people...

New Delhi: Union Cabinet Friday approved a subsidy of Rs 12,000 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) for 2025-26, benefitting 10.33 crore households. PMUY was launched in May 2016, to provide free LPG connection to adult women from poor households across the country....

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday held a "very good and detailed conversation" with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone, during which both leaders not only vowed to further deepen the India-Russia Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership but also held detailed discussions on...

Sitamarhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday slammed opposition parties for objecting to the special intensive revision of the electoral rolls in Bihar, asserting that infiltrators have "no right to vote". He also alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was "indulging in politics over the...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday withdrew the Income Tax Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha, and the government will come out with an updated version of the legislation after incorporating changes suggested by the Select Committee. A new version of the Income Tax...

New Delhi: Cabinet Friday approved Rs 30,000 crore LPG subsidy to state-run oil companies -- Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum (BPCL), and Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) -- to compensate for losses incurred from selling LPG at below cost over the past 15 months. The compensation...

Kochi/Bhubaneswar: Archbishop Mar Andrews Thazhath, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), Friday urged the Odisha government and the Centre to take decisive action against those who attacked Christian priests and nuns in Jaleswar Thursday. “The priests and nuns had gone to attend...

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has revised the remuneration for presiding officers, polling officers, counting personnel, and other officials involved in the conduct of elections. As per the new rates, a Presiding Officer or Counting Supervisor, who earlier received Rs 350 per...