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New Delhi: Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal AP Singh Thursday flagged serious concerns over inordinate delays in various defence acquisition projects and failure to stick to delivery schedules for supply of key platforms even as he hailed Operation Sindoor as a 'national victory'....

New Delhi: India Thursday said the issue of trade did not come up in its discussions with the US during the clashes between the Indian and Pakistani militaries, virtually rejecting Washington's repeated claims that its offer of trade to the two sides stopped the conflict....

New Delhi: India Thursday said it expects the US to consider visa applications of Indian students on merit amid growing concerns over the Trump administration halting new student visa interviews. The changes effected by the US in its visa regime have triggered widespread uncertainty among...

New Delhi: Approximately 900 illegal Bangladeshi nationals residing in Delhi have been identified and will be deported after proper verification, Delhi's Special Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, Devesh Chandra Srivastava said Thursday, as the process of deporting undocumented migrants has gained momentum in the wake...

New Delhi: The Central government Thursday categorically denied a viral social media post claiming that a MiG-29 UPG fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) was shot down and its pilot killed May 7. The PIB Fact Check unit has termed the claim fake...

New Delhi: A parliamentary committee Thursday flagged "ambiguities" in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), with sources saying that the government appeared to be considering amendments in the law to address existing concerns. Sources said the recent Supreme Court judgment quashing JSW Steel's resolution plan...

Srinagar: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has approved the deployment of 581 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) to Jammu and Kashmir for providing massive security to the Amarnath Yatra 2025 beginning July 3. The MHA has approved the deployment to provide...

Jaipur: Security agencies have arrested a government employee in Jaisalmer on charges of espionage. The accused, Shakoor Khan, currently employed as a clerk at the Mangalia District Employment Office, had recently travelled to Pakistan without obtaining departmental permission. He was formerly the personal secretary of...

Mumbai: The size of the Reserve Bank's balance sheet as March 31, 2025, increased by 8.20 per cent year-on-year, leading to a bumper dividend of Rs 2.69 lakh crore for the central government. Increase on assets side was due to rise in gold, domestic investments...

Panama: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, Thursday hit back at the ‘zealots’, in an apparent reference to Congress leader Udit Raj and said that his statement on India’s evolving counter-terrorism operation was being distorted and twisted for ‘vested interests’. The Thiruvananthapuram MP, while heading from Panama...