National

New Delhi: Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has moved an application seeking a no-objection certificate (NOC) for the renewal of his passport, which expired in 2018. The plea, filed in light of the procedural requirements necessary for renewing a passport while in judicial custody,...

Gangtok: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said the Pahalgam terror strike last month was an attack on the soul and unity of India, and subsequent Operation Sindoor was a "decisive response" to terrorists. He asserted that the country was united in its fight against terrorism,...

Panama City: Jose Raul Mulino Quintero, the President of Panama and a member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), has expressed "support for India's fight against terrorism," Congress MP Sashi Tharoor said after a delegation of members of Parliament met him. At their "constructive...

New Delhi: Delhi Police has arrested a man from a remote Naxal-affected hilly region in Odisha for allegedly supplying large quantities of marijuana to an inter-state drug syndicate operating in the Delhi-NCR region, an official said Wednesday. The accused, identified as Bhagirathi Padhan (27), a...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday ordered the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) to enquire into the allegations of "fake" encounters in the state. A Bench headed by Justice Surya Kant set aside the decision passed by the full Bench of the AHRC in January...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Wednesday said India and Africa have a "deep solidarity" and an "unshakeable friendship", and asserted that New Delhi stands fully committed to Africa's development, prosperity and progress. In his address at the Africa Day celebrations here, he also...

Mumbai: A magistrate's court here has sentenced to four months' imprisonment a man whose pet dog had bitten a neighbour inside a lift of his residential building in the Worli area. The decision came seven years after the incident. Accused Rishabh Patel (40) did not...

New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Wednesday unveiled a new application portal for registration and filling up of application form online. All applicants are required to fill up the application and upload their documents in the newly introduced portal afresh by using the...

New Delhi: Anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal Wednesday disposed of complaints alleging impropriety and conflict of interest against former SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch based on a Hindenburg Research report, terming the charges as "presumptions and assumptions" not supported by any verifiable material. The Lokpal said that...

Chandigarh: Veteran Akali leader and former Union minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa died Wednesday evening following age-related health issues at a private hospital in Mohali. He was 89. Dhindsa was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday, said a family source. Dhindsa's son Parminder Singh Dhindsa was...