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New Delhi: The Indian economy is projected to expand by 7.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2024-25, due to an improvement in the agriculture sector and a sharp increase in net indirect tax, according to Barclays. "We think the agriculture sector growth is...

New Delhi: India Wednesday expelled a Pakistani official working at the Pakistan High Commission here on charges of indulging in activities not in keeping with his official status. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the official has been given 24 hours to leave the...

New Delhi, May : The National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) notice to the Haryana Police over the arrest of Ashoka University professor Dr. Ali Khan Mahmudabad has raised eyebrows, amid questions of procedural propriety. The debate on this was triggered after NHRC member Priyank Kanoongo...

New Delhi: India lost 18,200 hectares of primary forest in 2024 compared to 17,700 hectares in 2023, according to new data from Global Forest Watch (GFW), a global collaboration of over 100 organisations. The GFW said the country lost 3,48,000 hectares of humid primary forest...

New Delhi: India Wednesday rolled out its massive global campaign 'Operation Sindoor Outreach' to expose Pakistan's direct and indirect links to terrorism as the first group of an all-party delegation led by JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha left for a five-nation visit from New Delhi....

Chandigarh: Border Security Force (BSF) troops on duty in the border area of Amritsar in Punjab have apprehended an intruder from Pakistan, the paramilitary force said Wednesday. "On May 20, during the evening hours, vigilant troops observed the suspected movement of a person who crossed...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking criminal prosecution of Justice Yashwant Varma, who is embroiled in a controversy surrounding the alleged discovery of a huge pile of burnt cash in the storeroom attached to his bungalow in the national...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, accused of cheating and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination. A bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma directed Khedkar to cooperate...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday granted interim bail to Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, arrested for his alleged offensive social media posts on Operation Sindoor, but refused to stay the investigation against him. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotisar Singh directed...

New Delhi: As part of India’s intensified global outreach against terrorism, an all-party delegation led by JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha will depart for Japan Wednesday to begin a five-nation tour to expose Pakistan's continued support for terror groups. The delegation is part of a...