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New Delhi: Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal slammed Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Friday for questioning the judiciary over the timeline for the President to take decisions, saying this is "unconstitutional" and he had never seen any Rajya Sabha chairman make "political statements" of this nature....

New Delhi: Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is set to travel to the International Space Station next month as part of an Axiom-4 mission, four decades after Rakesh Sharma's iconic spaceflight onboard Russia's Soyuz spacecraft, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said Friday. Singh made the remarks after...

Jammu: The army Friday said it has ordered an enquiry into the alleged manhandling of a civilian in J&K's Rajouri district. An incident has come to light wherein certain individuals were allegedly manhandled by army personnel in Rajouri district, a Defence Ministry statement said. It...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Elon Musk, world's richest person with a strong influence in the US administration, Friday as they discussed the immense potential for collaboration in areas of technology and innovation. Modi said on X after speaking to Musk, whose...

Raipur: Security forces in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh have achieved a significant breakthrough with 22 Maoists, including nine women, surrendering Friday, marking a pivotal moment in the ongoing efforts to combat Maoism, officials said. This operation, conducted deep within Sukma's forests, involved the Maad division...

New Delhi: The BJP Friday dared Congress leaders facing corruption charges to seek a quick and time-bound disposal of cases, as it slammed the party for citing politics as the reason for the ED's action against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald...

New Delhi: India Friday rejected remarks by Bangladeshi officials on violence in West Bengal and asked Dhaka to focus on protecting the rights of its minorities instead of indulging in "virtue signalling". "We reject the remarks made by the Bangladesh side with regard to the...

Chandigarh: National Investigation Agency (NIA) charge-sheeted Harpreet Singh, accused of carrying out terror attacks in Punjab, has been arrested by the US security agencies – the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Enforcement and Removal Operations in California's Sacramento. The FBI said Friday that...

New Delhi— In a landmark recognition of India’s cultural and philosophical heritage, the Bhagavad Gita and Natyashastra have been inscribed in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register, the Ministry of Culture announced this week. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the development “a proud moment for...

Chandigarh: BSF and Punjab Police have recovered six pistols along with 14 magazines in the border area of Amritsar following an extensive search operation, an official said Friday. The joint search operation carried out Thursday led to the recovery of a large packet wrapped in...