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New Delhi: India Thursday approved the capital acquisition of a plethora of military hardware worth over Rs 54,000 crore including airborne early warning and control aircraft systems, torpedos and engines for T-90 tanks at a total cost of over Rs 54,000 crore. In a significant...

New Delhi: Proceedings in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were disrupted Thursday after DMK MPs entered the Houses wearing T-shirts with slogans opposing delimitation, and the uproar led to repeated adjournments, ultimately leading to both houses being adjourned until Friday. In the...

Mumbai: Amid the raging controversy over the death of Disha Salian, Shiv Sena-UBT leader and former Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray said Thursday that there has been a continuous attempt to defame him for the last five years. He claimed that it was intentionally raked up...

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a mega deal to procure advanced towed artillery gun system (ATAGS) for the Indian Army at a cost of Rs 7,000 crore, marking a major step in indigenous manufacturing...

New Delhi: The union government Thursday said 12.55 lakh refunds were made in 2024 for faulty toll collections on National Highways. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said penalties of more than Rs 2 crore...

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India has resolved to remove duplicate Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) numbers within three months, said an official Thursday, reaffirming plans to begin talks with the UIDAI for linking voter cards with Aadhaar numbers. The poll panel has also...

Patna: The Bihar government Thursday informed the assembly that it is initiating measures to deal with the problem of arsenic in groundwater in several parts of the state. The step has been taken after arsenic was found in vegetables and other agricultural products in certain...

Meerut: New revelations have emerged in the Saurabh Rajput murder case, with the deceased's family alleging that the parents of the accused wife, Muskan Rastogi, were aware of Saurabh's murder well before March 18, when the police were officially informed about the crime. Saurabh's mother,...

Shimla: In a major reprieve to former Union Sports Minister and current Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Anurag Thakur, the Himachal Pradesh High Court Thursday allowed him to file his nomination for the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) elections. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel directed the...

New Delhi: As many as 465 GPS interference and spoofing incidents have been reported in the border region, mostly in the Amritsar and Jammu areas, between November 2023 and February 2025, the government said on Thursday. Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol told...