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Jagdalpur: Targeting political opponents, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said armed Maoists have been eliminated, but "dimagi Naxals" have infiltrated several political parties and organisations and are instigating people against the Constitution and democracy. "We must identify and defeat such elements and secure the country,"...

Jagdalpur/Raipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said that the country's prolonged battle against Maoist terror and Naxalism had been extremely challenging, recalling how nearly 230 districts across around 20 states were once affected by Left-Wing Extremism (LWE). Addressing security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bastar on the...

New Delhi: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has seized 3,280 tonnes of 'banned and non-compliant' food products worth Rs 82 crore during its nationwide inspection drive, which began September 1 to check adulteration during the festive season. Acting against food safety violations, the...

New Delhi: Journalists and news organisations “do not fall” under the definition of 'data fiduciaries' under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act and are therefore not covered by its provisions, government sources said Saturday, seeking to allay concerns that the legislation could restrict press...

Washington: US President Donald Trump said that Washington was talking to Iran, as his administration imposed sanctions on eight Canadian businesses accused of helping Tehran move money through cryptocurrency networks. “We're talking to Iran. We have been,” Trump told reporters before departing the White House....

New Delhi: The Election Commission Friday decided to provide another opportunity to electors in seven states who were marked as Absent, Shifted, Dead and Duplicate (ASDD), and whose Enumeration Forms were issued but not received back, resulting in their exclusion from the Draft Electoral Rolls...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Friday termed vehicular emissions a major contributor to air pollution in Delhi-NCR, and said immediate, medium and long-term measures were needed to curb the rising air quality index. Hearing a suo motu case examining the regulatory framework governing air pollution, a...

Ranchi: At least seven people, including three children and three women, were killed and one injured after being run over by a speeding 18-wheel truck in Jharkhand's Khunti district, police said Friday. The incident happened on the Karra-Torpa main road within the Karra police station...

New Delhi: Amid repeated claims on social media about "friction" in the ECI, the poll panel has reiterated that the SIR decisions were taken unanimously and letters written by two Election Commissioners to the Cabinet Secretary were “not related to any policy matter” or the...

New Delhi: The Centre Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it is setting up a special committee to re-examine the University Grants Commission's (UGC) 2026 regulations aimed at promoting equity in higher education institutions. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi...