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New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was elected Janata Dal (United) president at the party's national executive meeting here Friday, with incumbent Lalan Singh stepping down and proposing his name, party leader KC Tyagi said. The national council meeting of the party, scheduled to...

New Delhi: A Qatar Court has commuted the death sentence given to eight former Indian Navy personnel in an alleged case of espionage, the External Affairs Ministry said Wednesday. "We have noted the verdict today of the Court of Appeal of Qatar in the Dahra...

New Delhi: The Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (Masarat Alam faction) (MLJK-MA), which has been involved in anti-national and secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir and supporting terrorist activities, was on Wednesday declared a banned organisation. Announcing the ban on the MLJK-MA under the Unlawful Activities...

New Delhi: The Delhi Police has intensified its probe into a low-intensity blast that occurred near the Israel Embassy here and sources said two youths were caught on camera walking on the road close to the spot shortly before the explosion. The police have also...

New Delhi: World Championship medallist Vinesh Phogat Tuesday returned her Khel Ratna and Arjuna Award to the government protesting against the election of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh-loyalist Sanjay Singh as the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president, the wrestler wrote in a letter to Prime...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Monday gave assent to the three new criminal justice bills which were cleared by Parliament last week. The three new laws -- the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Act -- will replace the...

Bhopal: As many as 28 legislators, including former Union minister Prahlad Patel and BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, were Monday inducted into the Madhya Pradesh cabinet led by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav. A total of 18 MLAs took oath as cabinet ministers, while 10...

Washington: A chemical tanker operating in the Indian Ocean has been struck by an Iranian attack drone, a US Department of Defense official said. This is the seventh Iranian attack on commercial shipping since 2021, CNN reported. “The motor vessel CHEM PLUTO, a Liberia-flagged, Japanese-owned,...

New Delhi: Soon after suspending the newly-elected Wrestling Federation of India, the Sports Ministry Sunday asked the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to constitute an ad-hoc body to control and manage the affairs of WFI. The ministry Sunday suspended the WFI until further orders after the...

New Delhi: An Indian-flagged crude oil tanker was hit by a drone fired by Houthi militants in the Southern Red Sea, the US military said Saturday, adding that no injuries were reported from the strike. The Gabon-owned M/V SAIBABA tanker reported at approximately 8pm (Sanaa...