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New Delhi: Nineteen opposition MPs were suspended Tuesday from Rajya Sabha for the rest of the week for disrupting the session. The suspended Rajya Sabha MPs are: Sushmita Dev, Mausam Noor, Shanta Chhetri, Dola Sen, Santanu Sen, Abhi Ranjan Biswar, Md Nadimul Haque (all Trinamool...

Birmingham: Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has pulled out of the Commonwealth Games due to "fitness concerns", the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) announced Tuesday. Chopra had won a historic silver medal at the World Athletics Championship in Eugene Sunday and suffered a strain in his...

New Delhi: Four Congress MPs were suspended Monday from the Lok Sabha for the entire Monsoon Session ending August 12. The Congress MPs were suspended for holding protests with placards inside the house over price rise. Speaker Om Birla had earlier warned them to behave...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu said Monday that her election to the country's top constitutional position is not her personal achievement but that of India's every poor person as it shows that he can not only dream but also fulfill those aspirations. In her acceptance...

New Delhi: Droupadi Murmu was Monday sworn in as India's 15th President at an impressive ceremony in the packed and historic Central Hall of Parliament. Hailing from the Santhal community, Murmu is the first tribal leader to assume the office of the President. Chief Justice...

Eugene: The gold eluded him but with a landmark silver here, Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra still created history one more time, becoming only the second Indian and first male track and field athlete to win a medal in the World Championships. The 24-year-old...

Ranchi: Agenda-driven debates and kangaroo courts being run by the media are detrimental to the health of the democracy, Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana said Saturday. Delivering the inaugural lecture instituted in the memory of Justice Satya Brata Sinha here, CJI Ramana said...

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education Friday announced Class 10 results, which showed that 94.40 per cent of students cleared the exam with girls outperforming boys by a margin of 1.41 per cent. This is the first time that the CBSE has announced...

New Delhi: Droupadi Murmu scripted history Thursday by becoming India's first tribal President in the one-sided contest, defeating Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha. Murmu, 64, won by an overwhelming margin against Sinha after receiving over 64 per cent valid votes in a day-long counting of ballots...

New Delhi: The NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu Thursday emerged victorious in the presidential election by bagging a total of 6,76,803 votes over her rival Yashwant Sinha who polled 3,80,177 votes. Making an official announcement after the fourth round of counting, Returning Officer P C...