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New Delhi: A good democracy cannot survive without respecting and protecting human rights, Justice A K Mishra, chairperson, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) stated during a virtual session on Wednesday.The statement by Mishra was made while he inaugurated the...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday released a special commemorative coin on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of the founder of ISKCON, Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister mentioned the happy coincidence...

New Delhi: A bust of revolutionary Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh was unveiled in the national capital by Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi and Vietnam Ambassador Pham Sanh Chau.This is the second bust of Vietnam President...

Chaibasa: Four people including a woman and three men were run over by the Duranto Express in Chakardharpur of the West Singhbhum district on late Wednesday afternoon.All the people were crossing the tracks at Binjiya on the Mumbai-Howrah main...

New Delhi: In view of the evolving situation in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently directed a high-level group comprising External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and senior officials to focus on India's immediate priorities,...

Jamshedpur: A woman committed suicide in her flat located at Sahara City located under Maango Police Station area in the East Singhbhum district.The deceased has been identified as Neetu Singh (45). Before committing suicide the woman left behind a...

Doha: In the first formal, official contact with the Taliban, that is set to form government in Afghanistan, a meeting took place on Tuesday between the Indian Ambassador to Qatar, Deepak Mittal, and the Head of Taliban's Political Office...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the demolition of the 40-storeyed twin towers in Supertech's Emerald Court project in Noida, upholding an order by Allahabad High Court for violation of building norms.The order came on petitions by...

New Delhi: Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam on Tuesday expressed strong objection to the new course on counter-terrorism to be taught to engineering students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), alleging it represents...

Thiruvananthapuram: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has informed that there have been no outages in its Aadhaar-PAN-EPFO linking facility.Stating that it is an authentication based facility, the UIDAI has clarified that all its services are stable and...