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New Delhi: The Maharashtra government and former state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court separately against the Bombay High Court order in the preliminary probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the 'extortion'...

New Delhi: Bollywood actor Katrina Kaif on Tuesday said that she has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.The actor took to her Instagram story to share the information. "I have tested positive for Covid-19. Have immediately isolated myself and...

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday appointed Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana as the new Chief Justice of India (CJI).He will take oath on April 24, an official communication by the Centre said."The President of India, in exercise...

New Delhi: Delhi imposed a night curfew from 10 pm to 5 am till April 30 with immediate effect, the city government announced here Tuesday. This is the toughest order by the Delhi government since the start of a...

New Delhi: With an aim to counter Chinese belligerence in the Indo-Pacific region, the Indian Navy on Monday joined the three Quad nations with France naval exercise ‘La P’erouse’ kicked off in Bay of Bengal.A three-day strategic naval exercise...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday told the Centre that interim appointments to the post of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director cannot go on.Attorney General KK Venugopal, appearing on behalf of the Centre, told the bench of...

New Delhi: Veteran NCP leader Dilip Walse Patil is widely tipped to take over as Maharashtra's new Home Minister after the resignation of Anil Deshmukh.Patil, a seven-time MLA, began his political career as personal assistant to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)...

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (HC) on Monday demanded release of its chairman Mirwaiz Moulvi Omar Farooq who completed 20 months under house arrest."As the Holy fasting month of Ramdhan draws near, we are demanding release of chairman of HC Mirwaiz...

New Delhi: Raisina Dialogue, India's premier multilateral conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics, will be held from April 13-15 as a fully digital event due to the coronavirus pandemic sweeping many countries, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday."The...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh resigned Monday, "on moral grounds", hours after the Bombay High Court ordered the CBI to carry out a preliminary probe within 15 days into former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh's allegations against...