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New Delhi: Reiterating its position with regard to rolling-out the nationwide National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, the Government said that it has not taken any decision in this regard so far.Responding to a...

New Delhi: An Air Force Group Captain was killed in an accident involving a MiG-21 Bison aircraft this morning, the Air Force said in a statement Wednesday.The accident took place when the aircraft was taking off for a combat...

New Delhi: India on Wednesday recorded 28,903 new cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, pushing the country caseload to 1,14,38,734, while the death toll soared to 1,59,044 with 188 more fatalities.According to the Union Health Ministry, the...

Guwahati: A piece of paper with a bomb threat message was found on a SpiceJet plane at Assam's Silchar airport on Tuesday, the Airport Authority of India said in a statement.The flight had landed at the airport from Guwahati...

Sri Ganganagar: Dadi Ratan Mohini has been declared as global chief of spiritual organisation Brahma Kumaris after its former head Dadi Hridaya Mohini passed away on March 11.The decision was taken by the management committee of the institution at...

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 with voice vote.Replying to the debate on the Bill, the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said that the lack of doctors especially...

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Tuesday approved the Revised Cost Estimate (RCE) of Comprehensive Scheme for Strengthening of Transmission and Distribution in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim at an estimated cost of Rs 9129.32 crore.The scheme...

New Delhi: India recorded 24,492 new COVID-19 cases after registering more than 20,000 cases for the sixth day in a row, taking the infection tally to 1,14,09,831, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.The number of active cases in...

New Delhi: Five Lieutenant Colonels, a Major and a Lieutenant of the Indian Army were among 23 people named by the CBI in an investigation into corruption involving recruitment to the force on Monday following searches in 30 places...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from all states on whether the 50 per cent ceiling limit on reservation needs to be reconsidered.A five-judge Apex Court bench, headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan, was hearing the pleas...