New Delhi, April 13 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea challenging the constitutional validity of certain sections of the Waqf Act, as these provisions grant special status to Waq
Srinagar, April 13 (PTI): Alleging that religious intolerance has increased in the country in the recent past, a Sikh body here on Wednesday called for forming a parliamentary panel to look into the issue and s
New Delhi, April 13 (PTI): Members of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union met vice-chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit on Wednesday and demanded that a panel headed by a retired High Court ju
Washington, April 12 (PTI): India and the US have asked Pakistan to take "immediate, sustained, and irreversible action" to ensure that no territory under its control is used for terrorist attacks and
New Delhi, April 12 (PTI): The future warfare is likely to be hybrid in nature wherein weapons such as economic strangulation, information blackout, computer virus and hypersonic missiles would be used, IAF Chi
New Delhi, April 12 (PTI) Asserting that reforms are required to strengthen cooperatives in the country, Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Centre does not intend to interfere in the functioning
Deoghar (Jharkhand), April 12 (PTI) Attempts to rescue cable car passengers stranded for over 46 hours in Jharkhand's Deoghar district ended Tuesday afternoon with a tragedy as a 60-year-old woman fell to h
Mumbai, April 12 (PTI) Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday said 300 more One Stop Centres (OSCs), intended to support women affected by violence, will be opened soon across the co
New Delhi, April 12 (PTI): Twenty-two-year-old Ramdeo Pujhar was among those Paharia tribals who rescued eight tourists from two cable cars following an accident on a ropeway in Trikut hills in Jharkhand's
Ahmedabad, April 12 (PTI) The number of students who have been detected with coronavirus in the Gandhinagar-based Gujarat National Law University over the last six days has touched 64 after nine more students t
Islamabad, April 12 (PTI) Pakistan's newly-appointed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for felicitating him and said his country desires "peaceful an
Washington, April 12 (PTI) The US is monitoring some recent "concerning developments" in India including a rise in human rights abuses by some government officials, Secretary of State Antony Blinken h
New Delhi, April 11 (PTI) President Joe Biden on Monday said the US and India will continue consultations to cope with the "destabilising" effects of the Russian war in Ukraine during a virtual meetin
New Delhi, April 11 (PTI): In a virtual meeting with US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday night hoped that the ongoing talks between Russia and Ukraine will pave the way for peace in t
New Delhi, Aprril 11 (PTI) Politics is not relevant after becoming a judge and it is the Constitution that guides the judges, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said on Monday.
The CJI also said that India
Washington, April 11 (PTI) US President Joe Biden on Monday said that he was looking forward to a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to further deepen ties with India.
It is the first of its k
Coimbatore (TN), April 11 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K S Alagiri on Monday accused Home Minister Amit Shah of attempting to divide the nation by imposing Hindi as an alternative langua
New Delhi, April 11 (PTI) With the mercury soaring in the capital, the peak power demand here touched 5,460 MW on Monday afternoon, the highest in April so far, discom officials said.
The peak power demand w
Guwahati, April 11 (PTI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday said laws should be made after thorough debate and discussion, incorporating the needs of aspirational sections of the society.
He also suggested
Kolkata, April 11 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed doubt about the cause of a minor girl's death which her family attributed to gang rape, and wondered if the class 9 stu