New Delhi, April 5 (PTI): Rajya Sabha saw voice votes being taken a whopping 200 times for the passage of a bill on Tuesday as the House gave clause by clause approval, reflecting the procedural rigours involve
New Delhi, April 5 (PTI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday called for unity at all levels of the organisation, while noting that the road ahead for the party is more challenging than ever before and t
New Delhi, April 5 (PTI): The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has directed the blocking of 22 YouTube-based news channels, of which four are from Pakistan, alleging that they were spreading fake news t
New Delhi, April 5 (PTI): The Centre on Tuesday informed Parliament that confirmed death due to oxygen shortage has not been reported by any state or union territory although over 5.21 lakh fatalities due to CO
Thane, April 5 (PTI): A theft of diesel from a pipeline led to a leak causing fire on Shil-Mhape road in Maharashtra's Thane district on Tuesday, and no casualties were reported in the incident, a civic off
Bhubaneswar, April 5 (PTI): The second wife of a fake doctor in Odisha, who married as many as 18 times, has been arrested from Jharkhand for allegedly helping him in duping other women, police said here on Tue
Ballia (UP), April 5 (PTI): After a video of a man carrying his wife on a cart to a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia went viral on social media, Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak ordered a probe into t
New Delhi, April 4 (PTI): Seasoned diplomat and India's current envoy to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra was on Monday appointed as the new foreign secretary, succeeding Harsh Vardhan Shringla who retires on April
New Delhi, April 4 (PTI): The contentious bill providing for legal sanction to police to obtain physical and biological samples of convicts and detainees for investigation in criminal matters was passed by Lok
Rewa (MP), April 4 (PTI): The Madhya Pradesh police arrested qawwali singer Sharif Parvaz, booked for making "provocative" remarks, from Kanpur and brought him to Rewa district on Monday, a police off
New Delhi, April 4 (PTI): Speculation is rife over the possibility of lifting of AFSPA from some parts of Jammu and Kashmir after the controversial law was partially removed from three Northeastern states - Nag
Kolkata, April 4 (PTI): The CBI Monday told Calcutta High Court that it will address the issue of whether the murder of Bhadu Sheikh, which apparently led to the killing of nine persons and setting on fire seve
New Delhi, April 4 (PTI): COVID-19 medicines and instruments are being sold at a GST rate of five per cent while other medicines are sold at a GST rate between five and 12 per cent ever since the pandemic start
Budaun (UP), April 4 (PTI): A child was denied admission at a government school here as in place of her name, "Madhu ka Panchwa Baccha" and "Baby Five of Madhu" was written on the Aadhaar ca
Kolkata, April 3 (PTI): The manner in which teachers are trained to get the most out of newer learning methods and a judicious blend of digital and classroom teaching will shape the future of education in the p
New Delhi, April 3 (PTI): In a marathon meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with senior bureaucrats, a few officials raised concern over populist schemes announced by several states, claiming they are econo
New Delhi, April 3 (PTI): Mumbai-based journalist Aarefa Johari was picked on Sunday as the winner of the Chameli Devi Jain Award for an Outstanding Woman Mediaperson 2021.
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New Delhi, April 3 (PTI): The University Grants Commission (UGC) has warned students again taking admission in any programme offered by the Annamalai University in Tamil Nadu through distance learning mode, say
Pune, April 3 (PTI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Sunday said he won't lead an anti-BJP front and is also not keen to become the chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance
New Delhi, April 3 (PTI): With 1,096 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,28,131, while the active cases dipped to 13,013, according to the