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India needs national legal, social security architecture for gig workers: Congress

NEW DELHI: Citing legislations by its state governments to ensure justice for gig workers, the Congress on Thursday said India needs a national legal...

Excise case: HC lists for Sept 9 Kejriwal’s plea against ED summons

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday listed for hearing on September 9 Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s petition challenging the summonses issued to...

Muslim women can get maintenance after divorce under CrPC Section 125: SC

NEW DELHI: In a judgment of far-reaching implications, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a Muslim woman can seek maintenance from her husband...

PM Modi invites Austrian companies to invest in India

VIENNA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday invited Austrian companies to invest in India as he highlighted the potential for bilateral collaborations in infrastructure,...

Lot of misinformation by Opp to demotivate our loco pilots: Railway Min Vaishnaw

NEW DELHI: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said loco pilots are important members of the railway family and alleged that there is lot...

Cannot rule out ‘conspiracy’ behind Hathras stampede: SIT report

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday suspended the local SDM, a circle officer and four others based on the SIT report on the...

Have ordered listing of PIL seeking probe: CJI

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that a date of hearing has been accorded to a PIL seeking probe into the Hathras...

Pay cost or face contempt notice: SC raps lawyer for not depositing fine imposed on him

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rapped an advocate for not depositing a cost of Rs 50,000 imposed on him for filing a...

I stand with people of Assam, their soldier in Parliament: Rahul Gandhi

SILCHAR: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that he stands with the people of Assam and is their ''soldier...

Rahul Gandhi did not insult Hindu religion: Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati

NEW DELHI: Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati of Uttarakhand’s Jyotish Peeth has come out in Rahul Gandhi's defence days after the Congress leader launched a blistering...

Hemant Soren govt wins trust vote in Assembly amid Opposition walkout

RANCHI: The JMM-led government in Jharkhand headed by Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday won the vote of confidence in the assembly amid a...

Rajeev Chandrasekhar to address key UK conference, highlight India’s digital leadership

NEW DELHI: As India sets the global discourse on democratising artificial intelligence (AI), former Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar is scheduled to deliver a keynote...

WHO’s cancer agency’s classification of talc as ‘probably carcinogenic’ notable dev: Doc

NEW DELHI: The recent classification of talc as “probably carcinogenic to humans” by the World Health Organization’s cancer agency, the International Agency for Research...

Modi Govt failed to maintain status quo ante at LAC with China: Kharge

NEW DELHI: In a fresh attack on the Central government on the issue of Chinese incursion into Indian Territory, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on...

Mahua Moitra booked under new criminal law for social media post on NCW chief

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Sunday registered an FIR against Trinamool Congress (TMC) parliamentarian Mahua Moitra for her ‘derogatory’ social media post on National...

Hathras stampede: Some people opened cans of poisonous substance in crowd: Bhole Baba’s lawyer

NEW DELHI: Self-styled godman Bhole Baba's lawyer AP Singh alleged on Sunday that witnesses told him some people opened cans containing a poisonous substance...

Flood-like situation in parts of West Bengal, more rains forecast

KOLKATA: Unabated rains in several places of the sub-Himalayan districts of West Bengal led to a flood-like situation in some low-lying areas and affected...

Nipah monoclonal antibody to undergo human trials in India, Bangladesh in 2025

NEW DELHI: A novel monoclonal antibody against the Nipah virus is set to undergo human clinical trials in India, and Bangladesh — two countries...

Congress will defeat BJP in Gujarat as it did in Ayodhya: Rahul Gandhi

AHMEDABAD: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said here on Saturday that his party will defeat the BJP in Gujarat in the next election the...

Hathras stampede main accused arrested

Police say he was recently contacted by pol parties NOIDA: Devprakash Madhukar, the main accused in the July 2 Hathras stampede that killed 121 people,...

SP slams UP govt for arresting ‘innocents’

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has questioned the way actions were being taken against innocent people and demanded a judicial probe on the...

Mayawati seeks action action Bhole Baba

LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has asked the people not to get misled by the superstition and hypocrisy of many so called Babas...

VP Dhankar slams P Chidambaram over ‘part-timer’ remark

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar on Saturday lashed out at Congress leader P Chidambaram over his comment that the three new criminal laws were...

Delhi CM victim of political conspiracy: Sunita Kejriwal

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal alleged on Saturday that he was made the victim of a "deep political conspiracy"...

NEET-UG 2024 counselling process delayed

NEW DELHI: The counselling process for the medical entrance exam National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2024 which was expected to start on...

PM Modi speaks to UK counterpart Keir Starmer

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday spoke to newly elected British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as the two leaders agreed to work...

Centre directs states to be alert about Zika spread

PANAJI: The health department on Friday sent the Union health ministry’s Zika advisory to all health centres, including those in the interiors. An Aedesmosquito-borne...

PM lauds India’s highest-ever growth in defence production

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded India’s highest-ever growth registered in 2023-24 in defence production which rose to Rs 1,26,887 crore,...

UP stampede: Devastated kin say Rahul promised he’d push for higher ex gratia

HATHRAS/ALIGARH: The grieving families of the ‘satsang’ stampede victims who met Rahul Gandhi in Hathras and Aligarh on Friday said the Congress leader has...

Hooch tragedy: PIL in HC against compensation, says victims not freedom fighters

CHENNAI: A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Madras High Court to strike down the Tamil Nadu government order providing Rs 10...

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