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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday put the sedition law on hold and restrained the Central and state governments from registering any FIR under Section 124-A (sedition) while the colonial provision is taken up for further hearing…

Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Pandit Sukh Ram has passed away, his grandson said. He was 94. Sukh Ram was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on May 7. A Himachal Pradesh…

Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday said that the Covid-19 pandemic has “compounded the challenge of fighting global warming” as economic pressures have delayed progress of climate action…

DAYS AFTER giving a similar order for Maharashtra, the Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed concern that over 23,000 local bodies in Madhya Pradesh were functioning without elected representatives for more than two years and directed the…

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren Tuesday said he has sought a four-week extension of time from the Election Commission to reply to its notice over charges that he issued a mining lease in the state in his favour. The EC had issued…

New Delhi, May 10: President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) to Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande at the Defence Investiture Ceremony 2022 held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday. Constituted in 1960, the Param…

Srinagar, May 10: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said that an imminent threat to Amarnath Yatra, beginning next month, has been neutralized with the killing of two militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district. Security…

New Delhi, May 10: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Centre three months to hold consultations with state governments on the issue of granting minority status to Hindus in states where they are outnumbered by other communities.…

New Delhi, May 10: A war of words erupted between Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri on Tuesday after Tharoor shared a report on Singapore banning Agnihotri's "The Kashmir Files". In response to a tweet by…

New Delhi, May 10: Petrol and diesel prices remained unchanged for the 34rth day in a row on Tuesday. According to the price notification of Indian Oil Corporation, petrol in Delhi costs Rs 105.41 per litre and diesel Rs 96.67 per litre.…

New Delhi, May 9: Stating that there are no "magic wands", Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday urged party members to give out a message of unity from the Chintan Shivir set to be held in Rajasthan's Udaipur, and asked members to…

Jammu, May 9: Security forces on Monday busted a terrorist hideout in the bordering Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Senior Superintendent of Police, Poonch, Rohit Baskotra said that on an input, the Army and Special Operation…

A DAY after Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha participated in prayers at the ruins of the eighth-century Martand Sun temple at Mattan in Anantnag, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Monday “expressed concern to…

New Delhi, May 9: The Chief Justice of India (CJI) Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, on Monday administered the oath to Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala as Judges of the Supreme Court. With this, the Supreme Court now…

VIJAYAWADA: Cyclonic storm Asani that has formed over southeast Bay of Bengal intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on Sunday evening and was speeding at 14 kmph in northwest direction. At 5.30 pm, Sunday, it was centred around 810 km…

Srinagar, May 8: A Top Pakistani Commander was among two Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists killed in a gun battle that erupted at Cheyan Devsar area of south Kashmir's Kulgam district on Sunday, police said. Incriminating material, arms…

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Saturday defended in the Supreme Court the penal law on sedition and the 1962 verdict of a constitution bench upholding its validity, saying they have withstood "the test of time" about six decades and the instances…

Chandigarh, May 7: Delhi BJP leader Tejinder Pal Singh Bagga on Saturday suffered a major setback, when a Mohali court issued an arrest warrant against him. The court has directed Mohali-based State Cyber Crime officer in-charge to…

New Delhi, May 7: Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Saturday that the government is making all out efforts to ensure that there is no additional financial burden on the Haj pilgrims, who would take…

Mumbai/Jaipur, May 6: Kangana Ranaut, known for espousing controversies and her right-wing political stance, has jumped into the heat of political fire once again. The actress who was in Jaipur to promote her latest film “Dhaakad” took…