New Delhi, Nov 11 Justice Sanjiv Khanna took over as the 51st Chief Justice of India this morning, succeeding former Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, who retired from the country's top legal post yesterday. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of o..

NEW DELHI, Nov 7 Security forces seized a large cache of explosives believed to be meant for anti-junta resistance forces in Myanmar near the Indo-Myanmar border in Mizoram on Wednesday, people familiar with the matter said.Two men were caught with the &#..

NEW DELHI, Oct 27 On the 115th edition of his Mann Ki Baat radio address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday cautioned people against “digital arrest” frauds. He said investigative agencies are working with the State Government to deal wit..

Mumbai, Oct 22 Femina Miss India World 2024 winner Nikita Porwal says she grew up in a traditional family where her parents were unfamiliar with concepts like feminism and women empowerment, but their actions embodied these values.Ms Porwal, who grew up i..

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 : With the Election Commission (EC) announcing the bypoll to the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, the stage is set for Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's electoral debut from the Kerala constituency that could see her enter Parliament five y..

Srinagar, Oct 13 : At least 13 newly elected MLAs in Jammu and Kashmir come from political families whose members have won or contested elections in the past, with the National Conference accounting for the maximum number of such legislators.The National ..

HT News DeskMUMBAI, Oct 10 :  Ratan Tata, the Chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, has died, the group announced in a statement on Wednesday. He was 86. Ratan Tata, who ran the conglomerate for more than 20 years as Chairman, had been undergoing intensive..

New Delhi, Oct 6External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday took a critical view of the United Nations, saying it was "like an old company", not entirely keeping up with the market but occupying the space.During an interaction at the Kautilya Economi..

JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Oct 1 : The three border districts of Kashmir -- Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara -- registered a voter turnout of 60 percent, with traditional boycott bastions of Sopore and Baramulla towns witnessing the highest turnout in an election in..

New Delhi, Sep 29 : The government is likely to bring three bills, including two to amend the Constitution, to put in place its plan to hold simultaneous elections.One of the proposed Constitution amendment bills, that deals with aligning the local bodies..

New Delhi, Sep 21 Union minister Kiren Rijiju requested the people of ethnic violence-hit Manipur on Saturday to shun arms and come to the negotiation table to find a lasting solution for peace in the state.Addressing the North East Students' Festival org..

New Delhi, Sep 19 The Union Cabinet has cleared the 'one Nation, one election' proposal that will eventually see simultaneous voting for State and Union Governments, as well as urban bodies or panchayats.The Cabinet on Wednesday accepted the report of the..

New Delhi, Sep 19 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the government has undertaken many reforms in the last 10 years for the growth of the food processing sector and the effort is to ensure that India sets global benchmarks for innovation, su..

KOLKATA, Sep 9 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that she had never offered money to the parents of the deceased doctor, dismissing a campaign that the family members of the postgraduate trainee were offered money.She claimed tha..

Ranchi, Sep 1 : Eleven candidates died while undertaking physical tests during a drive to recruit excise constables in Jharkhand, police said on Sunday.Physical tests under the Jharkhand excise constable competitive examinations began on August 22 in seve..

New Delhi, Aug 30 : Trinamool Congress leader Sagarika Ghose slammed Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh over his comments on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's handling of the protests against the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata's RG Ka..

NEW DELHI, Aug 22India is likely to commence its long-pending population census in September, according to a report by Reuters, citing official Government sources. Originally scheduled for completion in 2021, the decennial census had been delayed due to t..

NEW DELHI, Aug 18 : The Union Home Ministry has asked all State police forces to provide it situation reports every two hours in the wake of protests by doctors, nursing staff and others against the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor..

Jammu, Aug 18 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will not form any pre-poll alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, state party president Ravinder Raina said here.He, however, said discussions are ongoing with 8 to 10 independents in the Kashmir valley for contest..

NEW DELHI, Aug 17 The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) announced on Saturday that it will form a committee to recommend measures for improving the safety of healthcare professionals.MoHFW's announcement comes as doctors across the country lau..

NEW DELHI, Aug 16 : The Congress on Friday claimed the counterfeit notes have become rife once again and termed as an "eyewash" the government's assertion that the overall number of counterfeit notes detected has fallen.The opposition party also claimed t..

New Delhi, Aug 6The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, which gives sweeping powers to the armed forces operating in disturbed areas to search, arrest and open fire if they deem it necessary, has been removed from most parts of the North East, except..

New Delhi, Aug 5The Supreme Court on Monday extended by six months the tenure of the Justice Gita Mittal committee set up to oversee relief and rehabilitation of the victims of ethnic violence in Manipur.A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB..

New DELHI, Aug 1 The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, August 1, that States must identify ‘creamy layer’ in the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) and exclude them from quota benefits. The Supreme Court also ruled by a majority ..

New Delhi, Jul 19 Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday said the Government will not allow a single gram of drugs to enter the country, exhorting anti-narcotics agencies to adopt a ruthless approach to dismantle supply chains.The declaration of the Union..