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Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha witnessed noisy scenes during Question Hour Thursday, with the opposition BJP members leaving the House accusing the Congress government of not replying to their queries on funds released by a cooperative bank. The BJP members were agitated after Deputy...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday congratulated ISRO for the successful de-docking of the SpaDeX satellites, saying the country's scientists had proven yet again that even the sky was not the limit. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said it accomplished de-docking of...

New Delhi: The CBI has launched a probe into the alleged role of public servants in facilitating gold smuggling from Dubai following a complaint by the DRI, which recently made two arrests, including that of actor Rabya Rao from Bengaluru, officials said Thursday. The Directorate...

Jaipur: In a major anti-smuggling operation, the Border Security Force (BSF) recovered a packet of heroin worth approximately Rs 5 crore near the India-Pakistan border in the Gajsinghpur police station area of Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar district. The heroin was allegedly dropped by Pakistani smugglers using...

Chennai: Amid its spat with the Centre over the National Education Policy (NEP) and other issues, the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government has decided to remove the official rupee symbol from the state's Budget 2025-26, replacing it with the Tamil script equivalent. This marks the first...

Kolkata: West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee Thursday said that documents related to proceedings of the House will be provided to BJP legislators from Monday. The direction comes two days after he asked the authorities to stop providing such documents to the BJP legislators. The...

Mathura: Priests at the famed Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan have rejected a demand to stop using attires made by Muslim artisans for its deity, emphasising that religious discrimination has no place in temple traditions. The demand was raised by Dinesh Sharma, a leader of...

Jammu:  Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday said financial liabilities amounting to more than Rs 2,500 crore would be transferred to the Union Territory of Ladakh in accordance with the apportionment of assets and liabilities following the reorganisation of J-K. The chief minister...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate Thursday raided multiple locations in Bengaluru and some other places as part of a money laundering probe linked to an alleged gold smuggling racket in which an actor was arrested by the DRI in Karnataka, official sources said. A case...

New Delhi: ISRO Thursday that it has accomplished de-docking of the SpaDeX satellites, clearing the way for future missions such as exploring the moon, human spaceflight, and building its own space station. Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced the successful de-docking of satellites in a post...