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KOLKATA: With an aim to promote India's rich culture, art and crafts, the AirportAuthority of India has taken the initiative to allot space to self-help groups at its airports for selling and showcasing the locally produced goods.This step…

NEW DELHI: The iconic Mughal Gardens in Rashtrapati Bhavan will henceforth be called 'Amrit Udyan' and would be open for the public from January 31."On the occasion of the celebrations of 75 years of independence as 'Azadi ka Amrit…

BENGALURU: Merely taking the name of the caste of the victim would not make it an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, unless it is with an intention to insult the person…

NEW DELHI: The Delhi BJP's two-day executive committee meeting concluded on Saturday with Union minister Anurag Thakur asking party workers to "uproot" the Aam Aadmi Partyin the 2025 assembly polls.He also asked the BJP workers to reach…

NEW DELHI: In a tragic midair collision, two Indian Air Force fighter jets crashed into each other in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, leaving one pilot dead and two others injured.The two jets — a Sukhoi30MKI and a Mirage-2000 aircraft —…

WASHINGTON: Ahead of her India visit for “foreign office consultations” Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, has told lawmakers that the US needs to help India find alternatives to Russian militaryequipment and…

GUWAHATI: An Assam Rifles team and a group of NSCN (IM) cadres were engaged in a "minor confrontation" in Intanki National Park in Nagaland, an armysource said here on Saturday.The incident, which happened on Friday evening, lasted for…

NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has asked Centre to provide adequate security till culmination of Bharat Jodo Yatrain Srinagar.In a letter addressed to Union home minister Amit Shah, Kharge said that "I shall be grateful…

PATNA: The rift between JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar and the party's national parliamentary board chairman, Upendra Kushwaha, widened on Friday after he asked the party supremo to convene a meeting of the national executive on an alleged…

PUNE: India continues to modernise its nuclear arsenal and operationalise its nascent triad, and the country's nuke strategy, traditionally focused on Pakistan, now appears to place increased emphasis on China, says a 2022 report of the …