India

Govt Thursday announced a steep increase in passport fees across categories, including a 67% hike for issuance or reissue of ordinary passport and a 250% increase in charges under the Tatkal scheme. Read More

Representative image NEW DELHI: A unique land dispute that dragged through the tenures of all past PMs was finally decided by a Supreme Court bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N V Anjaria – both of whom were not born Read More

The investigation into the alleged theft of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya has entered a crucial phase, with seven people currently in custody and being questioned, sources said. Read More

Dixit New Delhi: Mahesh Dixit, a 1993-batch IPS officer, was appointed as the next chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on Thursday. He will succeed Tapan Deka whose extension ends in June. Read More

NEW DELHI: In what is going to make millions of them breathe easy, students returning to schools after the summer break in July will not be forced into an abrupt language switch midway through schooling. Read More

CJI Surya Kant (Source: ANI) NEW DELHI: Giving an interesting twist to the popular belief that 13th century Magna Carta articulated the concept of equality, Chief Justice Surya Kant Thursday said he personally believed that ‘Arthash Read More

Dharmendra Pradhan NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan Thursday justified the inclusion of a chapter on the 1975-77 Emergency in the NCERT class IX social science textbook, saying future generations must Read More

PM Modi NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Thursday led NDA’s attack on Congress on the Emergency’s 51st anniversary, slamming the measure as an assault on the Constitution and emphasising his govt’s commitment to constitutional values. Read More

India’s envoy to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi NEW DELHI/DHAKA: In a decision that underscores the importance New Delhi attaches to its diplomatic engagement with Dhaka, India’s new high commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi h Read More

NEW DELHI: Amid growing indications that a reshuffle in the Union Cabinet can go in tandem with BJP’s organisational changes, party president Nitin Nabin is learnt to be giving the final touches to his team of office-bearers. Read More

Representative image NEW DELHI: Congress’s decision to take a fresh look at the composition of its Punjab leadership in the run-up to assembly polls seems to have sown confusion rather than settle the prevailing factionalism. Read More

India has quake warning system for Himalayan region (Photo credit: AP) NEW DELHI: India, like any other country, does not have scientifically proven earthquake prediction technology, but it does have seismic monitoring networks and Read More