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FTAs show increased global confidence in India: PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday rejected the criticism over the recent free trade agreements, asserting that few countries were willing to sign FTAs during the UPA dispensation when India was marred by scams and coun Read More

EC names special observers for SIR drive in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday appointed ex-IPS officer N K Mishra and ex-IRS officer Pratap Singh as special observers for West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, respectively, tasked with overseeing the ongoing Special Intensive Read More

Married man in SC over dowry complaint by ‘live-in partner’

NEW DELHI: Can a married man in a live-in relationship be prosecuted for dowry harassment on the complaint of a woman with whom he was in an extra-marital affair, even though the law specifies that only a wife can make such a complain Read More

8.6k complaints received against sitting judges in last 10 years: Govt

NEW DELHI: Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal informed Parliament Friday that 8,630 complaints have been received by Chief Justice of India against sitting judges of the Supreme Court and high courts since 2016. Read More

Need to focus on value addition in food processing: Chirag Paswan

NEW DELHI: India has the volume to support food security of many other countries, but the full potential of the food processing sector has not been tapped yet, food processing minister Chirag Paswan said on Friday, while emphasising t Read More

Maharashtra in forefront to emerge as global growth platform: Devendra Fadnavis

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said Friday that the future will belong to regions that combine intelligence with inclusion, as he asserted that his state is at the forefront of channelising disruptions of this Read More

India in ‘box seat’ in a fragmented world, says Martin Sorrell

NEW DELHI: India is in a “superb position” in a highly fragmented geopolitical world, as the fastest-growing economy with the scale, stability and technological ambition to help shape the next global order, Martin Sorrell, Read More

Spectrum can’t be part of insolvency process: SC

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday held that telecom companies cannot claim ownership over spectrum allocated to them by govt and the natural resource cannot be subject to insolvency and liquidation process of a bankrupt telecom compa Read More

In a first, space PSU Nsil to distribute pvt firm GalaxEye’s satellite data

BENGALURU: Bengaluru-based space start-up GalaxEye has signed a channel partnership agreement with Space PSU NewSpace India Limited (Nsil), marking the first time the State-owned company has partnered with a domestic private player to Read More

J&K: CM Omar Abdullah gets rare praise from BJP MLAs for Amarnath Yatra fund allocation

JAMMU: In the J&K assembly, BJP members miss no opportunity to corner the Omar Abdullah govt over a host of issues. Read More

254 women complained of sexual harassment at workplace under on govt’s ‘SHe-Box’ portal in 2025

NEW DELHI: Data shared by the govt in Parliament shows that as many as 254 women reached out to complain regarding sexual harassment at workplace under the POSH Act on the women and child development ministry’s SHe-Box portal la Read More

Drone-dropped heroin seized in J&K’s Kathua, 2 with Pakistan links held

JAMMU: Police arrested two cross-border drug peddlers associated with a Pakistan-based drone-dropped narcotics module in J&K’s Kathua district and seized about 150g of heroin from them. Read More