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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in a joint statement on Wednesday, condemned "in the strongest terms" the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 soldiers were killed by a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad. Both sides agree on the need to create "conditions necessary for resumption of ...

The Central government's plan to cut around 17,000 trees in Delhi has run into a huge protest by people of Delhi, who have rubbished the government's plan to plant an equal number of saplings. Saplings, they argue, cannot replace fully grown trees for years and the plan, they say, is a no-no for a city that's one of the most-polluted in the world.

The Narendra Modi government has now opened the doors of bureaucracy to skilled people from the private sector, inviting applications for 10 senior-level posts. The post of the joint secretary -- crucial to policy making and implementation of government programmes -- is filled by career bureaucrats, who usually join the service after passing exams ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a stinging rebuke again to party motormouths on Sunday, who have covered a wide range of subjects from terror and rape to Mahabharata and Darwin's theory over the last six months. In a video-conference with lawmakers across the country, PM Modi ripped into the leaders, reminding them that this was affecting their...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who broke protocol to receive his "friend" Benjamin Netanyahu at the airport in Delhi on Sunday, ended the day by hosting a private dinner for him. Mr Netanyahu, the first Israeli Prime Minister to visit India in more than a decade, had landed in Delhi with wife Sara Netanyahu and a 130-member business delegation. Mr N...

The Class 11 student suspected in the murder of seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur was taken to Gurgaon's Ryan International School again today to help with the reconstruction of events. The boy's father has alleged that he has been tortured, "hung upside down and brutally thrashed".

In his last few moments alive, 7-year-old Pradyuman Thakur crawled out of the bathroom where, just seconds earlier, his throat had been slit, shows security camera footage that the police has accessed from Ryan's International School in Gurgaon.

A report by a three-member Special Investigation Team has pointed out numerous security lapses at Gurgaon's Ryan International School, where a seven-year-old child was found murdered inside a toilet on Friday. Around 50 policemen, two fire engines and a water cannon were stationed at the school today after three days of continuous protests by paren...

The police used lathis or batons to control protesters who set fire to a liquor shop near Gurgaon's Ryan International School this morning. Twenty people were detained. Hundreds including parents protested near the school demanding that the police take action against the school where a seven-year-old child was found murdered inside a toilet on Frid...

Hours after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited the BRD Medical College hospital in Gorakhpur, where 63 children died last week, the government removed the doctor under whose watch the oxygen shortage of Thursday took place. During his visit, the Chief Minister had underscored the importance of investigation, promising that the punishment to the...

The Delhi Metro has hiked its fares, under which the minimum ticket price will be Rs 10 and the maximum will be Rs 50 for distances beyond 32 km. The fare slabs will be lower for Sundays and national holidays. The hike was announced by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation or DMRC after a board meeting today.

Three men transporting buffaloes who were roughed up last night in posh South Delhi, allegedly by activists of an animal rights group, were arrested by the Delhi Police today. They were later released on bail and a case of cruelty to animals, which carries a five-year jail term and a fine, has been filed against them. A case has been filed against ...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that in view of the intense air pollution in Delhi, all schools will remain closed for three days and the odd-even road rationing scheme may return. All constructions and demolitions will be banned for five days, water will be sprinkled on roads and strict action will be taken against the burning of trash, ...

The Delhi Zoo and the city's famous deer park have been shut down following an outbreak of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu.

The gleaming Spanish Talgo train just finished a 12-hour Delhi-Mumbai dream run with 11 minutes to spare. But it could be at least a year before it becomes a part of Indian Railways.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in a joint statement on Wednesday, condemned "in the strongest terms" the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 soldiers were killed by a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad. Both sides agree on the need to create "conditions necessary for resumption of ...

The Central government's plan to cut around 17,000 trees in Delhi has run into a huge protest by people of Delhi, who have rubbished the government's plan to plant an equal number of saplings. Saplings, they argue, cannot replace fully grown trees for years and the plan, they say, is a no-no for a city that's one of the most-polluted in the world.

The Narendra Modi government has now opened the doors of bureaucracy to skilled people from the private sector, inviting applications for 10 senior-level posts. The post of the joint secretary -- crucial to policy making and implementation of government programmes -- is filled by career bureaucrats, who usually join the service after passing exams ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a stinging rebuke again to party motormouths on Sunday, who have covered a wide range of subjects from terror and rape to Mahabharata and Darwin's theory over the last six months. In a video-conference with lawmakers across the country, PM Modi ripped into the leaders, reminding them that this was affecting their...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who broke protocol to receive his "friend" Benjamin Netanyahu at the airport in Delhi on Sunday, ended the day by hosting a private dinner for him. Mr Netanyahu, the first Israeli Prime Minister to visit India in more than a decade, had landed in Delhi with wife Sara Netanyahu and a 130-member business delegation. Mr N...

The Class 11 student suspected in the murder of seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur was taken to Gurgaon's Ryan International School again today to help with the reconstruction of events. The boy's father has alleged that he has been tortured, "hung upside down and brutally thrashed".

In his last few moments alive, 7-year-old Pradyuman Thakur crawled out of the bathroom where, just seconds earlier, his throat had been slit, shows security camera footage that the police has accessed from Ryan's International School in Gurgaon.

A report by a three-member Special Investigation Team has pointed out numerous security lapses at Gurgaon's Ryan International School, where a seven-year-old child was found murdered inside a toilet on Friday. Around 50 policemen, two fire engines and a water cannon were stationed at the school today after three days of continuous protests by paren...

The police used lathis or batons to control protesters who set fire to a liquor shop near Gurgaon's Ryan International School this morning. Twenty people were detained. Hundreds including parents protested near the school demanding that the police take action against the school where a seven-year-old child was found murdered inside a toilet on Frid...

Hours after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited the BRD Medical College hospital in Gorakhpur, where 63 children died last week, the government removed the doctor under whose watch the oxygen shortage of Thursday took place. During his visit, the Chief Minister had underscored the importance of investigation, promising that the punishment to the...

The Delhi Metro has hiked its fares, under which the minimum ticket price will be Rs 10 and the maximum will be Rs 50 for distances beyond 32 km. The fare slabs will be lower for Sundays and national holidays. The hike was announced by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation or DMRC after a board meeting today.

Three men transporting buffaloes who were roughed up last night in posh South Delhi, allegedly by activists of an animal rights group, were arrested by the Delhi Police today. They were later released on bail and a case of cruelty to animals, which carries a five-year jail term and a fine, has been filed against them. A case has been filed against ...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that in view of the intense air pollution in Delhi, all schools will remain closed for three days and the odd-even road rationing scheme may return. All constructions and demolitions will be banned for five days, water will be sprinkled on roads and strict action will be taken against the burning of trash, ...

The Delhi Zoo and the city's famous deer park have been shut down following an outbreak of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu.

The gleaming Spanish Talgo train just finished a 12-hour Delhi-Mumbai dream run with 11 minutes to spare. But it could be at least a year before it becomes a part of Indian Railways.