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NEW DELHI: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested Dr Bilal Naseer Malla of Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, for allegedly destroying evidence linked to last month’s car blast near the Red Fort. His arrest in Delhi marks the eighth made in the case as investigators continue to widen their probe into the deadly attack.According to…

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday was seen having a meal with his parliament colleagues in the Parliament canteen.Shah was joined by Union MoS Nityanand Rai, Union minsiter Kiren Rijiju and BJP MP Anil Baluni.In the clip, the leaders could be seen having Indian cuisine over some seemingly light-hearted discussion.Earlier in the…

NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday posed three questions alleging that Bharatiya Janta Party and Election Commission are hatching a conspiracy to steal the mandate.In his address during the electoral reform debate in Lok Sabha, the Congress leader claimed that “everything in India that exists today has emerged from…

By Jake Chasan and Will ConteThere is an irony about India’s position in global pharmaceuticals: the country supplies forty percent of the United States’ generic medications, earning its reputation as the “pharmacy of the world.” Yet beneath this veneer of dominance lies an uncomfortable truth: seventy percent of the active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and key…

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge NEW DELHI: As the Rajya Sabha met on Tuesday for a special discussion marking 150 years of Vande Mataram, the session quickly turned combative. Congress president and Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge used the occasion to criticise BJP’s ideological predecessors, accusing them of “working for the Britishers,” while Congress leaders were…

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday rejected the opposition’s accusation that the government sought a debate on Vande Mataram to gain political advantage in the West Bengal assembly elections scheduled for April–May next year.Also Read | Why Vande Mataram has triggered a stormVande Mataram, the national song, completed 150 years on November…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Election Commission of India, seeking its response on a plea requesting protection for booth-level officers deployed during the ongoing special intensive revision drive in West Bengal.A bench comprising CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted that BLOs are working under “strain and stress”…

Ram Mohan Naidu reviews Aviation Ministry’s control room amid IndiGo flight cancellations and delays NEW DELHI: Civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Tuesday said IndiGo is being held “accountable” for its ongoing operational crisis, adding that the airline’s services are stabilising rapidly.Naidu made the remarks while addressing the Lok Sabha on the IndiGo crisis….

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended greetings to former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on her 79th birthday.Also Read | ‘Evidence of crime’: Congress challenges BJP over Sonia Gandhi voter ID claim; flags PM Modi’s ‘thin victory’ in Varanasi“Birthday greetings to Smt. Sonia Gandhi Ji. May she be blessed with a long life…

Arvind Kejriwal (left), Rekha Gupta (agencies) NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday targeted Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta over her remarks on air pollution, sharing a video of her comments and questioning the scientific basis of her claims.Posting in Hindi on X, Kejriwal wrote: “AQI monitors are installed, water is being…