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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Thursday issued directions to the board examination centres to make proper arrangements in the wake of the current Covid situation and the heatwave.

The Centre on Thursday launched a 90-day campaign, “Azadi Se Antyodaya Tak”, with a mission to saturate 75 districts, including three each from Haryana and Punjab and one from Himachal Pradesh, with beneficiary schemes of nine Central Ministries.

The Delhi High Court has denied bail to a man accused of sexually assaulting a two-and-half-year-old while rejecting his contention that the victim did not support the case in her cross-examination and her father turned hostile during the trial.

Delhi Capitals made rough weather of an easy chase due to a middle-order collapse before recording a comfortable four-wicket victory over a lacklustre Kolkata Knight Riders here on Thursday, keeping their IPL play-off qualification hopes alive.

Film exhibition company PVR Cinemas on Thursday announced that it has entered into a tie-up with Oma Cinema of France to introduce the concept of "cinema pods" in the Indian market.

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday filed a complaint with Delhi Police alleging that a few leaders who had deserted the party are trying to take illegal possession of its office in the Gurdwara Rakabganj complex in the national capital and demanded due action be taken against them as per the

Weeks after WHO suspended the supply of Covaxin through UN procurement agencies, the MEA suggested that vaccine-maker Bharat Biotech addresses the issue immediately to avoid cancellation of the world health body’s emergency use approval for the jab.

The Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday that it was not an opportune moment to discuss the resumption of issuance of tourist visas to Chinese nationals in view of the Covid-19 situation there.

Renewable energy has come to the rescue during the ongoing power crisis triggered by surging demand amid the heat wave condition in the country, especially when the peak electricity supply hit the record level of 201.06 GW earlier this week, a senior official said on Thursday.

Senior advocate Vikas Singh has been re-elected president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA).

A Special CBI court here has granted bail to former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, in connection with the killing of a father-son duo by a violent mob allegedly led by him during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

The government has accepted IAS officer Shah Faesal’s application for withdrawing his resignation and reinstated him in service and his next posting would be announced soon, Home Ministry officials said here on Thursday.

Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath resigned as the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday and his resignation has been accepted by party president Sonia Gandhi, sources said.

The Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday that it was not an opportune moment to discuss the resumption of issuance of tourist visas to Chinese nationals in view of the Covid-19 situation there.

A Delhi court on Thursday granted bail to former Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma in a case related to the AgustaWestland chopper scam.

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has seized about 50 kg of “high-quality” heroin, 47 kg of other suspected drugs and Rs 30 lakh in cash from the Shaheen Bagh area in Jamia Nagar here, the federal anti-narcotics agency said on Thursday.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday the Russia-Ukraine conflict has highlighted that being self-reliant in military hardware is a vital necessity, even as he called for tri-services synergy in dealing with national security challenges.

Asserting that now there is a growing strategic convergence between the United States and India, Secretary of State Tony Blinken said New Delhi built its partnership with Moscow out of necessity as the US was not in a position to do that earlier.

Incidents of insurgency in the northeastern states reduced by 80 per cent in the last eight years while casualties of security forces went down by 75 per cent and civilian deaths by 99 per cent, an official report said.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday arrived here in Bangladesh on a brief official visit during which he will call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and hold bilateral talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart.

Amid a deadly heatwave building up in various parts of the country, the Delhi government on Thursday said it will supply around 1,000 million gallons of drinking water (MGD) every day during the summer season as against 935 MGD earlier to meet the rising demand.

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would decide on the Centre's submission that the dispute about the control over services in the national capital be referred to a five-judge bench, a plea which was strongly opposed by the AAP-led Delhi government.

Asserting that there is no threat to Hinduism in India or anywhere else, Indian-American supermodel and author Padma Lakshmi on Wednesday said people of all faiths should be able to live peacefully in “this ancient, vast land”.

Two more persons have been arrested in connection with the communal clashes that took place in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri area early this month, police said on Thursday.

The government today approved a proposal of the Telecom Ministry to upgrade BSNL-run 2G mobile towers to 4G in Naxal-hit areas at a cost of Rs 2,426.39 crore.