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Sahitya Akademi Awards were today presented to the 24 winners at Kamani Auditorium here. Chandrashekhar Kambar, president, Sahitya Akademi, presented the awards to the recipients. Bhalchandra Nemade, eminent Marathi poet and critic was the chief guest.

A day after the Congress’ poor show in the five-state polls, leading G-23 members met today and “expressed shock at the defeats and continuing isolation in the national political landscape.”

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre for formulating a a uniform code to curb unethical practices by pharma companies and ensure an effective monitoring mechanism, transparency, accountability as well as consequences of violations.

An Army helicopter today crashed in north Kashmir’s Gurez sector, killing one of the pilots. He was identified as Major Sankalp Yadav (29).

The Election Commission data on the Assembly elections in fives states showed that nearly eight lakh voters opted for the NOTA (None Of The Above) option, highest being in Goa (1.12%).

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav today expressed gratitude to the people of Uttar Pradesh, saying his party had shown that seats of the BJP can be reduced. Urging the newly elected MLAs of the SP-led coalition to fulfil the responsibility of serving and helping people, Akhilesh said the SP v

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wrote to Dehradun student Anurag Ramola, impressed by his understanding of national challenges at a young age. “Contribution of the younger generation will be crucial in nation building,” said the PM.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today asked Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla to hold consultations with central agencies like the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and ensure they were connected with the Crime and Criminal Tracking

A Lancet estimate that 22 per cent of all excess Covid deaths globally between 2020 and 2021 happened in India invited a sharp rebuttal from the government on Friday, with the Health Ministry saying that its mortality assessment was transparent and the Lancet claims speculative.

The Mayawati-led BSP could manage to win only one Assembly seat with 12.88 per cent vote share in Uttar Pradesh. She had been an influential player in the state for three decades with over 22 per cent of Dalit vote bank, besides some support of Brahmins and a few other castes.

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the BJP's historic win in UP and Uttarakhand and its overall score of four out of five in the state elections was a sign of things to come in 2024 Lok Sabha elections, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee said the BJP should stop day dreaming.

Military Commanders of India and China met yet again on Friday in an attempt to resolve the issues at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. This was the first meeting of the two sides in two months. The last was held on January 12.

New Delhi: The SC on Friday appointed Justice AK Sikri (retd) as chairperson of a committee that would consider the cumulative impact of the Char Dham project in Uttarakhand. A Bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud accepted the resignation of Prof Ravi Chopra as the panel head. — TNS

India and China on Friday held another round of high-level military dialogue to resolve the 22-month long standoff in certain remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh, two months after the last round of such talks failed to yield any significant outcome in resolving the row.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wrote to Dehradun student Anurag Ramola, impressed by his understanding of national challenges at a young age.

South Delhi civic body disallows religious attire in schools

Drug firm Lupin on Friday said it has received approval from the US health regulator to market its anti-epilepsy drug Vigabatrin for Oral Solution in the American market.

Delhi may soon have tree adoption policy

Sahitya Akademi Awards were presented to the 24 winners at Kamani Auditorium here today. Chandrashekhar Kambar, President, Sahitya Akademi presented the awards to the recipients. Bhalchandra Nemade, eminent Marathi poet and critic, was the Chief Guest at the award presentation ceremony.

The Government of India has taken a ‘serious view’ of the ‘accidental firing’ of a missile and ordered a high-level court of inquiry into the incident, the Defence Ministry said on Friday evening.

Alleging an attack on a witness in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, the family members of farmers killed in the October 3, 2021, incident on Friday urged the Supreme Court to take up their petition against bail granted to Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni’s son and prime accused Ashish Mishra.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) sources on Thursday ruled out party supremo Mamata Banerjee securing former Goa Chief Minister Luizinho Faleiro’s resignation from the Rajya Sabha in the wake of the rout faced by the TMC candidates in the Assembly elections in Goa.

New Delhi: After the Congress’ poor performance in all five states where Assembly elections were held, party workers staged a protest outside the party's headquarters, alleging that democracy was being ‘murdered’ through EVMs. Delhi Congress leader Jagdish Sharma and some local wor

As the BJP rewrote a serial and spectacular comeback for itself in Uttar Pradesh in the assembly elections, it was evident that the party’s electioneering went according to a script that coalesced multiple strategies and responses to the drawbacks its government in Lucknow ran into in the past

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday announced that the term-II board exams for Class 10 and 12 will commence from April 26.