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Revenue Intelligence officers have seized 62 kg of heroin worth Rs 434 crore at the IGI Airport air cargo complex—one of the biggest such seizures till date, the finance ministry said on Wednesday.

Senior India and Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was on Wednesday ruled out of the remainder of the IPL due to a rib injury, days after quitting the leadership role.

Taking note of reported claims of the Akal Takht Jathedar that the minority status of Sikhs in India is being withdrawn, the National Commission for Minorities debunked the same on Wednesday.

BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga on Wednesday said he was arrested by the Punjab Police "like a terrorist" for asking Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal about his promises to act against the accused in the Guru Granth Sahib sacrilege case, drug mafia and Khalistani separatists in the state.

Comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Mahatma Gandhi, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said as the latter took the freedom struggle out of the hands of the elite to turn it into a mass movement, the former converted developmental initiatives into a mass movement.

India and Uzbekistan on Wednesday agreed to exploit the full potential of the Chabahar port for trade between the two countries as they held extensive talks focusing on greater bilateral economic ties.

Pakistan’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has written a letter to the top UN officials highlighting the Kashmir issue, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday.

One of the Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s greatest successes was in handling cross-border terrorism and the finesse with which the Balakot aerial strike was conceived and implemented which “blew away the myth of Pakistan’s nuclear blackmail”, writes National Security Advisor A

The Union government is set to relax the norms for Covid vaccine precaution dose, allowing those going overseas to get the jab before the stipulated nine-month waiting period as required by the destination country, sources said on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Education on Wednesday issued guidelines to schools for combating heatwave, asking them to relax the uniform norms and modify timings.

Enduring a lean patch, a jaded Virat Kohli, in all likelihood, will be rested for the upcoming five-match Twenty20 series against South Africa.

The anti-graft central probe agency CBI on Wednesday said it has arrested 14 accused persons, including six officials of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), and has recovered cash of nearly Rs 3.21 crore during searches at 40 locations across the country in FCRA violation case.

New Delhi: In a bid to revive trade ties with India, the new Pakistan government has approved the appointment of a Trade Minister in Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi. TNS

The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended till May 13 the interim stay on the Allahabad High Court order issuing a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against senior IAS officer and Noida Chief Executive Officer Ritu Maheshwari in a contempt case even as one of the judges on the Bench recused from hearing the

In the wake of the Supreme Court order staying the registration of FIRs, ongoing probes and coercive measures under the sedition law, all eyes will be on the fate of several high-profile cases registered under the draconian British-era law.

Following is the chronology of events on the marital rape exception in criminal law and the issue of its criminalisation, on which the Delhi High Court Wednesday delivered a split verdict.

A month after her wind-assisted effort was not registered as a national record, hurdler Jyothi Yarraji has finally made the mark her own while winning a 100m event in Cyprus with a timing of 13.23 seconds.

Terming the Delhi High Court’s split verdict on the issue of criminalisation of marital rape “disappointing”, some women activists here expressed hope that the Supreme Court will exercise “much more wisdom” in the matter, saying the current provisions are discriminatory

Couple of days ago, a red-colored heart structure from ‘IloveDelhi’ installation, an assigned selfie point, was reportedly stolen in Karol Bagh of Delhi. The lost heart has now been fixed by a Delhi boy, Karshin Khatri.

The ties between India and China will “remain strained” in the wake of the “lethal clash” in 2020, the US intelligence community has told lawmakers as it also expressed concerns over any potential crisis between India and Pakistan.

 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday and urged him for holding national level celebratory function in Himachal Pradesh on May 31 to mark the completion of the Union government's eight years in office.

A passenger apparently fainted at the Delhi airport last week when she was not allowed to board Air India’s Delhi-Vadodara flight for being late, with her relatives alleging she was not immediately provided any medical assistance

About 50 per cent of women aged 15-24 years still use cloth for menstrual protection, according to the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) report, with experts attributing it to lack of awareness and taboo existing around menstruation.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday delivered a split verdict on petitions seeking to declare marital rape a crime.