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New Delhi: There is no proposal to hike rail fares even as the price of diesel has gone up due to increase in excise duty and cess, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal told Rajya Sabha on Friday. Goyal also said that consumption of diesel by the…

New Delhi: State-owned telecom companies are incurring losses in providing high-speed Wi-Fi connections to members of Parliament, Union Minister for Communications and Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad has said. As…

Celebrations were held across the country on the occasion of Vijay Diwas on Friday to commemorate India's victory in the Kargil war. The Kargil War was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan between May and July 1999 in Kargil…

New Delhi: The Controversial RTI (Amendment) Bill, which empowers the Central government to determine the tenure and salaries of information commissioners, was passed by Rajya Sabha on Thursday amid high drama. Non-NDA allies such as BJD…

The Triple Talaq Bill was finally passed in the Lok Sabha on Thursday despite the Opposition's uproar over sending it to a Standing Committee, reported The Quint. Only eight members voted against the Bill while 303 voted in its favour. The…

Former India cricket captain and Lieutenant Colonel (Honorary) MS Dhoni is going to be part of Victor Force of the Indian Army which will be deployed in the Kashmir valley. Dhoni will be staying with the troops of 106 TA Battalion (Para)…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Centre to set up exclusive courts for child victims of sexual offences. The centrally-funded courts will be set up in all districts where 100 or more cases have been set up under the…

The government on Thursday introduced a Bill in Lok Sabha to repeal 58 old laws, which Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said were a source of inconvenience and trouble for people. Prasad said the Narendra Modi government has already…

Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, walked out of Vellore Jail on Thursday on a month’s parole to make arrangements for and attend her daughter Harithra’s wedding. Nalini was received outside the jail by…

New Delhi: Candidates who have qualified the UPSC exam need not treat the foundation programme as a mere formality. This is because besides ranking, performance in the foundation course — an introductory programme for freshly recruited…