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Followed all rules while availing government subsidy: Union minister Bhagirath Choudhary NEW DELHI: Union minister of state for agriculture Bhagirath Choudhary Saturday defended receiving a govt subsidy of Rs 99 lakh for his cucumber farming project in Rajasthan, saying he had applied for it in 2018 (prior to becoming a minister), followed all rules and...

Never hid information on Operation Sindoor deaths: Government NEW DELHI: : The defence ministry Saturday asserted that information about the deaths of six military personnel during the May 7-10 2025 Operation Sindoor was never hidden from the public, pointing out that in the press briefing held a day after operations were paused against Pakistan, the...

Ram Madhav says claims of track-2 talks with Pakistan baseless NEW DELHI: BJP’s Ram Madhav, an ex-RSS member who heads think tank India Foundation, has dismissed reports of track-2 talks involving Indian and Pakistani delegations at a conference in Colombo and his association with it, calling it a “totally wrong portrayal” of what happened at...

Jointly developed by Isro and AAI, India’s SBAS Gagan positions India as one of the few countries worldwide with its own SBAS capability NEW DELHI: In a major safety enhancing move, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Thursday got a “satellite-based landing system (SLS)” approach conducted for the first time on a jet engine...

PM Modi govt’s silence on Gaza cost India morally, strategically, says Sonia Gandhi NEW DELHI: Congress neta Sonia Gandhi said Modi govt’s silence on Gaza genocide has cost India both in morality and strategic interest without yielding anything for the country except friendship between Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu and PM Modi. In a media article,...

1.2 lakh waqf assets under stages of verification NEW DELHI: The time for earning the legal waqf tag for properties that existed before the Waqf Amendment Act 2025 came into effect is running out fast. The cut-off for making corrections for properties whose details are al- ready uploaded ends on June 30. Further, all those...

Indian passport holders abroad treated as citizens for using RTI NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing debate on whether passport is a conclusive proof of citizenship or just a travel document, records of interministerial deliberations in 2010 over who can avail of Right to Information Act, show that MEA and MHA agreed that holders of Indian...

The murder case of Gahunje realtor Ketan Agarwal has taken a fresh turn after the two accused — his fiancée Siya Goyal and her ‘partner’ Chetan Chaudhary PUNE: Investigation into the murder of 25-year-old realtor Ketan Agrawal on Saturday revealed that the accused, Siya Goyal (20) and Chetan Chaudhary (22), searched online for methods to...

Courts can examine the correctness of answer keys, says Delhi high court NEW DELHI: Delhi high court has asked Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) to hear afresh a plea by a UPSC exam aspirant who challenged the correctness of answer keys to two questions. Remitting the matter back to CAT for consideration again, the HC noted...

CGHS officials get financial powers to cut claim delays (AI-image) NEW DELHI: Lakhs of central govt health scheme (CGHS) beneficiaries could soon spend less time waiting for approval of costly medical claims, surgeries and specialised treatment, with the Union health ministry increasing the financial powers of CGHS officials to clear more cases without escalating them...