Home Ministry working to expand scope of NRC across India

New Delhi (IANS) While the finalization of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is at an advanced stage in Assam, the Home Ministry is working on modalities to implement across the country the exercise to identify illegal immigrants for deportation.

Security at Taj Mahal to beef up after Shiv Sena threat

Agra (IANS) The district administration of Agra has agreed to beef up security outside the Taj Mahal at the request of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), following Shiv Sena's threat of performing 'aarti' at the monument on…

Priyanka ends dharna, leaves for Delhi

Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) "I am now leaving because my purpose of meeting the families of the victims has been fulfilled. But I will return very soon. I had come here on the instructions of my brother Rahul Gandhi."
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Sidhu's resignation accepted; Punjab CM holds Power portfolio

Chandigarh (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday accepted state Power Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu's resignation.

The Chief Minister forwarded the one-line resignation to Governor V.P. Singh Badnore for formal acceptance,…

Corruption in NRC process, government wants to engage senior officers for re-verification

New Delhi (IANS) The process of preparing the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam has been rigged due to corruption, believes the government which now wants to engage senior officers for re-verification of the exercise aimed at identifying…

18 Indians aboard tanker seized by Iran; India trying to secure their release

New Delhi/Tehran (IANS) Eighteen Indians, including the ship's captain, are among 23 crew members of a British-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions in the Gulf. India said on Saturday it is in touch…

Modi-Xi summit will take bilateral ties to new heights: Chinese envoy

Beijing (IANS) The informal summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi later this year will take the bilateral relations to new heights but at the same time the two countries cannot let "individual"…

Three-time Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit dead, tributes pour in

New Delhi (IANS) Veteran Congress leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit passed away on Saturday at a private hospital here following cardiac arrest. She was 81.

According to the Fortis Escorts Heart Institute,…

Azam Khan declared 'land mafia' by UP government

Rampur (IANS) Samajwadi MP and former Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan has finally been declared a 'land mafia' by the Yogi Adityanath government.

The Rampur district administration put Khan's name on the 'anti-land mafia'…

Priyanka detained after protest in Mirzapur

Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi was on Friday detained after police stopped her while going to Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh to meet survivors of caste violence, party supporters said.

As police…