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New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has issued a travel advisory urging Indian citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Iran due to ongoing violent protests in the country. The advisory comes in light of recent developments that have raised safety concerns for foreign nationals. Guidelines for Indians Already in Iran Indian nationals and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) currently in Iran are advised to exercise caution, stay away from areas of protests or demonstrations, and closely follow updates from local authorities and news outlets, said the MEA. The…

New Delhi: Union Minister Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Monday demanded an apology from Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge after some Congress workers allegedly raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the grand old party’s mega ‘vote chori’ rally in Delhi on Sunday. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Rijiju said it is extremely shameful that the slogans were raised when all senior leaders of the Congress, including Rahul Gandhi, Kharge and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, were present there.  This led to a chaos in the Lok Sabha forcing Speaker Om…

New Delhi: As the Winter Session of Parliament continues to see heated exchanges between the treasury and the opposition, the BJP on Thursday accused a Trinamool Congress MP of smoking an e-cigarette, also known as vape, inside the Lok Sabha premises. BJP MP Anurag Thakur raised the issue without naming the Trinamool member and urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to take note of the violation. He said, “This is for the House to know that e-cigarettes are banned in the country. I want to ask the Lok Sabha Speaker whether…

New Delhi: The government on Tuesday blamed IndiGo’s internal rostering disruptions for the mass cancellations and delays that the airline has been witnessing for the last eight days. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Union Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said operations were stabilising fast and IndiGo is being held accountable for the crisis. Naidu said show cause notices were issued to the senior officials of the airline, seeking their response over the crisis.  “I would like to inform this august House that the disruption caused by IndiGo’s recent operational failures…

Ranveer Singh‘s Dhurandhar is indeed releasing in two parts. The first part was released on December 5; Part 2 will hit the screens in 2026. Dhurandhar is touted as one of the longest Bollywood movies ever, surpassing Jodhaa Akbar’s runtime of 3 hours and 33 minutes.  Directed by Aditya Dhar, the film features an ensemble cast comprising Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, R Madhavan and Akshaye Khanna. Tamil actor Sara Arjun plays Ranveer’s love interest in the film.  Dhurandhar Part 2 release date out On the film’s release day, it was revealed…

New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin will land in New Delhi today for his highly anticipated two-day India visit. He will hold key meetings with PM Modi on Friday and the two leaders are likely to materialise a series of crucial defence agreements. Among them, the most significant is expected to be deliberations on an advanced version of the BrahMos missile, a system that has played a pivotal role in strengthening India’s military capability. BrahMos has already proved its strategic value during India’s Operation Sindoor, where it destroyed terror camps…

The case came to light after Panipat police uncovered similarities between the deaths while investigating the latest incident on Monday. The most recent victim was 6-year-old Vidhi, who went missing during a wedding function in Naultha village. She was later found in a storeroom on the first floor of the house, lying face down in a plastic tub filled with water. Police arrested the child’s aunt, Poonam, on Wednesday. Investigators allege that after guests had left, she lured the girl upstairs, drowned her and then locked the room from outside…

New Delhi: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday (December 3) won seven of the 12 wards in the 2025 Delhi MCD bypolls, with results announced soon after counting began at 8 am. The saffron party clinched victory in 7 wards, namely — Dwarka B, Vinod Nagar, Ashok Vihar, Greater Kailash, Dichaon Kalan, Shalimar Bagh B, and Chandni Chowk. However, the saffron party lost its Sangam Vihar A and Naraina wards, which it had won in the 2022 MCD elections. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won three wards—Naraina, Mundka,…

ON June 24, the day the Election Commission issued the order directing a nationwide Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls starting with Bihar, Election Commissioner Sukhbir Singh Sandhu put on record a note of caution in the order’s draft version, The Indian Express has learnt. “Care should be taken that genuine voters/citizens, particularly old, sick, PwD (persons with disabilities), poor and other vulnerable groups do not feel harassed and are facilitated,” Sandhu wrote in the file of the draft order. This was an apparent reference to the exercise that required all existing electors…

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked smartphone companies in India to preinstall a state-developed cybersecurity application that allows users to report fraudulent calls and messages, and stolen mobile phones, The Indian Express has learnt. Users should not be able to delete the application, the Department has told smartphone companies. It has insisted that all new devices sold by the manufacturers come pre-installed with the ‘Sanchar Saathi’ application, and a software update to be issued to phones that have already been sold with the application made available with it. Smartphone…