New Delhi

Hours after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged that the government has "ceded" Indian territory to the Chinese and raised questions over the agreement, the Ministry of Defence issued a strongly-worded statement.

Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal made the statement in response to a written question in Rajya Sabha.

On January 18, four fishermen lost their lives following a collision between their vessel and a Sri Lankan naval craft.

According to the FIR, Choudhary approached Chawla in March 2018 through a common friend after her exit from a popular reality show and showed a keen interest to work with the firm to get financial stability.

The Congress walked out of Lok Sabha as PM Modi explained the government's stand on the three farm laws. Modi said the Congress has taken different stands in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

Serum Institute has received another order from the government for 10 million doses of Covishield, a company official said in response to a query.

The government has already privatised IDBI Bank by selling its majority stake in the lender to LIC in 2019 and merged 14 public sector banks in the last four years.

He said the implementation of various recommendations of the committee and comprehensive interventions of the government are "having a positive impact on growth of agriculture and income of farmers".

In 2016, India had signed an inter-governmental agreement with France to procure 36-Rafale Jet aircrafts at a cost Rs 59,000 crore.

The defence minister said 299 incidents of ceasefire violations were reported till January 28 this year. According to official data, the number of ceasefire violations by Pakistan in 2019 was 3,233.

The Supreme Court warned the petitioner-advocate of imposing cost on him and questioned him about the research of crime records of other states.

The health ministry said 12 states in India have vaccinated more than 2 lakh beneficiaries each.

The Delhi Congress, too, had last week passed a resolution, including requesting Rahul Gandhi to take over as national president of the party.

The mobile internet services were suspended in some districts of the state "to prevent disturbance of peace and public order" amid the ongoing farmer agitation against the three agricultural laws of the Centre.

Indian junior women's hockey striker Beauty Dung Dung said scoring five goals in the tour of Chile was special.

ED's Special Public Prosecutor N K Matta sought the extension of businessman's custody by nine more days, saying he was required to be confronted with voluminous documents received from other countries through Letters Rogatory, as well as with other perso...