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KOLKATA: Members of the opposition parties on Monday submitted a memorandum demanding withdrawal of the Agnipath Scheme at the Parliamentary Consultative Committee for Defence. However, in an interesting development, sources said that Congress’ Manish Tewari did not sign the memorandum despite other members from his party signing it. However, it is learnt that Tewari, who […]

NEW DELHI: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched 75 newly-developed Artificial Intelligence products and technologies during the first-ever ‘AI in Defence’ (AIDef) symposium and exhibition on Monday. The products were launched under the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. Singh pointed out that AI has built inroads in almost every sector, including defence, health and medicine, agriculture, trade […]

NEW DELHI: Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting to review the preparations for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Tuesday visit to Deoghar and the upcoming Shravani Mela. During his visit, the prime minister will perform a puja at Baba Baidyanath Dham in Deoghar. He will also inaugurate Deoghar airport and launch OPD […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday unveiled the national emblem cast on the roof of the new Parliament building in the national capital. The State Emblem of India is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Asoka which is preserved in the Sarnath Museum. The Lion Capital has four lions mounted back-to-back […]

JAIPUR (RAJASTHAN): The ghastly beheading of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur by Islamic extremists over a social-media post has sent shockwaves across India. The National Investigative Agency (NIA) has arrested seven people during the course of the investigation. Almost two weeks after the incident, The New Indian spoke to three veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) […]