A government survey has portrayed an improved unemployment situation between July 2019 and June 2020 on certain parameters, but experts say this is largely an illusion caused by a distressed populatio...

The government on Saturday appealed to the jewellers to reconsider their decision to go on strike on Monday as the mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery in the 50 days of its first phase of implemen...

Asserting that the mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery in 50 days of its first phase of implementation has been a "grand success", the government on Saturday urged jewellery body GJC to ...

  Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said those who prize freedom above every other right must welcome the pledge of unity made by 19 political parties and supported by the Samajwa...

The Centre is planning to hold a meeting of the Indian Labour Conference — a tripartite outfit of the government, employers and employees — after a gap of six years, two labour ministry of...

When did India close its consulates in Afghanistan? The Herat and Jalalabad consulates were closed in April 2020, ostensibly because of the pandemic. India refrained from reopening them owing to the ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from the Centre and the Bengal government on a plea challenging the setting up of a Commission of Inquiry by the state to probe into the Pegasus snoopin...

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the solicitor general telling the Supreme Court that the government has information which he cannot divulge in public by way of an affidavit is a...

India’s repatriation plans from Afghanistan had to be put on hold on Monday following the closure of Kabul airport for commercial services. The Centre has decided to provide shelter to Afghan H...

As India enters the 75th year of independence, the Congress Monday said party chief Sonia Gandhi has urged people to introspect what freedom means and told them it is a "sin" to remain silen...