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Lucknow: Nine people were killed when the tractor-trolley in which they were travelling overturned after it lost control and fell into a pond here Monday, a senior district official said. Around 45 people were travelling in the vehicle which was on their way to a...

Jammu: Ghulam Nabi Azad, who recently parted ways with the Congress, Monday launched his new party -- the Democratic Azad party (DAP). The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister had ended his more than five-decade-long association with the Congress August 26. "I am launching Democratic...

Islamabad: Six Pakistan Army officials, including two pilots, were killed in a helicopter crash in southwestern Balochistan province, the military said Monday. The incident occurred near Khost in the Harnai area of the province Sunday night during a flying mission, it said. All the "six...

New Delhi: With 4,129 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 4,45,72,243, while the active cases declined to 43,415, according to the Union health ministry data updated Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,28,530 with 20 fatalities,...

New York: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan could import wheat from Russia in the aftermath of the destruction of farmland caused by the recent floods, local media reported. Pakistan may have to import about a million tonnes of wheat after the...

United Nations: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has endorsed India for a permanent seat on the Security Council calling it a key international actor. "The Council and UN have to be aligned to contemporary realities," he said Saturday at the high-level meeting of the General...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced that the Chandigarh airport will now be named after Shaheed Bhagat Singh as a tribute to the great freedom fighter. In his Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast, Modi also said that climate change is a major...

Seoul: North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the East Sea Sunday, South Korea's military said, two days after a nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier arrived here for allied drills. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launch from an area in...

Kozhikode: Senior Congress leader and eight-time legislator Aryadan Mohammed died here Sunday, his family said. He was 87. Mohammed, a three-time minister, was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here for the past one week. He represented Nilambur constituency eight times from 1977 to 2011....

New Delhi: With 4,777 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 4,45,68,114, while the active cases declined to 43,994, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,28,510 with 23...