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Mayville (US): The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to serve 25 years in prison. A jury found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of attempted murder and...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday said the right to live in a pollution free atmosphere was a part of the fundamental right as it struck down Centre's office memorandum allowing ex post facto or retrospective environmental clearances to projects in violation of norms. A...

Jabalpur: Madhya Pradesh deputy Chief Minister Jagdish Devda Friday said the country, its Army and soldiers have 'bowed down at the feet' of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, prompting the Congress to dub it an insult to the valour of the armed forces. The BJP leader...

Srinagar: What started as a war of words between Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti over the former's call to revive the Tulbul Navigation Barrage project on Wullar Lake turned into a mudslinging match, with the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister accusing his predecessor of taking...

New Delhi: India's ranking on the World Press Freedom Index improved to 151 among the 180 countries surveyed by Reporters Without Borders this year from 159 the previous year. Finland, Estonia and the Netherlands take up the top three positions in the index that sought...

New Delhi: The government is planning to send multi-party parliamentary delegations to several countries in the coming days to explain India's stand on terrorism from Pakistan, and the Congress Friday said it will definitely be part of them. While there was no official word on...

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India B R Gavai Friday deprecated the decision of the Supreme Court Bar Association not to hold the usual farewell ceremony for retiring judge Justice Bela M Trivedi. I must deprecate openly, because I believe in speaking plainly... The association...

Bhuj (Guj): India Friday called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reconsider its USD one billion assistance to Pakistan, suggesting that Islamabad could use it for terror funding. In an address to military personnel here, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said India does not want...

Islamabad: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has called for a “composite dialogue” with India to address the contentious issues between the two sides. India made it clear that it will only have a dialogue with Pakistan on the return of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the issue...

New Delhi/London: The High Court in London Thursday rejected a fresh bail application filed by diamantaire Nirav Modi, who has been in prison in the UK for over six years while fighting against his extradition to face the Indian courts in the Rs 13,000 crore...