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New Delhi: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake who is on a three-day state visit to New Delhi, was accorded a grand ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Monday, marking his first overseas visit as head of state. President Dissanayake is expected to hold crucial...

New Delhi: Sarod virtuoso Amjad Ali Khan, sarangi exponent Kamal Sabri as well as film stars Akshay Kumar and Kamal Haasan paid rich tributes to Zakir Hussain, calling the tabla maestro a "phenomenon" and "one of the most loved Indian musician in the world". Hussain,...

New Delhi: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Disanayaka arrived in India Sunday on a three-day visit in his first foreign trip after assuming the top office in September. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold wide-ranging talks with the Sri Lankan leader on Monday that is...

Nagpur: A total of 39 legislators from Mahayuti allies were sworn in Sunday in the first cabinet expansion of the 10-day-old Devendra Fadnavis-led ministry including 16 new faces, while 10 former ministers were excluded. Hours before the cabinet expansion ceremony, Deputy CM and NCP leader...

Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh): Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday appealed to Naxals to give up arms and join the mainstream, or else they will have to face the strong action of security forces. He said the rehabilitation of the surrendered Naxals is the responsibility of the...

New Delhi: Opening another point of friction with an important ally, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has dismissed the Congress party's vehement objection to Electronic Voting Machines, and echoed the BJP's defence -- you can't accept election results when you win, and blame...

Samastipur (Bihar): The father of Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash, who died by suicide recently, Sunday called for strict punishment for those who “harassed” his son, asserting that his ashes will not be immersed till justice is served. Subhash, 34, was found hanging in his house...

New Delhi: After AAP released its final list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls in Delhi, party supremo Arvind Kejriwal, who will contest from the New Delhi constituency, took a swipe at the BJP, alleging that the saffron party has no chief ministerial face....

Sambhal (UP): Weeks after violent clashes over a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid claimed four lives, the district administration has launched a campaign against encroachments and illegal power theft in the area around the historic mosque. As part of its efforts, the administration...

The Bengaluru police have arrested three people, including the estranged wife of senior tech executive Atul Subhash, who died by suicide recently. Nikita Singhania was arrested in Gurugram, Haryana, while her mother Nisha Singhania and brother Anuragh Singhania were picked up from Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj,...