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New Delhi: Around 40 schools in Delhi received a bomb threat mail Monday morning with the sender demanding $30,000, prompting a multi-agency search of the premises but "nothing suspicious was found", a police official said. The threat was sent in a single e-mail marked to...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the inclusion of political parties under the anti-sexual harassment law. “Why don’t the petitioner approach the Election Commission of India? The competent authority will be the Election Commission. Give them some...

Kolkata: At least three persons were killed and a few others injured in an explosion when they were allegedly manufacturing illegal crude bombs in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, police said Monday. The incident happened late Sunday night at Khoyertala village under Sagarpara gram panchayat,...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge extended birthday wishes to former Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who turns 78, Monday. Taking to social media platform X, Prime Minister Modi wrote: "Greetings to Smt Sonia Gandhi Ji on her birthday. I pray...

New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Monday urged all political parties, including the Congress, to unite against anti-India forces, and raise their voice if they find their leaders working against the country's interest. His remarks come a day after the BJP alleged that former...

New Delhi: All Indian nationals in Syria are safe, government sources said Sunday, hours after Islamist rebels captured power in Damascus evicting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power. The Indian embassy continues to remain operational in Damascus, they said. The sources said the embassy is...

Hyderabad: Three persons associated with a film theatre here were Sunday arrested in connection with the case registered over the death of a woman due to asphyxiation as crowds jostled at the theatre during the premiere show of actor Allu Arjun's ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’,...

New Delhi: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and others to immediately clear the blockage of national and state highways in Punjab where farmers are staging protests. Farmers under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political)...

Kolkata: A senior official of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) said Sunday that Bangladesh would head towards a major genocide in the coming days if the situation is not brought under control. Vice President and spokesman of ISKCON-Kolkata Radharaman Das said that several...

Shambhu (Punjab): Agitating farmers suspended their foot march to Delhi Sunday after some of them sustained injuries in teargas shelling by Haryana security personnel who thwarted yet another attempt by the protesters to cross the Punjab-Haryana border. Farmer leaders said they will decide the next...