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Agartala: Action was taken against four police officers and seven people were arrested in connection with the breach of premises at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala, police said Tuesday. Three sub-inspectors were suspended and a deputy superintendent of police was 'closed', asking him...

Amritsar: A day after the Sikh clergy pronounced the 'tankhah' (religious punishment) for Sukhbir Singh Badal, the Shiromani Akali Dal leader Tuesday performed the duty of a 'sewadar' outside the Golden Temple here. Holding a spear in one hand, Badal, in blue 'sewadar' clothes, was...

New Delhi: A day after protesters stormed the Bangladesh consulate in Agartala, Delhi Police Tuesday stepped up security around the Bangladesh High Commission in Chanakyapuri here, according to officials. "The security has been increased and extra police personnel have been deployed all around the commission....

New Delhi: MPs of several INDIA bloc parties protested on the Parliament premises Tuesday over the Adani issue and reiterated their demand for a joint parliamentary probe into the matter. MPs of the Congress, AAP, RJD, Shiv Sena (UBT), DMK and the Left parties among...

Srinagar: One terrorist was killed Tuesday in an ongoing gunfight with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar district. Officials said that one terrorist has been killed so far in the ongoing anti-terrorist operation by the security forces in the upper reaches of the...

New Delhi/Noida: Farmers from different parts of Uttar Pradesh demanding adequate compensation for their lands acquired by the government marched towards Delhi Monday but were stopped at the Noida-Delhi border where they sat on a dharna. The farmers said if their demands were not met...

New Delhi: India is set to experience a milder winter with fewer coldwave days, the weather office said Monday and forecast above-normal minimum temperatures during the season. The forecast of a relatively warmer winter came after the country experienced the second warmest November since 1901,...

New Delhi/Puri: President Droupadi Murmu will be on a five-day visit to Odisha from Tuesday, during which she will offer prayers at the Jagannath temple in Puri besides attending other programmes, an official statement issued Monday stated. During her visit, the president will unveil a...

New Delhi: India Monday described as "deeply regrettable" an incident of breach of the premises of Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala by a group of people protesting against the arrest of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das in the neighbouring country. The Ministry of External...

Chandigarh: The Sikh clergy at the Akal Takht Monday pronounced 'tankhah' (religious punishment) for Sukhbir Singh Badal for the "mistakes" committed by the Shiromani Akali Dal and its government in Punjab from 2007 to 2017, directing him to perform as a 'sewadar' and clean utensils...