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New Delhi: The mega success story of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) continues, and it would be no surprise if the number of UPI transactions touches 25 billion a month towards the end of 2025, industry experts said Monday. After reaching a record high in October...

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP leaders Sunday demanded action against PDP president Mehbooba Mufti for her “anti-national” remarks comparing the situation in Bangladesh with India. They welcomed the recent termination of services of two government employees over alleged terror links by the Lieutenant Governor Manoj...

New Delhi: In the wee hours of November 24, while most people in India were fast asleep, a drama unfolded at a sprawling conference hall of the Olympic stadium in Azerbaijan's capital Baku. Diplomats from nearly 200 countries, civil society representatives and journalists had gathered...

Bhubaneswar: Preparations are in the last stage for the upcoming Navy Day celebrations at the Blue Flag Beach of Puri December 4. Puri district Collector Siddharth Shankar Swain Sunday said that December 4, an operational Demo will be organised here on the occasion of Navy...

Bengaluru: ISRO's trusted workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will blast off from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh on December 4 carrying ESA's Proba-3 mission, the Indian space agency said Sunday. The European Space Agency's (ESA) Proba-3 Mission is happening in collaboration with ISRO's commercial...

Puducherry/Chennai: After making landfall near Puducherry November 30, Cyclone Fengal weakened Sunday, but torrential downpour under its influence paralysed the union territory, with the Army stepping in to evacuate stranded persons in inundated streets. Old-timers recalled such a fury of nature was not witnessed in...

Mumbai: Maharashtra's outgoing Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Sunday said the BJP will decide on the new CM and assured his full support while ruling out differences among Mahayuti allies over the government formation. Amid speculations that Shinde's son Shrikant Shinde might get the deputy CM's...

Indore: Deaths from AIDS in the country came down by 79 per cent while HIV infections fell by 44 per cent in 2023 when compared to 2010, Union Health Minister JP Nadda said Sunday. Speaking at a function here on the occasion of World AIDS...

Kolkata: Potato traders of West Bengal threatened to go on strike Tuesday if the state government does not lift restrictions on selling to neighbouring states such as Odisha and Jharkhand. West Bengal recently re-imposed curbs on selling potatoes to other states in an effort to...

Sambhal: The three-member judicial commission formed to investigate the November 24 Sambhal violence arrived in Sambhal Sunday. The commission will investigate how and under what circumstances the riot took place. The commission will conduct an in-depth review of the current situation and probe the stone...