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Bhubaneswar: CPI general secretary D. Raja Saturday criticised the BJP's "double-engine" theory, saying it has brought "multiple disasters" in states where the party is in power, particularly in Uttar Pradesh. Raja demanded a clarification from Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the tragic deaths of newborns...

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government Saturday formed a four-member committee to investigate the fire that broke out in the children's ward of Jhansi's Maharani Laxmibai Medical College. The committee has been tasked with identifying the cause of the fire and determining whether any negligence was...

Jhansi/Lucknow: Not amused by some markings made on the road with lime powder before he reached Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak Saturday asked the district magistrate to take action against the person who got the work...

New Delhi: In the wake of the BJP and the Congress lodging complaints against each other with the Election Commission (EC) for poll code violations, the election panel asked the presidents of the two parties Saturday to comment on the charges levelled against their leaders....

Imphal: Protesters stormed the residences of two ministers and three MLAs in Manipur's Imphal Saturday, demanding justice for the murder of three persons in Jiribam district, police said. The mob attacks on legislators' houses prompted the Imphal West administration to impose prohibitory orders in the...

Chandigarh: Sukhbir Singh Badal, who had been declared 'tankhaiya' (guilty of religious misconduct) by the Akal Takht, tendered his resignation as the Shiromani Akali Dal president, said senior party leader Daljit Singh Cheema Saturday. His resignation paves the way for the election of the new...

Raipur: Five Naxalites were killed and two security personnel injured in an anti-insurgency operation in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region Saturday, a senior police official said. The gunfight broke out at around 8 am in a forest in north Abujhmad along the border of Narayanpur and Kanker...

Imphal/Guwahati: Three bodies suspected to be of six persons missing from Jiribam district were found near the confluence of Jiri river and Barak river along Manipur-Assam border, officials said Saturday. The bodies of a woman and two children were found around 16km from Borobekra in...

Jhansi: Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Brajesh Pathak Saturday inspected the Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi where at least 10 children were killed and 16 are battling for their lives after a massive fire broke out at the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit...

Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has fined Reliance Big Entertainment Rs 26 crore for failure to clear penalties imposed by the capital markets regulator. The company earlier failed to pay penalties in a case pertaining to illegal diversion of funds. SEBI...