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Jaipur: Even as Rajasthan police rounded up around 60 miscreants on charges of indulging in riots post the bypolls in Deoli-Uniara constituency, there was a demand for a judicial probe by Independent candidate Naresh Meena Thursday just hours before he was arrested in the afternoon....

New Delhi: In a new record, Apple has reached almost Rs 60,000 crore in iPhone exports from India in the first seven months during the current fiscal (FY25). In the April-October period, the Cupertino-based tech giant exported iPhones worth almost Rs 60,000 crore (over $7...

Raipur: A Kolkata-bound IndiGo flight with 187 passengers and six crew members onboard made an emergency landing at Raipur airport Thursday morning following a bomb threat to the aircraft, police said. The aircraft, which had taken off from Nagpur for Kolkata, was diverted after airport...

New Delhi: Compassionate appointment is not a vested right for getting a government job as it is not a condition of service of an employee who dies in harness, the Supreme Court held Wednesday while declining the plea of a man whose police constable father...

Mumbai: Amid Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray’s criticism over his helicopter checking twice by the Election Commission, the poll panel staff Wednesday checked the choppers of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Both took to the X to upload...

Deoghar/Godda (Jharkhand): In an apparent dig at Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday accused the Congress 'shehzada' of conspiring to scrap reservations for people belonging to SC, ST and OBC communities in an attempt to "weaken" them. Modi, who addressed two BJP poll rallies...

New Delhi: Delhi recorded the country's worst air quality Wednesday as it turned 'severe' for the first time this season, with the AQI soaring to 418. Bihar's Hajipur, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 417, had the the second-worst reading in the country, Central...

New Delhi: A pan-India coastal defence exercise aimed at assessing the current preparedness of all maritime security agencies, identifying their strengths and weaknesses and enhancing the nation's overall maritime defence framework is set to be conducted November 20-21, the Navy said Wednesday. Originally conceptualised in...

New Delhi: The Centre Wednesday released new guidelines to regulate misleading advertisements by coaching institutes, prohibiting false claims like 100 per cent selection or 100 per cent job security. The final guidelines, drafted by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), come in the wake of...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Wednesday said the soon-to-be-raised all-women battalion of the CISF will shoulder the responsibility of protecting the nation's critical infrastructure, like airports and metro rails, and provide security to VIPs as commandos. A first-ever all-women battalion of the Central...