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Srinagar: A porter was killed and five others, including three soldiers, were injured Thursday when terrorists attacked an Army vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir's Gulmarg area, officials said. They said the terrorists opened fire on the vehicle at Botapathri near Nagin post. The officials said...

New Delhi: Justice Sanjiv Khanna was Thursday appointed the 51st Chief Justice of India. He will take oath November 11, a day after incumbent Justice DY Chandrachud demits office on attaining the age of 65. Justice Chandrachud took over as the CJI November 8, 2022....

Bhubaneswar/Kolkata: Authorities in Odisha and West Bengal evacuated lakhs of people, shut schools, cancelled more than 400 trains and suspended flight operations as they braced Thursday for severe cyclonic storm Dana, which is expected to make landfall in Odisha past midnight at a speed of...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Thursday that over 83,000 people in vulnerable areas have been shifted to the relief camps as a precautionary measure in the wake of Cyclone Dana. “The state government has identified a total of 3,56,941 individuals residing around...

New Delhi: The Indian Railways will run 7,000 special trains for Diwali and Chhath Puja this year to facilitate two lakh extra passengers daily, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said at a press briefing here Thursday. According to railway officials, 4,500 special trains were run during...

New Delhi: More than 70 flights of various Indian airlines received bomb threats Thursday, according to sources. The sources said around 20 flights each of Air India, Vistara, and IndiGo have got the threats while Akasa Air has got the threats for about 14 flights....

New Delhi: In a unanimous resolution, the Supreme Court Bar Association has raised objections to the ‘radical changes’ made to the statue of Lady Justice and the top court's emblem without consultation with the Bar. The Supreme Court of India has a new 'Lady Justice'...

New Delhi: SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch skipped a Parliament's Public Accounts Committee meeting Thursday, prompting panel head KC Venugopal to postpone the sitting, with NDA members accusing him of making unilateral decisions and lodging a protest with the Lok Sabha speaker. Venugopal told reporters...

Kolkata: Several districts of West Bengal received moderate to heavy rain on Thursday morning, as severe cyclonic storm 'Dana' inched closer to the state's coast and that of neighbouring Odisha, the IMD said. The cyclonic storm is likely to make landfall between Bhitarkanika National Park...

Kazan/Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed "in principle” to the suggestions made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their meeting here Wednesday to improve India-China relations, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. In his meeting with Modi on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit in...