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Bulandshahr (UP): Six people died and three were injured following an oxygen cylinder blast which led to a partial house collapse in the Sikandrabad area of Bulandshahr district, officials said Tuesday. District Magistrate of Bulandshahr Chandra Prakash Singh said the incident occurred on Monday evening...

New Delhi: Olympic bronze medal-winning former wrestler Sakshi Malik has said that Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia's decision to accept exemption from the Asian Games trials last year hit the image of their protest against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh as it made their movement seem...

Kolkata: Agitating junior doctors Monday evening withdrew their weeks-long hunger strike over the RG Kar incident, hours after a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The medics also called off their proposed strike across hospitals in the state Tuesday. “In today's meeting (with...

Kolkata: The meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and agitating junior doctors Monday lasted nearly two hours, discussing various demands of the medics, including the prevailing "threat culture" in the state's hospitals, to resolve the impasse stemming from the rape and murder of...

New Delhi: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will pay a three-day visit to India beginning Thursday to hold wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a focus on boosting bilateral strategic ties, including in the areas of defence, trade and clean energy. Scholz travelled to...

New Delhi: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk Monday ended his fast along with others, after the home ministry assured them that the talks on Ladakh's demands will be resumed in December. Join Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Prashant Lokhande met the activists, who were sitting...

New Delhi: The state has a vital interest in ensuring quality education, other than religious teachings, at government-aided madrasas so that students live a "decent" life after they pass out, the Supreme Court observed Monday. On April 5, a bench of Chief Justice of India...

New Delhi: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has kept 14 teams in West Bengal and 11 teams in Odisha on standby for deployment in the wake of an impending cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal which is likely to make landfall between Puri...

New Delhi: At least 10 nuclear reactors are being installed in the country while two reactors in Gujarat's Kakrapar have started generating power commercially, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology was informed Monday. According to sources, the new nuclear reactors coming up in...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu will present the National Water Awards 2023 Tuesday, recognising outstanding contributions to water management and conservation across India. In the fifth edition of the awards, Odisha has secured the first prize in the Best State category, with Uttar Pradesh following...