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Dholpur: Twelve people, including eight children, tragically lost their lives in a fatal collision between a bus and a tempo on the Karauli-Dholpur highway (NH 11B) late Saturday night. The tempo bus was returning from Barauli village after a family function when it collided with...

Ranchi/New Delhi: The BJP Saturday released its first list of 66 candidates for the Jharkhand assembly elections, fielding party president Babulal Marandi from Dhanwar and former chief minister Champai Soren from Saraikela. The party named Sita Soren, the sister-in-law of JMM leader and Chief Minister...

Lilongwe (Malawi): President Droupadi Murmu Saturday left for home after wrapping up her three-nation visit to Algeria, Mauritania and Malwai, establishing new benchmarks in India-Africa relations. It was the first visit by an Indian Head of State to the three African nations. Murmu finished her...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday urged the junior doctors protesting the rape and murder of their colleague at RG Kar Hospital to end their fast-unto-death, stating that most of their demands have been addressed while rejecting their insistence on removing the state...

Ranchi: Ahead of the Jharkhand polls, the Election Commission Saturday directed the state government to remove Acting Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag Gupta from his post with immediate effect due to a "history" of complaints against him in previous elections, sources said. The Jharkhand...

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren Saturday said that the INDIA bloc partners will contest the upcoming Assembly polls together and the Congress and the JMM will field candidates in 70 of 81 seats. Seat-sharing talks are on with alliance partners - the RJD and...

Narayanpur: Two personnel of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) were killed and two policemen injured Saturday when Naxalites carried out an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district, police said. The incident occurred around 12 noon near Kodliyar village in Abujhmaad area when joint...

New Delhi: Goods and services tax (GST) on term life insurance premiums, and premium paid by senior citizens for health cover is likely to be exempted from tax, an official said Saturday. The GoM to decide on the GST rate on life and health insurance...

New Delhi/ Mumbai: More than 30 flights of various Indian airlines, including Vistara, Air India and IndiGo, received bomb threats Saturday, according to sources. Flights of Air India, IndiGo, Akasa Air, Vistara, SpiceJet, Star Air and Alliance Air have received the threats, the sources said....

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has cleared a resolution passed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah-led cabinet urging the Centre to restore the statehood to the Union territory, officials said Saturday. "The cabinet which met under the chairmanship of Omar Abdullah Thursday passed...