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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday pulled up the Punjab and Haryana governments over the non-prosecution of violators found guilty of stubble burning while summoning the state chief secretaries to appear before it on October 23 for an explanation. A bench of Justices Abhay S...

Mumbai/ New Delhi: As many as 19 flights have received bomb threats in three days and a Riyadh-bound IndiGo flight was diverted to Muscat due to the threat, according to officials. In less than 24 hours, 9 flights received bomb threats and the total count...

Srinagar: National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah visited the Civil Secretariat here Wednesday to take charge as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, marking a significant political moment for the Union territory. He was given a grand reception by officers and employees, and also...

New Delhi: The issue of multiple hoax threat messages to various airlines, which have disrupted many Indian flights, came up before a parliamentary committee Wednesday as the civil aviation secretary told parliamentarians that accused are being identified and action taken. Civil Aviation Secretary Vumlunmang Vualnam...

Krishnanagar: The body of a young woman allegedly raped and murdered was found in Krishnanagar town in West Bengal's Nadia district Wednesday. Police said the body of the unidentified woman, aged around 20-22 years, with partially burnt face was found near the SP office in...

Bengaluru: The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) chairman K Marigowda Wednesday resigned from the post, amid a row over irregularities in the allotment of sites to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi BM. He submitted his resignation to the Urban Development Department Secretary. "I have resigned...

New Delhi: A Bengaluru-bound Akasa Air flight with more than 180 people on board returned to the national capital Wednesday afternoon following a bomb threat, according to sources. The sources in the know said the flight QP1335 landed safely at the Delhi airport. An emergency...

Panchkula: Nayab Singh Saini was unanimously elected as the leader of the BJP legislature party in Haryana here Wednesday. Newly elected Haryana BJP MLAs elected Saini in a meeting, which was also attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan...

Srinagar: Omar Abdullah was sworn in as the 14th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar. Five members of the J&K Legislative Assembly were also sworn in as the members of Omar...

New Delhi: National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah, Wednesday, took oath as the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. With this, he became the first CM of the J& K UT which lost its statehood after the reorganisation and the abrogation...