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Jamnagar: The maharaja of the erstwhile princely state of Nawanagar, known as Jamnagar, in Gujarat, has declared his nephew and former cricketer Ajay Jadeja as his heir to the throne on the auspicious day of Dussehra Saturday. The 53-year-old cricketer, who played 196 ODIs and...

Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Saturday said India has become stronger and more respected in the world with enhanced credibility in the last few years but sinister conspiracies are testing the country's resolve. Attempts to disturb and destabilise the country seem to be gaining momentum...

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Saturday dedicated inaugurated the Kupup-Sherathang Road in Sikkim and 74 other infrastructure projects of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) built at a cost of Rs 2,236 crore. Singh inaugurated the projects virtually from the headquarters of the Trishakti Corps...

New Delhi: The Congress slammed the RSS after Mohan Bhagwat's annual Vijayadashami address Saturday, alleging that the organisation wants to make the country uniform and asserting that it will not succeed in its plan. Addressing the Vijayadashami rally of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in...

Haridwar: Two dreaded criminals including a murder convict escaped from Haridwar district jail, officials said Saturday. Six jail personnel including the jailer were suspended with immediate effect for their negligence following the incident and a detailed inquiry has been ordered into it. The incident took...

Kalaburagi (Karnataka): Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge Saturday alleged that the BJP was a "party of terrorists", as he hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his recent remarks that the grand old party is being run by a "gang of urban Naxals". He also...

Kolkata: The West Bengal government Saturday said the mass resignation of doctors of state-run hospitals is not valid and it must be submitted individually according to service rules. Several doctors from state-run hospitals have submitted collectively signed "resignation" letters to the government seeking justice for...

Shivpuri: A 15-year-old girl was raped allegedly by her father and brother in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, a police official said Saturday. The father-son duo has been arrested, Dinara police station in charge Vinod Bhargava said. "The victim's mother was estranged from the family and...

Kolkata: Doctors of private hospitals Saturday called for a 48-hour “partial cease work” from October 14 in medical establishments across West Bengal, in solidarity with the agitating junior medics observing a fast-unto-death, demanding justice for the RG Kar hospital victim. The doctors, under the banner...

London: The Global Hunger Index (GHI), a tool used by international humanitarian agencies to measure and track hunger levels with GHI scores based on under-nourishment and child mortality indicators across 127 countries, has ranked India 105th, which places it under the “serious” category of the...