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Kolkata: Calcutta High Court Sunday ordered that a second post-mortem be conducted on the schoolgirl who was allegedly gang-raped and murdered in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district. The 10-year-old girl was returning to her Joynagar home after attending her tuition classes Saturday when the...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar Sunday stated that the United Nations (UN) is like an "old company" that is "occupying space in the market" without adapting to the changing global landscape. Speaking at the Kautilya Economic Conclave, Jaishankar stressed that the UN...

Bhopal: Authorities have seized mephedrone (MD) drug valued at Rs 1,814 crore and its raw materials from a factory on the outskirts of Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal and arrested two persons in this connection, officials said Sunday. Total 907.09 kg of mephedrone, both in solid...

New Delhi: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu arrived in New Delhi late Sunday afternoon on a five-day state visit - his first since assuming office - at the invitation of President Droupadi Murmu. During the visit, he is scheduled to hold high-level meetings with President Murmu,...

New Delhi: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk Sunday sat on a fast at the Ladakh Bhawan where he was staying, after the protesters were denied permission to stage the stir for Ladakh's Sixth Schedule status at Jantar Mantar. Wangchuk, in a brief interaction with media before...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will Monday hear the bail plea of former JNU student Umar Khalid in a UAPA case related to the alleged larger conspiracy behind the communal riots here in February 2020. The bail pleas by other co-accused in the case...

Chandigarh: A local Aam Aadmi Party leader was shot at in Punjab's Fazilka district with the ruling party and MLA Jagdeep Kamboj accusing a leader of the Shiromani Akali Dal of opening the fire. The incident took place following an altercation between Aam Aadmi Party...

Thiruvananthapuram: One person was killed and two others injured in an explosion at an animal fat processing plant in Kerala's Kochi. The incident occurred late Saturday night at the Formal Trade Links LLP animal fat processing plant in the Edayar industrial sector. The deceased is...

New Delhi: A 45-year-old man died after he suffered a heart attack on stage while performing the role of Lord Rama at a Ramleela in Vishwakarma Nagar of Delhi's Shahdara, police Sunday said. He was taken to a hospital where the doctors declared him dead,...

Thane: The Thane police in Maharashtra have registered an FIR against controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand, who is already facing multiple cases, over his alleged objectionable remarks against Prophet Muhammad, officials said Sunday. The seer allegedly made the objectionable remarks during a programme held at Hindi...