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Bengaluru: In a setback to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the Karnataka High Court Tuesday dismissed his petition challenging the Governor's approval for investigation against him in a site allotment case. The Chief Minister had challenged the approval given by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot for an investigation against...

Jammu: An accused in the 2019 Pulwama terror attack died in a government hospital in J&K’s Jammu city, said officials here Tuesday. Officials said the terror attack accused, Bilal Ahmad Kuchay was admitted to the Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu after he complained of...

New Delhi: Congress Tuesday slammed the SBI's reported decision to convert its outstanding debt into equity in Supreme Infrastructure India Limited (SIIL), urging the Reserve Bank of India to step in and examine SBI's decision-making process in this matter. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam...

Mumbai: Maharashtra's Crime Investigation Department (CID) will conduct a probe into the death of Badlapur sexual assault case accused Akshay Shinde, officials said Tuesday. A team of forensic science experts Tuesday examined the police vehicle, in which Shinde was allegedly shot by a cop Monday...

Kolkata: Six wagons of an empty goods train derailed near New Maynaguri station in West Bengal's Alipurduar district Tuesday morning. No casualties were reported during the incident. After the derailment, no disruption in railway services was reported. While the restoration work was on, the trains,...

Lucknow: A suspected liquor smuggler allegedly involved in the murder of two RPF personnel last month died Tuesday after an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Police in the Ghazipur district, officials said. Suspect Mohammad Zahid, alias Sonu, suffered severe injuries in the gunfight late Monday...

Thane: The family members of Badlapur sexual assault case accused Akshay Shinde have challenged the police claim that he fired at a policeman first following which cops fired in self-defence which led to his death. Shinde's kin also claimed that police pressured him for a...

New Delhi: In the wake of Tirupati Laddu adulteration allegations, the FSSAI has issued a show cause notice to a Tamil Nadu-based firm for supplying substandard ghee to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, official sources said Monday. In the notice, the food regulator asked A R Diary...

Mumbai: The man accused of sexually assaulting two girls at a school in Badlapur town of Maharashtra died in retaliatory firing by police after he snatched a cop's gun and opened fire, an official said Monday. Akshay Shinde, who worked as a sweeper in the...

New Delhi: India has reported the first case of the Mpox strain, which led to the WHO declaring it a public health emergency last month, in a patient from Kerala who had tested positive last week, official sources said Monday. They said Clade 1b strain...