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Ghaziabad: On the first Monday of the Shravan month, long queues of devotees were witnessed outside temples. Shravan, also known as Sawan, is a sacred month in the Hindu calendar dedicated to Lord Shiva. At the Dudheshwar Nath Temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, devotees began...

Jammu: An army soldier was injured Monday after terrorists fired at a newly set up army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, officials said. Official sources said that an army soldier was injured Monday when terrorists fired at the newly established Rashtriya Rifles camp...

New Delhi: Opposition parties drew the battle lines on the eve of Parliament's Budget session Sunday as they asked the government at an all-party meeting to allow discussion on a host of contentious issues such as the Uttar Pradesh government's order to eateries on the...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday said that in the wake of the escalating violence in Bangladesh, she would keep the doors of her state open for people in distress from the neighbouring country and offer them shelter. Banerjee referred to the United...

Muzaffarnagar (UP): BJP ally Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary Sunday demanded the Uttar Pradesh government roll back its order that eateries along the Kanwar route must display the names of their owners. He said kanwariyas ask no-one their religion when they seek any service...

New Delhi: The Biju Janata Dal Sunday asserted that it will play the role of a strong opposition in Parliament and asked the Centre to revisit its stand on special category status for states, saying that BJP's allies have made a similar demand for their...

New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh Sunday said that in the all-party meeting ahead of Parliament session, the JD(U) and the YSRCP demanded special category status for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh respectively but "strangely" the TDP kept quiet on the matter. BJD leader Sasmit Patra...

New Delhi: The government has cleared the consideration of a private member's bill that seeks to grant every citizen the right to free internet access while ensuring equal access to people from backward and remote regions of the country. "No citizen shall be liable to...

Kozhikode: The 14-year-old boy from Kerala's Malappuram, who was undergoing treatment here for Nipah infection, died Sunday, state Health Minister Veena George said. George said the boy from Pandikkad suffered a massive cardiac arrest at 10.50am Sunday and efforts to revive him failed. "He was...

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge Sunday dissolved the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee, following the party's poor showing in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in the state. Kharge has approved the proposal of complete dissolution of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee, including its...