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Gadchiroli: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar and Industry Minister Uday Samant had a narrow escape Wednesday after the helicopter in which they were travelling from Nagpur to Gadchiroli lost its way due to poor visibility amid bad weather. However, the pilot...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court reserved Wednesday its order on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's pleas challenging his arrest by the CBI in the excise policy case and seeking interim bail. Kejriwal's senior counsel not only assailed his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation...

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has granted bail to three accused arrested in connection with the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh. Justice S Vishwajith Shetty Tuesday granted bail to Amit Digvekar, H L Suresh and K T Naveen Kumar. Citing delay in the trial, the...

New Delhi: Ten specially-trained Indian CAPF and special commando force dogs are in France to provide a counter-terrorist and anti-sabotage security cover to various venues of the Paris Olympics slated to open next week, official sources said Wednesday. The ten Indian K9 (canine) teams will...

Pune: Spelling a setback for Nationalist Congress Party President and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, around two dozen office-bearers of Pimpri-Chinchwad hitched on to the Sharad Pawar-led NCP, here Wednesday. A beaming Sharad Pawar personally welcomed the office-bearers, comprising 20 ex-municipal corporators including several women,...

Jammu: Security forces and terrorists exchanged fire twice briefly within a span of four hours in a forest area in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district, officials said Wednesday. Village Defence Guards (VDGs) also opened fire on observing suspicious movement outside their village, while two explosive...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear Thursday a batch of pleas alleging irregularities in the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024 examination and seeking its cancellation. As per the cause list published on the website of the apex court, a bench presided over...

Jaipur: The Enforcement Directorate has made a fresh arrest in connection with its money laundering investigation into alleged irregularities in the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme being implemented in Rajasthan, officials said Wednesday. Sanjay Badaya, an alleged middleman, was taken into custody Tuesday after questioning at...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to list for hearing the pleas on the vexed legal question of whether a husband should enjoy immunity from prosecution for the offence of rape if he forces his wife, who is not a minor, to have sex....

New Delhi:  The Narendra Modi-led NDA government Tuesday reconstituted Niti Aayog, following changes in the council of ministers. While the prime minister remains the chairperson of the Aayog, there are no changes in the post of Vice Chairman and other full-time members. Minister of Agriculture...