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New Delhi: Russia Wednesday said it is hoping for quick resolution of the issue relating to India's call for return of Indians recruited into the Russian Army as support staff and asserted their recruitment was purely a commercial matter. In first comments on the issue...

Mumbai: A court here Wednesday remanded Mihir Shah, the prime accused in the BMW hit-and-run case, in police custody till July 16. Shah, 24, was arrested Tuesday, two days after he allegedly rammed his BMW car into a two-wheeler, killing a woman and leaving her...

New Delhi: Actor Jacqueline Fernandez did not appear before the Enforcement Directorate Wednesday for a fresh round of questioning in a money laundering case involving alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, official sources said. The 38-year-old Sri Lankan-origin actor has been questioned by the federal agency in...

New Delhi: Congress Wednesday accused the government of "systematically bludgeoning" India's MSMEs and claimed that 140 crore Indians are now paying the economic consequences of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "cronyism, arbitrary policy-making, and refusal to engage constructively on issues". Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh cited...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Wednesday assured strict action against the guilty in the BMW case and announced Rs 10 lakh aid for the victim's family, amid criticism that the key accused is the son of his party leader. He said there was no...

Mumbai: Amid mounting criticism, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who heads the Shiv Sena, Wednesday sacked Rajesh Shah, whose son Mihir Shah was allegedly involved in the BMW hit-and-run, as the party's deputy leader. A one-line notice by Shiv Sena secretary Sanjay More said Rajesh...

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is demolishing unauthorised alterations made at the city-based bar that was visited by the main accused in the BMW hit-and-run case hours before he allegedly took the wheel of the car involved in the crash that killed a woman,...

New Delhi: In a landmark decision, the Finance Ministry has approved a request of a senior woman Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer to change her name and gender in all official records. The request was made by Ms M Anusuya, a 2013 batch IRS (Customs...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that a Muslim woman can seek maintenance from her husband under section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which is applicable to all married women irrespective of religion. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Augustine...

New Delhi/Jammu: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the terror attack on pilgrims in J&K’s Reasi district has brought to the fore the role of Pakistan-based handlers of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit. Terrorists June 9 attacked a pilgrim bus returning from the Shiv-Khori temple in Reasi....