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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday held as maintainable a suit filed by the West Bengal government which alleged that the CBI was continuing probes into various cases despite the state's withdrawal of general consent November 16, 2018. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and...

Lucknow: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned YouTuber Siddharth Yadav alias Elvish Yadav July 23 for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the suspected use of snake venom as a recreational drug in parties hosted by him, official sources said Wednesday. The central agency...

New York: A tableau featuring the Ayodhya Ram Mandir will be the highlight of the India Day parade organised in the heart of Manhattan next month to commemorate the Indian Independence Day. Leading diaspora body Federation of Indian Associations NY-NJ-CT-NE (FIA) said at a curtain-raiser...

Unnao: Eighteen people were killed and 19 injured when a double-decker sleeper bus headed for Delhi hit a milk tanker on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway here Wednesday, officials said. The accident occurred around 5am near Jojikot village in Behta Mujhawar police station area. District Magistrate Gaurang...

Moscow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday departed for Austria after a fruitful two-day visit to Russia during which the two countries discussed ways to further shore up bilateral cooperation in sectors such as energy, trade, manufacturing and fertilisers. Prime Minister Modi Monday began a high-profile...

New Delhi/Moscow: India and Russia Wednesday agreed to boost bilateral trade to over USD 100 billion by 2030 by reinvigorating investments, using national currencies for trade and increasing cooperations in sectors ranging from energy to agriculture and infrastructure. In the joint statement issued following the...

New Delhi/ Keonjhar: The Supreme Court Tuesday sought the Odisha government's response on a plea for premature release of a "repenting" Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh, who is serving life sentence for the ghastly killing of Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor...

Jammu: An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in a remote forest area in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district Tuesday, officials said. The gunfight started when security forces launched a search and cordon operation in Ghadi Bhagwah forest following information about the presence...

Moscow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was Tuesday officially conferred the 'Order of St Andrew the Apostle' award by Russian President Vladimir Putin for his contribution to fostering bilateral ties between the two countries. In a special ceremony in St. Andrew Hall in the Kremlin, President...

New Delhi: The CBI has arrested two more persons, including a candidate, from Patna in connection with the alleged leakage of NEET-UG paper, taking the total number of arrests by the agency to 11, officials said Tuesday. NEET-UG aspirant Sunny who hails from Nalanda and...