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Imphal: Two days after a bomb was hurled at a fuel station in Manipur’s Bishnupur district, all petrol pumps across the Manipur Valley region and its adjoining areas were shut down indefinitely Saturday. The shutdown was called by the Manipur Petroleum Dealers Fraternity (MPDF), demanding...

Jaipur/New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate is set to register a money laundering case to probe alleged irregularities worth Rs 2,000 crore in the implementation of the mid-day meal scheme in Rajasthan under the previous Congress government, official sources said Saturday. The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a petition before the Supreme Court alleging that its simultaneous raid and search operations Thursday at the office of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its co-founder, Pratik Jain, were obstructed by the...

Chennai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seized actor-politician Vijay's campaign vehicle as part of its ongoing investigation into the deadly stampede that occurred during his public meeting in Karur September 27 last year, which claimed 41 lives and left several others seriously injured. According...

Jammu: Security forces Saturday recovered an arm/ammunition consignment dropped by a Pakistani drone near the international border (IB) in J&K’s Samba district, officials said. The security forces foiled an attempt by terror handlers operating from across the IB, who dropped an arms consignment for the...

New Delhi: India and the European Union (EU) have reaffirmed the strong political resolve on either side to address pending issues through constructive engagement towards a mutually-beneficial free trade agreement (FTA), an official statement said Saturday. During the latest ministerial-level discussions, both sides emphasised the...

Ayodhya: Sadhus and sants in Ayodhya Saturday welcomed the ban on delivery of non-veg food items within a 15-km radius of the Ram Temple and said that the move should be enforced stringently. Another spiritual leader, Mahamandaleshwar Vishnu Das said, “Devotees who come to the...

New Delhi: Three more accused have been arrested in the Turkman Gate stone-pelting case, bringing the total number of arrests to 16, Delhi Police said Saturday. The accused have been identified as Mohammad Naved, Mohammad Faiz and Mohammad Ubaidullah. All three are residents of Turkman...

Mumbai: Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed a comprehensive overhaul of trading‑related rules at stock exchanges to consolidate overlapping provisions and ease compliance for market participants. The consultation paper recommended merging overlapping provisions on trading, price bands, circuit breakers, bulk...

New Delhi: The situation in Iran has turned chaotic, and protests have spread across over 100 cities in the country. India is keeping a close watch on the situation as regime instability is rising in Iran. This poses a risk to India’s strategic investment in...