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New Delhi: The Lok Sabha will elect its new Speaker June 26 for which notices for motions supporting candidates can be submitted by members by 12 noon a day prior, the Lok Sabha secretariat said Thursday. The 18th Lok Sabha will meet for the first...

Tumakuru (Karnataka): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara Thursday said the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), probing the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) case against former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, has issued notice asking him to appear before it for questioning, and he...

Gangtok: At least six people were killed and 1,500-odd tourists stranded as massive landslides triggered by incessant rainfall caused devastation in northern Sikkim's Mangan district, officials said Thursday. A newly-constructed bailey bridge at Sangkalang collapsed snapping the link between Mangan with Dzongu and Chungthang. Landslides...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday left for Italy -- his first overseas visit after assuming office for the third consecutive term -- to attend the Group of Seven (G7) Summit being held in Apulia. PM Modi will be attending the G7 Summit's Outreach...

Jammu: J&K Police has detained 53 people for questioning in connection with the Sunday terrorist attack on a bus of pilgrims near the Shivkhori Temple in Reasi district, that left nine people dead, officials said, Police said that the "detentions were made following an intensive...

New Delhi: Ajit Doval as NSA and PK Mishra as Principal Secretary, both retired bureaucrats, are set to become the longest-serving advisors to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Ajit Doval has been reappointed as the National Security Advisor (NSA) for a third term and he will...

Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat Monday expressed concern over the situation in the strife-torn northeastern state of Manipur, which has been largely affected by unrest since May 3 last year. This was his first remarks on the Manipur issue over which the...

Nagpur: Six workers including five women were killed and three injured in a blast at an explosives manufacturing factory near Nagpur city Thursday afternoon, police said. The incident took place around 1pm at Chamundi Explosive Pvt Ltd at Dhamna village under Hingna police station limits,...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday directed the officials to deploy a full spectrum of counter-terror capabilities after chairing a review meeting on the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, in the wake of multiple terror attacks in the last four days. The topmost...

Ranchi: The Enforcement Directorate has arrested an alleged broker in connection with a land grab-linked money laundering case against former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren and some others, official sources said. According to them, 39-year-old Shekhar Prasad Mahto alias Sehkhar Kushwaha was arrested Wednesday under...