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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...

Jammu: Massive search operations continued Thursday in forest belts of different districts of Jammu and Kashmir to track down and neutralise terrorists involved in recent attacks in the union territory, officials said. Police joined the paramilitary forces in searches in the Narwal bypass area on...

New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Thursday rejected allegations of paper leak in the medical entrance exam NEET-UG, saying there is no evidence to substantiate the claims and added that the government is ensuring no student is at a disadvantage. The results of the...

Mumbai: In a chilling incident, a Mumbai doctor who ordered ice-cream online, was stunned to find what he alleged was a severed piece of a human finger in it, sending officials into a tizzy. The shocker happened Wednesday when Dr Brendan Serrao, asked his sister...

Lucknow: More than her own Bahujan Samaj Party’s stunning defeat in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections, it is the emergence of Chandra Shekhar Aazad of Azad Samaj Party that has rattled BSP President Mayawati. Chandra Shekhar Aazad won the Nagina reserved Lok Sabha seat...

New Delhi: As the National Democratic Alliance's allies aired their grievances over the appointment of Agniveers under the Agnipath scheme, the Centre has expressed its willingness to address the ‘lacunae’ and also promised to make amends in the short-term recruitment to the Armed Forces. It...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar Thursday filed papers as an NCP candidate for Rajya Sabha elections. In the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections, Sunetra Pawar lost from the Baramati constituency, where her sister-in-law Supriya Sule registered her fourth consecutive win. “The...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday directed the Delhi government to approach the Upper Yamuna River Board (UYRB) for water supply as Himachal Pradesh took a U-turn and told the top court that it did not have surplus water to spare. A vacation bench of...