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Mirzapur/Patna: India Friday reported at least 40 suspected heat-related deaths, 25 of them of staff deployed on Lok Sabha poll duty in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, as heatwave conditions gripped a large swathe of the country. According to officials, heat-related deaths were reported from Odisha (10),...

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court Friday reserved its judgment on the maintainability of cases related to the Krishna Janmasthan-Shahi Idgah dispute in Mathura. Several cases have been filed seeking the "removal" of the Shahi Idgah masjid which stands adjacent to the Krishna temple, with litigants...

Kanyakumari: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the second day of his meditation Friday, performed 'Surya Arghya' at the time of sunrise at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial, here. Modi carried out 'Surya Arghya,' a ritual associated with spiritual practice involving salutations to the Almighty, manifest in...

Pune: A court here Friday sent Pune builder Vishal S Agarwal and his father Surendrakumar B Agarwal to judicial custody for 14 days in connection with the case about threats and abduction of their driver and other charges. The accused are the father and grandfather...

New Delhi: India's economy growth slowed to a four-quarter low of 7.8 per cent in the January-March period, but pushed the annual growth rate for FY24 to 8.2 per cent, mainly on account of good showing by manufacturing, official data showed Friday. The growth propelled...

New Delhi: The Congress has decided not to participate in any Lok Sabha exit poll debates on the television channels and said it does not want to indulge in speculation and slugfest for TRP. Congress spoksperson and media department chairperson Pawan Khera said the voters...

Bengaluru: A court in Bengaluru Friday remanded the suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna to police custody till June 6. The 33-year-old MP, who is the grandson of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, was arrested on his return in the early hours of Friday...

Varanasi/ Chandigarh: Fifty-seven seats across seven states and the Union territory of Chandigarh will go to polls in the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections Saturday that include Varanasi, from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third consecutive term. Polling is...

Mumbai: India has moved 100 metric tonnes of its gold stored in the UK to domestic vaults in FY24, sources said Friday. This is one of the biggest movements of gold undertaken by the country since 1991, when pledging a substantial part of the gold...

New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA Friday issued a show cause notice to Air India for inordinate delay of at least two international flights and failure to take due care of passengers. The show cause notice also comes at a time when passengers of a San...