National

New Delhi: The Congress Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to "circumvent" the silence period restrictions with his 48-hour meditation trip from May 30 in violation of the model code of conduct and urged the Election Commission to ensure that it is...

New Delhi: Delhi's Mungeshpur Wednesday logged a maximum of 52.9 degrees Celsius, the highest ever temperature recorded in the city, even as the India Meteorological Department said it is examining sensors and data of the area's weather station for any potential error. The national capital...

New Delhi: The Union government Wednesday started granting citizenship under the CAA in West Bengal, Haryana and Uttarakhand, the Home Ministry said. The applicants in the three states were granted citizenship Wednesday by the respective State Empowered Committee, the ministry said in a statement. The...

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government Wednesday suspended two doctors of state-run Sassoon General Hospital after they were arrested in connection with the alleged manipulation of blood samples of the minor driver involved in the Porsche car crash in Pune. Separately, BJ Medical College and Sassoon Civil...

Bengaluru: A Special Court here Wednesday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, who is facing allegations of sexually abusing several women, in a rape case. The special court for Elected Representative dismissed the bail application moved by his advocate Arun....

Gonda(UP): Two youths were killed and a woman injured after being hit by a vehicle that was allegedly in the cavalcade of BJP candidate from Kaiserganj Karan Bhushan Singh in Gonda Wednesday, police said. Karan Singh is the son of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who...

New Delhi: Delhi's Mungeshpur area Wednesday logged a maximum of 52.3 degree Celsius, the highest ever temperature recorded in the city, officials said. The weather station Tuesday in the northwest Delhi locality recorded 49.9 degrees Celsius. A day later, the temperature rose further with the...

Aizawl: A day after 25 bodies were recovered from debris caused by massive landslides due to incessant rain across Mizoram, rescue operations continued Wednesday to locate missing persons, an official report said. According to the morning bulletin of the Mizoram State Disaster Management Authority (MSDMA),...

Srinagar: The Army Wednesday rebutted allegations that its soldiers had beaten up some policemen in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kupwara district. An Army statement said, “An altercation between police and Army personnel and beating up therein of police personnel are misfounded and incorrect. Minor differences between...

Bijapur: Two Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district Wednesday, police said. The gunfight took place in a forest under Madded police station limits when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal operation, a senior police...