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New Delhi: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Friday virtually oversaw the key breakthrough of a 1.5-km-long tunnel of the bullet train project in Maharashtra's Palghar district from Rail Bhawan in the national capital with chants of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai!’ "The 1.5-km-long mountain tunnel is among...

Khargone: At least 200 parrots have died on the banks of the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district due to food poisoning, officials said Friday. The carcasses were found in the last four days near an aqueduct bridge on the riverbank in the Badwah...

New Delhi: India’s first bullet train project has once again come into focus after Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that the country is likely to witness the launch of its first high-speed rail service August 15, 2027. The announcement drew reactions from various political...

Indore: Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava Friday said he has received information about 10 deaths due to a diarrhoea outbreak caused by contaminated water in the Bhagirathpura area of the city. However, local residents have claimed that 14 individuals, including a six-month-old infant, have died due...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday granted bail to three accused in the 2024 Pune Porsche accident case that claimed two lives, while observing that parents are to be blamed for such incidents involving juveniles. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan observed...

Nagpur: Hindu spiritual leader Jagadguru Rambhadracharya has slammed Hindi film superstar Shah Rukh Khan over the IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), co-owned by him, signing a Bangladeshi cricketer amid atrocities on Hindus in the neighbouring country. Asked about the KKR signing Bangladeshi pacer Mustafizur...

Kolkata: A total of 263 people were arrested and around 1,301 cases were filed for traffic violations during the New Year's celebrations in Kolkata, police said Thursday. According to Kolkata Police sources, to maintain law and order on the New Year's Eve, an active operation...

New Delhi: In the financial year 2025-26, till the end of December, the defence ministry has signed capital contracts amounting to Rs 1.82 lakh crore for the modernisation of the armed forces, the government said Thursday. Also, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has approved capital...

New Delhi: Southern and central India are expected to witness good rainfall from January to March, while the northwest region comprising Punjab and Haryana is likely to get below-normal showers, the weather office said Thursday. However, the mixed rains forecast was unlikely to have an...

Bengaluru: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, has frozen Proceeds of Crime (PoC) worth approximately Rs 192 crore held by ZO Games Pvt Ltd, a wholly-owned Indian subsidiary of WinZo Pvt Ltd, in connection with an alleged online real money gaming scam. The...