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Raipur: An ongoing encounter between security forces and Maoist insurgents in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district has led to the neutralisation of one female Maoist operative, with reports suggesting the possibility of more casualties. The exchange of fire erupted Friday morning in the dense forested hills between...

New Delhi: Former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia Friday appeared before the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) for questioning in an alleged graft case related to the construction of classrooms in government schools here, officials said. The ACB had summoned AAP leaders Sisodia and Satyendar Jain...

New Delhi:  The beleaguered Air India cancelled at least eight flights on domestic and international routes, citing maintenance as the reason. “Flights have been cancelled due to enhanced maintenance and operational reasons,” the airline said in a statement, which has been grappling with several disruptions...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police detained several Congress workers ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state Friday. Among those put under preventive detention are Syed Yashir Nawaz, general secretary of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC), and four other youth leaders. They are currently being...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin his two-day visit to Bihar, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh from Friday to inaugurate a slew of projects and attend a mass yoga session on the International Day of Yoga. PM Modi will visit Siwan in Bihar Friday...

Mumbai: Air India Thursday said flights will be reduced on 16 international routes and suspended on 3 overseas destinations between June 21 and July 15. The Tata Group-owned airline, grappling with disruptions following the fatal plane crash June 12 in Ahmedabad, said the objective is...

Kolkata: Former Calcutta High Court judge and BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay has been shifted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi via an air ambulance Thursday after his health deteriorated. June 14, the BJP MP was admitted to a private hospital in...

New Delhi: A joint exercise between the militaries of India and France, aimed at enhancing operational coordination and focused on joint operations in a sub-conventional environment, began Thursday, officials said. The eighth edition of the biennial Indo-French 'Exercise Shakti' commenced at Camp Larzac, La Cavalerie...

Thiruvananthapuram: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor Thursday reminded the US of Pakistan's role in sheltering Osama bin Laden, saying he hoped Washington used the meeting between Donald Trump and Pakistan's Army General Asim Munir to tell Islamabad not to support terrorism. The Congress MP made the...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Civil Aviation Thursday clarified that no decision has been taken as yet on sending abroad the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) or the digital flight data recorder (DFDR) of the crashed AI171 flight for retrieval and analysis. "It has been reported...