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New Delhi: A seemingly simple remark by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has set the political grapevine abuzz, igniting speculation and political commentary. Bhagwat’s comment — that leaders should step aside at 75 — has drawn sharp responses from Congress and Shiv Sena...

New Delhi/Balasore: India Friday successfully test-fired Astra beyond visual air-to-air missile from Su-30 Mk-I aircraft off the coast of Odisha, demonstrating its indigenous defence capabilities. The missile has a range exceeding 100 km and is equipped with state-of-the art guidance and navigation system, officials said....

New Delhi: An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 shook parts of Delhi-NCR Thursday evening, according to initial reports. The tremors were felt around 7:49 pm and the epicentre of the earthquake was at Jhajjar in Haryana. This was the second earthquake that hit the National Capital...

Gurugram: Former state-level tennis player Radhika Yadav was cremated Friday evening, a day after her father allegedly shot her dead at point-blank range, bringing the curtains down on a life cut short cruelly and leaving behind questions aplenty. Deepak Yadav, 49, who confessed to the...

New Delhi: Former chief justices of India, DY Chandrachud and J S Khehar, Friday flagged certain provisions of the constitutional amendment bill for simultaneous elections, including powers it vest with the Election Commission, but rejected the suggestion that the idea falls foul of the Constitution,...

New Delhi: A woman allegedly sought help from two men to get her husband's phone snatched in south Delhi's Sultanpur area to delete intimate photos with her lover stored on the device, an official said Friday. The men allegedly carried out the snatching and had...

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Legislative Council Friday passed a bill which seeks to curb the unlawful activities of Left-wing extremist outfits amid a walkout by the Opposition. The Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill was tabled in the upper house by Yogesh Kadam, Minister of State for...

New Delhi: Switzerland has finally completed the ratification process for a landmark trade deal between India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) that would reduce trade barriers and significantly open up the Indian market to Swiss exports. Swiss Ambassador to India Maya Tissafi described...

Mumbai: Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau's (AAIB) preliminary investigation report on the fatal Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad last month is expected very soon, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said Friday and emphasised that the ministry is ensuring transparency and accountability in the probe....

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has filed a money laundering case against Raja Chakra, a youth leader of the Biju Janta Dal (BJD) in Odisha, to probe charges of financial irregularities worth crores of rupees in transport, mining and liquor businesses linked to him and...