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Siwan (Bihar): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday slammed the RJD for allegedly insulting Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar and asserted that the people of Bihar would not tolerate any disrespect to the Dalit icon. At a rally in Siwan district, which marked his fifth visit this...

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spent nearly Rs 1,494 crore, accounting for 44.56 per cent of the total election expenditure, during the 2024 Lok Sabha election, poll rights body the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said on Friday. The Congress followed next with...

New Delhi: The Aviation Industry Employees’ Guild (AIEG) general secretary, George Abraham, Friday demanded a CBI probe into the sacking of two cabin crew members by Air India for reporting a technical fault in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Abraham told IANS that they have...

Guwahati: Amid heightened communal sensitivities following Eid celebrations, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has issued stern instructions to district administrations across the state to strictly enforce the Assam Cattle Preservation Act. The directive comes in the wake of multiple incidents involving the recovery of...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) Friday urged Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai to take suo motu cognisance of the summons issued to a senior advocate by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over a legal opinion rendered to a client. In a...

New Delhi: After a report claimed that two senior Air India flight attendants were sacked as they refused to change their statement on a technical glitch in the door of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner last year, the airline Friday said the said cabin crew members...

New Delhi: Crude oil prices eased in the global market Friday, with the benchmark Brent crude futures trading 2 per cent lower at $77.24 a barrel, amid reports that President Donald Trump would take another two weeks to decide on whether the US will intervene...

Ahmedabad: In the aftermath of the tragic Air India crash, the Gujarat Health Department said Friday that DNA matches have been confirmed for 220 victims, with an equal number of relatives contacted In an updated status on the identification and handover of mortal remains, the...

Kolkata: Nine people, all from Jharkhand, were killed in a horrific road accident in Purulia district of West Bengal Friday morning. The accident took place after the passenger vehicle in which the nine passengers were travelling had a head-on collision with a trailer-truck coming from...

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...