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Kozhikode: V. Srinivasan, husband of Rajya Sabha member and Indian Olympic Association President P.T. Usha, passed away in the early hours of Friday. Srinivasan collapsed at his residence in Payyoli in Kerala's Kozhikode district and was immediately rushed to a nearby private hospital. However, doctors...

Kalma (Chhattisgarh): Activists and members of Mahanadi Bachao Andolan Thursday visited the Kalma Barrage in Chhattisgarh, staged a protest and attempted to dismantle the sand embankment constructed over the barrage downstream, highlighting the serious concerns over restricted water flow in the Mahanadi. The team, led...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday said Odisha has been making steady progress and is on the path of inclusive and sustainable growth as evident from the Economic Survey of India 2025-26. Majhi made the statement based on the Economic Survey tabled in Parliament...

New Delhi: Palestine Thursday urged India to play an active role in the reconstruction of war-ravaged Gaza and to support the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin said Gaza needs urgent assistance in view of widespread...

New Delhi: India must focus on building enduring national capabilities and economic sovereignty in the face of shrinking space for rules-based trading, anti-immigrant stance, weaponisation of energy sources and growing use of export controls in critical sectors, the Economic Survey said Thursday. It said the...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court's stay on the recent UGC equity regulations on preventing caste-based discrimination on campuses was largely welcomed by opposition parties Thursday, with leaders from the BSP, Congress and TMC welcoming it, while the CPI(ML) Liberation said it is "deeply appalled" by...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday issued summons to late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's wife Priya Kapur and others on a lawsuit by his mother seeking directions to declare the family Trust "null and void". In her lawsuit, 80-year-old Rani Kapur has alleged that the...

Baramati: As Maharashtra mourns, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has intensified its probe into the plane crash in which Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar died. Preliminary reports suggest poor visibility and the lack of advanced navigational aids at the Baramati airstrip as potential factors....

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court is set to pronounce its verdict in the defamation suit filed by Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sameer Wankhede against Hindi film industry actor Shah Rukh Khan’s production house Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt Ltd and OTT platform Netflix over...

Kolkata: The toll in the fire near Kolkata January 26 has risen to 21 with 13 more bodies found from gutted buildings, while 28 people are still missing, raising fears that the number of fatalities is likely to increase, the police said Thursday. The authorities...