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Mumbai: The death toll in the Virar building collapse in Maharashtra has risen to 17, officials confirmed Thursday, as search and rescue efforts entered the second day. The tragic incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday when the rear portion of the Ramabai Apartment...

Patna: The Bihar Police Headquarters Thursday issued a statewide high alert after intelligence inputs suggested the entry of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operatives into the state through the Nepal border. According to a senior official of Bihar Police, three suspected terrorists -- Hasnain Ali (Rawalpindi), Adil...

Hyderabad: Following the unprecedented heavy rain in Kamareddy and adjoining districts and the resultant damage to the National Highway 44 (Nagpur Highway), authorities have diverted traffic proceeding from Hyderabad towards Adilabad. Cyberabad Police said traffic diversions have been put in place to ensure public safety...

New Delhi: The government Thursday extended duty-free import of cotton by three more months till December 31 to support textile exporters facing steep 50 per cent tariffs in the US. Earlier, August 18, the Finance Ministry had allowed duty exemption on cotton imports from August...

Raipur: Four Maoists, including three women, were neutralised by security forces Wednesday near the Gadchiroli-Narayanpur (Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh) border, following a prolonged operation that lasted nearly eight hours. Acting on intelligence inputs about Maoist presence in Koparshi village close to the Chhattisgarh border, the C-60 unit of...

Patna: The Election Commission of India (ECI) Wednesday claimed that apart from CPI-ML, no other political party has formally lodged objections regarding the draft voters' list published under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar. In an official statement issued by Apurva Kumar Singh, Assistant...

New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan Wednesday released joint doctrines for Special Forces and Airborne and Heliborne Operations during the tri-service seminar 'Rann Samvad' held at the Army War College in Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, Madhya Pradesh. He was joined by Navy...

Noida: In a fresh twist to the high-profile Greater Noida dowry death case, Nikki Bhati's sister-in-law, Meenakshi, has alleged that she was physically assaulted and humiliated by Nikki's family members over dowry demands. Meenakshi said she got married to Nikki's elder brother Rohit in 2016...

Jammu: After record rains wreaked havoc in Jammu and Kashmir over the past two days, the death toll in related incidents rose to 36, most of them victims of the landslide on a Vaishno Devi pilgrimage route, while there was some let-up in the showers...

New Delhi: In a change of strategy, the Voter Adhikar Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other Mahagathbandhan leaders in Bihar will now conclude with a march in Patna instead of a rally September 1, with top leaders of the alliance addressing at...