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New Delhi: India continues its steady rise on the Human Development Index (HDI), ranking 130 out of 193 countries in the 2025 Human Development Report (HDR) released Tuesday by the UN Development Programme. Between 2022 and 2023, India improved its HDI ranking from 133 to...

Jammu: Four people were killed while 42 others were injured Tuesday in a bus accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Poonch district. Officials said that a bus carrying passengers met with an accident near Ghani Mendhar in Poonch district Tuesday. “Two passengers died on the...

New Delhi: Slamming Mallikarjun Kharge for alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled his trip to Jammu and Kashmir due to an adverse intelligence report days before the Pahalgam attack last month, the BJP said the Congress president could not have made a more irresponsible...

Ranchi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had cancelled his Kashmir visit after "receiving an intelligence report three days before" the Pahalgam terror attack last month. He also claimed that the Centre accepted "intelligence failure" in an all-party meeting and...

Bhopal: After decades of lingering uncertainty, the disposal of "307 tonnes of toxic waste" (earlier 347 tonnes) from the infamous Bhopal gas tragedy has begun in Pithampur. The Madhya Pradesh High Court had already issued directives in this regard earlier. "The process began from evening...

New Delhi: The Election Commission Tuesday held an interaction with Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati here, its first meeting with a political party as part of an initiative to push for greater and regular engagement with different stakeholders. BSP's national general secretary Satish Chandra Misra...

New Delhi: Close to 300 'civil defence districts' with sensitive installations like nuclear plants, military bases, refineries, and hydroelectric dams will be covered by mock drills on air-raid warning sirens, civilian training for a "hostile attack" and cleaning of bunkers and trenches. How to conduct...

Imphal: Security forces have arrested 12 more militants, including a woman cadre, of different outfits and recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition in Manipur during the past 24 hours, officials said Tuesday. A police spokesman said that of the 12 militants apprehended, 11...

Jammu: A 26-year-old Pakistani intruder was arrested along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district Tuesday, officials said. The arrest came amid a diplomatic flare-up between India and Pakistan and almost daily ceasefire violations on the borders in the aftermath of the...

New Delhi: Road accident victims all over India will be entitled for cashless treatment of up to Rs 1.5 lakh for the first seven days at designated hospitals, said a notification issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) issued Tuesday. According to...