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Aizawl: The Border Security Force (BSF), in a joint operation with the Excise and Narcotics Department of Mizoram, has seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets and heroin, worth over Rs 4.79 crore and arrested four drug peddlers, including two Myanmar nationals, Saturday, officials said. A BSF...

Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) Saturday once again cautioned District Magistrates in West Bengal against the involvement of contractual state government employees in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR). On behalf of the ECI, an Additional Chief Electoral Officer had sent a note...

New Delhi: The Delhi Crime Branch has uncovered a major international arms smuggling network linked to Pakistan's ISI and arrested four key members of the gang, officials said Saturday. According to investigators, the group was responsible for supplying high-end pistols manufactured in Turkey and China,...

New Delhi: Chinese nationals will now be able to apply for tourist visas for India through Indian missions and consulates around the world as the two countries step up efforts to rebuild ties following the resolution of the eastern Ladakh military stand-off. In July, India...

Patna: The Home portfolio of Bihar, which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar kept with himself all through his nearly 20-year-long tenure, has been given to his deputy, BJP leader Samrat Chowdhury, this time, according to an official notification issued Friday. On the other hand, the Finance...

New Delhi: In a verdict aimed at safeguarding the world's oldest mountain systems, the Supreme Court has accepted a uniform definition of the Aravalli Hills and Ranges and banned grant of fresh mining leases inside its areas spanning Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat until experts'...

Alappuzha: In a touching display of love and determination, a young couple from Kerala's Alappuzha went ahead with their wedding Friday, not in a decorated auditorium, but in a hospital room after the bride was injured in a road accident nearly an hour before the...

New Delhi/Dubai: The pilot of a Tejas fighter jet of the Indian Air Force was killed Friday after the indigenous multi-role Light Combat Aircraft crashed in a ball of fire during an aerial display at the Dubai Air Show. It was for the second time...

New Delhi: In a historic decision, the government Friday announced the implementation of the four Labour Codes, which rationalised 29 existing labour laws, with immediate effect. The four labour codes are: the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday agreed to hear a batch of pleas challenging the Election Commission's decision to conduct Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and other states. A bench of Justices Surya Kant, SVN Bhatti and Joymalya Bagchi issued notice...