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New Delhi: In a major development, security forces neutralised a top female Naxalite leader in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district. The deceased has been identified as Rupi, an Area Committee Member (ACM) in the Naxalite hierarchy. A bounty of Rs 5 lakh had been...

Kolkata: A popular Hindi film industry number featuring superstars Aamir Khan and Madhuri Dixit has become the tool of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to spread the message of the Commission’s determination to ensure free and fair and violence-free elections in the forthcoming two-phase...

Surendranagar: Seven members of a pilgrim group from the Bharwad community were killed and several others injured after a speeding truck ran over them on the Lakhtar-Viramgam highway in Gujarat's Surendranagar district in the early hours of Monday. The accident took place between Chharad and...

Raipur/Nuapada: In a significant breakthrough in the ongoing fight against Left-Wing Extremism, security forces have recovered a large cache of explosives and bomb-making materials from the dense Dhekunpani forest along the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border, successfully thwarting a potential major terror strike in the region. A team...

Noida: A protest by workers in Phase 2 of Noida in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddha Nagar escalated into violence Monday, as demonstrators demanding a salary hike clashed with authorities and vandalised property outside a private company. The agitation, which had been ongoing for the past...

Mathura: The death toll in the Mathura boat accident has risen to 15 after rescue teams recovered two more bodies of missing persons from the Yamuna River, officials said Monday. One of the deceased has been identified as Yash Bhalla, also known as Yuvraj, a...

Guwahati: Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) leader and candidate Kunki Chowdhury appeared before Panbazar Police Station in Guwahati Sunday in connection with a case related to alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) during the ongoing Assembly elections in Assam. According to police sources,...

New Delhi: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju Sunday told Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge that delaying implementation of the Women's Reservation Act is nothing but delaying justice to millions of women and asked the principal opposition party to rise above politics and come forward to support its...

New Delhi: All Indian seafarers in the Gulf and West Asia region are safe, and no incident involving Indian-flagged vessels has been reported in the past 24 hours, the government said Sunday. The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, through the Directorate General of Shipping...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will Monday a plea by former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and others discharged in the liquor policy case, seeking the recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing a CBI petition against the trial court decision. The AAP leader...