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Goalpara (Assam): Assam government Sunday began an eviction drive to clear alleged encroachment on 1,140 bighas (over 376 acres) of forest land in Goalpara district, affecting nearly 600 families, officials said. According to Goalpara District Commissioner Prodip Timung, the exercise is going "on peacefully" to...

Port Blair: An earthquake of 5.4 magnitude was recorded in the Andaman Sea Sunday, the National Centre for Seismology said. The tremor was felt in parts of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but there was no immediate report of any loss of life or damage...

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Sunday arrested three terrorists linked with ISIS from Ahmedabad for conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks across the country. According to the Gujarat ATS, the arrested individuals had been on its radar for the past year, and were arrested...

New Delhi: Stepping up its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Vande Mataram row, the Congress Sunday claimed that the PM has insulted the Congress Working Committee of 1937, which issued a statement on the song, as also Rabindranath Tagore, and said he...

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will Monday inaugurate the 22nd annual conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association India Region Zone-III in Kohima. The two-day conference would see the participation of presiding officers and lawmakers from eight northeastern states. Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio,...

Haflong: Three students from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Silchar, drowned in a waterfall in Assam's Dima Hasao district, officials said Sunday. The incident took place at the Bulchol (Hmunthajao) waterfall, located in Bolsom Bagan of Harangajao Saturday afternoon, they said. "The tragic mishap...

New Delhi: Vice President CP Radhakrishnan will visit Karnataka Sunday, marking his maiden visit to the state after assuming office in September, an official said. During the visit to the southern state, the Vice President will participate in the Commemoration of Parampujya Acharya Shri 108...

New Delhi: Delhi-NCR woke up to a thick blanket of smog Sunday as the Air Quality Index (AQI) plunged into the 'very poor' category across several parts of the city. In some areas, the situation was even grimmer, as AQI readings slipped into the 'severe'...

Srinagar: The Counter-Intelligence wing of J&K Police Sunday was raiding five districts in Kashmir in connection with social media misuse by anti-national elements that had the potential to disturb public order. Officials said that the Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) carried out a series of coordinated raids...

Kolkata: The Election Commission of India has launched a crackdown against booth-level officers (BLOs) over the alleged gross irregularities and violations of prescribed norms related to enumeration forms for the Special Intensive Revision in West Bengal. To begin with, sources in the office of the...