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Fatehpur: A group of women carrying diyas and other material tried to perform puja at a disputed mausoleum site on Kartik Purnima, clambering over barricades and clashing with police when they were stopped, officials said Thursday. Police registered an FIR against 20 women after the...

New Delhi: The Press Information Bureau (PIB) has once again busted Pakistani propaganda circulating on social media, which falsely claimed that an Indian Mi-17 helicopter was recently shot down in Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir. In a fact check issued Thursday, PIB clarified that the viral...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Reliance ADAG Group Chairman, Anil Ambani, again November 14 for questioning in the money laundering case against the conglomerate, according to sources. The development comes close on the heels of ED provisionally attaching over 132 acres of...

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing voting for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections covering 121 seats across 18 districts, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) alleged a ‘deliberate and malicious’ attempt to harm the electoral prospects of the Mahagathbandhan (RJD-Cong-Left alliance). The ‘baseless’ charge received...

Chennai: In a major infrastructure upgrade aimed at eliminating traffic snarls at toll plazas, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is set to introduce a camera-based automatic toll collection system on key stretches of the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway and GST Road. The initiative will...

Patna: A total of 27.65 per cent of 3.75 crore voters exercised their franchise till 11 am in the first phase of the Bihar assembly elections Thursday, an official said. Begusarai district recorded the highest polling percentage so far at 30.37, followed by Lakhisarai (30.32)...

New Delhi: Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the words of wisdom he shared with them after their 2017 World Cup final loss to England, saying that his motivation helped them work even harder and finally lift their maiden trophy....

Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to deal strictly with instances of third parties distributing enumeration forms on behalf of booth-level officers (BLOs) during the ongoing first stage of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, which has started from November...

Patna: Voting for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections was underway in 121 constituencies across 18 districts Thursday, amid tight security arrangements at all polling stations. While the polling started on a moderate note at 7 a.m., Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was...

New Delhi: Intelligence agencies have been flagging concerns about the Dawood Ibrahim syndicate trying to explore routes through South India to further their drug business. The agencies have now learnt that the D-syndicate is tapping into the LTTE's network to take the trade forward. Intercepts...