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New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear November 3 the case concerning stray dogs in which it had directed the chief secretaries of all the states and Union Territories, except West Bengal and Telangana, to remain present before it. While hearing the matter...

Hyderabad: In a shocking incident, a man in Telangana’s Vikarabad district murdered three of his family members, including his wife and daughter, before committing suicide, police said Sunday. The incident occurred at Kulkacherla village on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. Police said Vepuri...

New Delhi: Flagging the issue of air pollution in Delhi, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta to intervene and take immediate steps for clearing the "filthy smog" people are breathing....

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, along with Kanhaiya Kumar and Independent MP Pappu Yadav, are among the party's 40 star campaigners for the second phase of the Bihar assembly polls. AICC in-charge of...

New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to launch the Indian Navy’s GSAT-7R (CMS-03) communication satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh Sunday, which would strengthen the Navy’s space-based communications and maritime domain awareness capabilities. This would be...

Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough, the Odisha Crime Branch Saturday arrested the alleged mastermind of the Sub-Inspector (SI) recruitment examination scam, Shankar Prusty, from Uttarakhand near the Nepal border, officials said. According to a source, Prusty had been absconding since the scam surfaced and was...

Kasibugga (Andhra Pradesh): At least nine people -- eight women and a boy -- were killed and many others injured in a temple stampede in Kasibugga of Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district Saturday, said an official. However, Srikakulam District Collector Swapnil Dinkar Pundkar earlier put the...

New Delhi: The Election Commission ordered the transfer of Patna's Superintendent of Police (Rural) and disciplinary action against three other officials Saturday following campaign violence in Bihar's Mokama that resulted in the death of gangster-turned-politician Dular Chand Yadav. The incident occurred Thursday in Mokama, which...

New Delhi: The Indian armed forces will soon conduct Exercise Trishul, a tri-service drill in the western sector designed to enhance synergy and interoperability among the three services for integrated operations across varied terrain and mission profiles. Exercise Trishul exemplifies India's resolve to safeguard its borders...

Kolkata: A youth was beaten to death by members of a local club in the Kamarpukur area of West Bengal’s Hooghly district, allegedly for eating three boiled eggs during a social gathering, the police said on Saturday. The death of the 26-year-old youth has triggered...