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Mumbai: Mumbai Police Thursday rescued 19 persons, including 17 children, from a studio in Powai area, while the man who had held them hostage succumbed to bullet injuries sustained during the operation, officials said. Rohit Arya (50), who released a video statement during the hostage...

New Delhi: India Thursday said its crude oil purchases are based on securing energy security from diverse sources at affordable prices, and it is studying the implications of the latest US sanctions on Russian oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft. The remarks by External Affairs Ministry...

New Delhi: Justice Surya Kant was Thursday appointed as the 53rd Chief Justice of India and he will assume charge November 24. The Department of Justice in the Union Law Ministry issued a notification announcing his appointment. Justice Surya Kant succeeds Justice Bhushan R Gavai,...

New Delhi: Indian authorities have sought fresh details from the US based on the interrogation of 2611 Mumbai terror accused Tahawwur Rana, officials said Thursday. On a request from the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the 2008 terror attack case, India has invoked...

Mumbai: More than 20 children held hostage by a man inside a studio in Mumbai's Powai area were safely rescued by police and fire brigade teams Thursday, an official said. "All the children are safe," said joint commissioner of police Satyanarayan. The man, identified as...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday said that it will hear November 4 a batch of transferred petitions challenging an online gaming law which prohibits "online money games" and bars banking services and advertising related to them. A bench comprising justices J B Pardiwala and...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that insurance companies cannot deny compensation to accident victims merely because there was a deviation in the route of the vehicle involved, and that it was in violation of the permit. A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and...

New Delhi: India Thursday said it remained fully committed to the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independence of Afghanistan. New Delhi's assertion came amid an escalating conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Pakistan is infuriated with Afghanistan exercising sovereignty over its own territories. Pakistan seems to think...

New Delhi: The US has granted India a six-month waiver from American sanctions on the Chabahar port project, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Thursday. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal also said that India's talks with the US for a trade deal are continuing. At...

Bengaluru: Bengaluru police have arrested a couple on charges of ramming their car into a bike and killing one of the riders in a road rage incident. The case was reported from the Puttenahalli police station limits in Bengaluru. The deceased has been identified as...