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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday declared two of the worst-affected regions in Chhattisgarh free from Naxal terror. He stated that while those willing to surrender are welcome, those who continue to wield guns will face the full force of the security forces....

New Delhi: India stated Thursday that it is "broad-basing and diversifying" its energy sourcing to meet market conditions. The announcement came hours after US President Donald Trump claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured him India would stop buying Russian crude oil. External Affairs...

Imphal: Security forces in Manipur have arrested six militants belonging to different banned outfits and seized drugs worth Rs 7.26 crore, besides apprehending six drug peddlers in separate operations conducted over the past 24 hours, officials said Thursday. A senior police official said that the...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar, Thursday said the United Nations continues to mirror the world of 1945 rather than the realities of 2025, stressing that the need for reform has become urgent. However, he noted that the process of reform is being...

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Thursday slammed the Centre over US President Donald Trump's claim that India will stop buying oil from Russia. The Congress leader's reaction comes even as the Centre is yet to respond to Trump's...

Bengaluru: Infosys founder Narayana Murthy and his wife, author Sudha Murty, have declined to participate in the ongoing controversial Socio-Economic and Academic Survey, commonly known as the caste census, being conducted by the Congress-led government in Karnataka. Both submitted a self-attested letter to the Karnataka...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is set to hear Thursday a clutch of petitions challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. As per the causelist published on the website of...

Kolkata: The Election Commission of India has directed the immediate replacement of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) for 79 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal as their selections have violated the ECI-mandated criteria. A communication on this count has already been sent to the West Bengal government...

LehJammu: Authorities Wednesday lifted the restrictions in Leh district of Ladakh, 22 days after they were imposed following violence during the statehood protests that left four people dead and over 80 others injured. The district administration had September 24 promulgated prohibitory orders under Section 163...

Guwahati: Assam Police Wednesday resorted to a lathi-charge to disperse an agitated mob that hurled stones at vehicles carrying five accused arrested in the cultural icon Zubeen Garg's death case as they were being brought to Baksa Central Jail, police said. A few people, including...