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New Delhi: The Iranian embassy in India Sunday urged governments around the world to strongly condemn the US-Israel attack on Iran and the killing of its Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In a statement, the mission expressed its "profound sorrow and grief" over Khamenei's death....

New Delhi:  At least 17 persons were killed in a massive blast at an explosives factory in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district Sunday, police said. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) expressed grief over the tragedy and announced financial assistance for the victims. In a post on X,...

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress protested in Hasnabad of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas over "targeted" deletion of names from the final voters' list, police said Sunday. Trinamool Congress's local leaders and activists burnt tyres on the road and raised slogans against the Election Commission of...

New Delhi: Indian badminton star PV Sindhu described a frightening ordeal after an explosion occurred close to the area where she and her team were sheltering at Dubai International Airport, forcing them to move to a safer location. Sindhu was travelling to Birmingham for the...

Kolkata: Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen figures on the post-SIR list electoral rolls for West Bengal, and his status has been mentioned as 'Non-Resident Indian', a senior official of the Election Commission said Saturday. The development follows a controversy after the poll panel served a...

New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA Saturday advised airlines to avoid airspaces of 11 countries, including Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, till March 2. The countries are Iran, Israel, Lebanon, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and Qatar. Many airspaces are already shut in the...

Kolkata: Around 63.66 lakh names, nearly 8.3 per cent of the electorate, have been deleted in West Bengal since the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) began in November last year, bringing down the total number of voters in the state to over 7.04 crore ahead of...

New Delhi: As a joint military strike by the US and Israel on Iran triggered fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East, India Saturday urged all parties to exercise maximum restraint and avoid escalation, emphasising that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all...

New Delhi: Above-normal number of heatwave days are expected over most parts of the country between March and May, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its monthly forecast Saturday. These parts include West Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, south and east Maharashtra, east Uttar Pradesh,...

Amaravati: At least 20 people were killed and 15 others injured in a massive explosion in a firecracker manufacturing unit near Samarlakota in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh Saturday.​ The incident occurred around 2 pm at Suryashri Fireworks, near the Godavari canal in Vetlapalem, in...