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Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) has claimed that its president Akhilesh Yadav's official Facebook account has been suspended and accused the BJP government of imposing an "undeclared emergency" to suppress every opposing voice. According to sources, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister's account with more...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested the CFO of industrialist Anil Ambani's group company Reliance Power in a money laundering case linked to issuance of an alleged fake bank guarantee of Rs 68 crore, official sources said Saturday. The CFO, Ashok Pal, was...

New Delhi: Kabul will soon send its diplomats to India as part of "step-by-step" efforts to improve bilateral relations, Afghan Foreign Minister Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said Friday even as he asserted the Taliban will not allow anyone to use Afghan soil against...

New Delhi: Backing the ongoing SIR exercise by the Election Commission, Home Minister Amit Shah Friday said inclusion of infiltrators in the voters' list pollutes the spirit of the Constitution and asserted that voting rights should only be available to the citizens of the country....

New Delhi: Supreme Court Friday questioned the Madras High Court for constituting a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the Karur stampede in which 41 people were killed. A bench comprising Justices J K Maheshwari and N V Anjaria wondered how the high court proceeded...

Mumbai: Tata Group-owned Air India Friday said its Delhi-bound flight from Vienna October 9 was diverted to Dubai due to a technical issue. The aircraft landed safely at Dubai and underwent necessary checks, it said in a statement, without sharing specific details. The flight, operated...

New Delhi: Days ahead of Diwali, the Supreme Court Friday said a complete ban on bursting of fire crackers in Delhi-NCR is "neither practical nor ideal" as such restrictions were often violated and balancing of equities is needed. The observations, which hinted towards relaxation of...

Guwahati: Two personal security officers (PSOs) of Zubeen Garg were arrested Friday in connection with the singer's death in Singapore last month, an official said. Nandeswar Bora and Prabin Baishya, deputed by the government as part of Garg's security detail, were suspended by the Assam...

Mumbai: India's foreign exchange reserves stood at $699.96 billion for the week ended Oct 3, data released by the RBI Friday showed. Foreign currency assets, a major component of the reserves, stood at $577.71 billion during the week. Expressed in dollar terms, the foreign currency...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday gave the Centre four weeks to file its response on a batch of pleas seeking restoration of statehood to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran...