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Leh: An uneasy calm prevailed in Ladakh Thursday as police and paramilitary troops strictly enforced a curfew in Leh town, a day after clashes between security personnel and protesters demanding statehood and constitutional protection left four people dead and more than 80 injured. At least...

Guwahati: Assam Police's Special Investigating Team (SIT), probing the death of singer Zubeen Garg, conducted separate raids at the residences of Northeast India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and his manager Siddhartha Sharma Thursday, officials said. An SIT team visited the Geetanagar residence of Mahanta, where...

Bengaluru: Wipro founder chairman Azim Premji has declined Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's request to allow limited vehicular movement through the company's campus in Bengaluru, saying that it is an exclusive private property owned by a listed company, not meant for public thoroughfare. He also said that...

Guwahati: Amid mounting public concern over the probe into the death of Assam’s music icon Zubeen Garg, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Thursday appealed for patience, assuring that justice would be delivered. Talking to reporters, Sarma said the Special Investigation Team (SIT) handling the case...

Leh: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk Thursday said that his imprisonment could create more problems for the government than his freedom and called the home ministry's act of blaming him for recent violent protests in Ladakh a ‘scapegoat tactic’. Reacting to the MHA's statement, which had...

New Delhi: The BJP Thursday made important appointments for key poll-bound states, including for next year, naming Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Bhupender Yadav as its election in-charge of Bihar and West Bengal. The party appointed Baijayant 'Jay' Panda, one of its vice presidents, its...

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced Thursday, its 30th major initiative in the last six months, a new directive aimed at streamlining the vote counting process, particularly for postal ballots. The move, outlined in a press note, seeks to reduce delays and...

New Delhi: The defence ministry Thursday sealed a Rs 62,370 crore deal with Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) to procure 97 Tejas MK-1A light combat aircraft for the Indian Air Force. The signing of the contract came over a month after the Cabinet Committee on Security...

Wayanad: The Wayanad District Congress Committee (DCC) president, N.D. Appachan, Thursday, resigned from his post, a move confirmed by Congress' Kerala president and legislator, Sunny Joseph. The resignation comes at a time when the Wayanad Congress unit has been grappling with internal crises, including the...

New Delhi: Asserting that India needs to demonstrate leadership on the issue of Palestine, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi Thursday slammed the Modi government's stance, saying its response has been characterised by a "profound silence" and an abdication of both humanity and morality. She...