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Bijapur (Chhattisgarh): Twelve Naxalites and three personnel of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), a specialized unit of the state police, were killed in a fierce encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district Wednesday, officials said. Two other DRG jawans suffered injuries in the gunfight, they said, adding...

Bhubaneswar: TMP MP Mahua Moitra Wednesday alleged that four Bengali-speaking Indians were “thrown out” of Nayagrah district in BJP-ruled Odisha since they are Bengalis. The Odiaha Police denied the charge and said it has set no deadline or asked any person to leave Nayagarh district...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday allowed on "humanitarian grounds" the entry of a pregnant woman and her eight-year-old child into India, months after they were pushed into Bangladesh. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi asked the West Bengal government...

New Delhi: Government Wednesday withdrew its directive requiring smartphone makers to pre-install a state-run cybersecurity application on all new devices, as it moved to quell rising concerns that the measure could have compromised user privacy or enabled surveillance. The Sanchar Saathi app, which the government...

Mumbai: IndiGo has cancelled over 70 flights, including those from Bengaluru and Mumbai airports Wednesday, mainly due to crew shortages, sources said. Scores of IndiGo flights were delayed at various airports, as the carrier struggled to get the crew for operating its flights, sources added....

New Delhi: Several Opposition MPs, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, protested Wednesday against the new labour codes in Parliament House complex and demanded their scrapping. MPs of the Congress, DMK, TMC, Left parties, among others, participated...

New Delhi: Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi Wednesday claimed that since coming to power, the Modi government has displayed a particularly "venal streak of cynicism" in relation to environmental protection, while alleging that it has now "nearly signed a death warrant" for the Aravalli...

A senior Congress leader posted an AI-generated video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on X, showing him selling tea on what appears to be a red carpet. In the clip, Modi is seen holding a kettle and a glass, with flags of several countries, including...

New Delhi: Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Wednesday said snooping is neither possible nor will it happen with the Sanchar Saathi safety app, amid a row over his ministry's order asking smartphone makers to preload the state-run cybersecurity app on all new devices. In the Lok...

New Delhi: India and the UAE are taking major steps to make travel smoother and strengthen legal cooperation, marking a new phase in their fast-growing strategic partnership. Both countries are focusing on easier visas, faster extradition and closer coordination between their legal systems. The aim...