National

Kohima: Nagaland Police have busted an organised sex trafficking network operating in Kohima, rescuing a minor girl and arresting nine people, including key masterminds, an official statement said. The operation was initiated after an FIR was registered suo motu by Kohima Women police station, following...

New Delh: The BJP Saturday flayed Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over his remarks on placement of the National Emblem at Srinagar's Hazratbal mosque and demanded an apology from him, Rahul Gandhi, and other opposition INDIA bloc leaders for "insulting" India's identity and...

New Delhi:  With the Vice-Presidential election drawing closer, BJP MPs have begun a series of workshops at the GMC Balayogi Auditorium in the Parliament complex, scheduled for Sunday and Monday. The sessions are designed to focus on legislative skills, governance strategies, and political communication. The...

Shillong: Meghalaya Police have busted a major cross-border motorcycle theft racket with the arrest of 17 people, including 10 Bangladeshi nationals, officials said Sunday. The gang, according to police, used to steal two-wheelers from Shillong and other areas of the state and smuggle them across...

Chaibasa: A Maoist carrying a reward of Rs 10 lakh on his head was gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Jharkhand's Chaibasa, officials confirmed Sunday. The encounter broke out in the Saranda forest under the Goilkera police station in West Singhbhum district,...

Kolkata: With the first phase of written examination for fresh recruitment for teaching jobs in state-run schools in West Bengal to be conducted Sunday to fill up the vacant posts arising out of termination of 25,753 teaching by the Supreme Court earlier this year, the...

New Delhi: Mauritius Prime Minister, Navinchandra Ramgoolam, is set to visit the holy city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh from September 10 to 12, a senior official of the district administration said. September 11, he will meet the Prime Minister and hold a bilateral meeting...

New Delhi: Activist Sharjeel Imam Saturday moved the Supreme Court challenging a Delhi High Court order denying him bail in an anti-terror law case linked to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots in the national capital. Denying bail to nine persons in the...

New Delhi: The Election Commission top brass will discuss the preparedness of pan-India rollout of special intensive revision of voters' list with its state representatives next week, officials said Saturday. The poll authority has convened a meeting of its state chief electoral officers on Wednesday,...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron Saturday exchanged views on ongoing efforts to bring an early end to the Ukraine conflict besides "positively" assessing India-France ties. The two leaders held a phone conversation that came amid fresh initiatives by the...