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Lucknow: The NIA filed a charge sheet against 13 accused in the Special Court, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, in connection with the Ghaziabad Espionage case that involved passing on sensitive information about prohibited areas to sources in an enemy country, an official said Saturday. It has...

Srinagar: The terrorist killed in Operation Ashdar by the joint forces Friday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district was Saturday identified as a Pakistani national and a member of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). J&K Police said Saturday that the terrorist killed during Operation Ashdar in Budgam...

New Delhi: The CBI has registered an FIR against media baron Subhash Chandra for allegedly inflating his net worth to avail loans from the Life Insurance Corporation Housing Finance Limited (LICHFL) and then becoming a defaulter, causing a loss of more than Rs 1,322 crore...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Teachers Awards on 48 educators at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi Saturday, as the country marked Teachers' Day September 5. Short documentaries highlighting the exemplary work and achievements of each awardee were also showcased during the event,...

New Delhi: Security was tightened outside the Parliament Street police station Saturday, with barricades put up and paramilitary personnel deployed, amid supporters of detained Hindutva influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj gathering there to stage a protest, an officer said. The security arrangements were made a day after...

New Delhi: Pro-Khalistan outfits operating in foreign countries altered their operational framework under direct instructions from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), shifting focus from violent crime toward political campaigning to evade international law enforcement crackdowns, intelligence officials say. With the international agencies now working closely with...

Varanasi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, is scheduled to visit Varanasi Saturday to take stock of the prevailing flood situation and review the relief and assistance being provided to people affected by the recent flooding in the city. The Chief Minister is expected to...

New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo, Mayawati, Saturday criticised the ongoing demolition of illegal mosques in Uttar Pradesh, including the recent demolition of a mosque in Saharanpur, and urged the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath government to immediately halt such action. Taking to social media...

Thrissur (Keralam): Eight engineering students from Tamil Nadu's Dindigul were killed when their car rammed into a lorry parked "illegally" on NH-66 in Thrissur district of central Keralam, police said Saturday. The accident occurred at around 11.40 pm Friday at Panambikkunnu in Kaipamangalam, when the...

New Delhi: Supreme Court-appointed Aravalli High-Powered Committee (HPC) has asked the apex court to extend the deadline for submission of its final report by six months, saying it needs more time for a "comprehensive and defensible" assessment of the Aravalli range. In its compliance report...