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New Delhi: In a change of strategy, the Voter Adhikar Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other Mahagathbandhan leaders in Bihar will now conclude with a march in Patna instead of a rally September 1, with top leaders of the alliance addressing at...

Mumbai: The 10-day Ganesh festival began in Mumbai, Pune and other parts of Maharashtra Wednesday, with people enthusiastically welcoming their favourite elephant-headed god into their homes, housing complexes, and public pandals. Chants of ‘Ganpati Bappa Morya, Mangal Murti Morya' filled the morning air as small,...

Jammu: The death toll in the Vaishno Devi landslide has gone up to 32 with rescuers pulling out more bodies from under the debris, officials said Wednesday, a day after disaster struck the route to the hilltop shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district. At...

Chandigarh: Hundreds of villages in Punjab along the swollen Satluj, Beas, and Ravi rivers were flooded Wednesday, severely affecting life and damaging crops after the floodgates of the Bhakra and Pong dams were opened. The inflow into these reservoirs had alarmingly increased due to torrential...

Mhow: India's armed forces must be prepared for all kinds of security challenges, including short-duration conflicts to even a five-year war in view of an unpredictable geopolitical environment, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Wednesday. In an address at the 'Ran Samvad' at the Army War...

Chandigarh: The historic Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara, one of the holiest shrines believed to be the final resting place of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the Sikh religion, has been partially submerged by floodwater of the Ravi river, reports said Wednesday. The gurdwara in Pakistan's...

New Delhi: India has issued fresh alerts to Pakistan about the "high probability" of flooding in the Tawi river, with incessant rainfall in the northern states forcing the release of excess water from major dams, sources said Wednesday. The alerts, routed to Islamabad through the...

New York/Washington: The additional 25 per cent tariff imposed by US President Donald Trump on India for its purchases of Russian oil came into effect Wednesday, bringing the total amount of levies imposed on New Delhi to 50 per cent. The Department of Homeland Security...

New Delhi: India Wednesday described as "shocking" and "deeply regrettable" the killing of five journalists in a pair of Israeli strike in Gaza. The journalists were among at least 20 people killed in the strikes on Nasser hospital in Khan Younis Monday. "The killing of...

Jammu: At least 30 people were killed and 14 others were injured after a landslide hit the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine route in J&K’s Reasi district, even as the water level in all the rivers of Jammu division and the Jhelum River in Kashmir...