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Kuala Lumpur: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Monday held separate meetings with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Haji Hasan here, discussing bilateral relations and regional issues. The meetings took place on the sidelines of the annual summit of the...

Katni: Four persons, including a village Sarpanch, have been arrested in connection with the case of assault of a Dalit youth in Madhya Pradesh's Katni district, police said Monday. The accused persons have been arrested on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday on a...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday said it is not inclined to initiate contempt action against a lawyer who had hurled a shoe towards Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, noting that the CJI himself refused to proceed against him. A bench of Justices Surya...

Chennai: The Madras High Court Monday directed the Tamil Nadu government to frame a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) within 10 days for conducting public events, including roadshows and rallies by political parties in the state. The first bench comprising Chief Justice M M Shrivastava and...

New Delhi: Twenty-one Maoists, including 13 senior cadres, have surrendered with their weapons in Chhattisgarh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Monday, reiterating the government's resolve to eradicate Naxalism by March 31, 2026. The 21 Maoists surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district Sunday after handing over...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Monday directed the Chief Secretaries of states and Union Territories, other than West Bengal and Telangana, to appear before it November 3 to explain why compliance affidavits were not filed in the stray dogs case. A three-judge special bench comprising Justices...

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai has recommended to the Centre the name of Justice Surya Kant as the next CJI. Justice Surya Kant, the second senior-most Supreme Court judge after the incumbent CJI Gavai, is set to become the 53rd CJI...

New Delhi: IndiGo Monday said it has restarted flights between Kolkata and Guangzhou, marking the resumption of direct air services between India and China after a gap of more than five years. The first flight, operated with an Airbus A320 aircraft, took off from Kolkata...

Kanker: As many as 21 Maoist cadres surrendered in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district Sunday after handing over 18 weapons to authorities, a police official said. They laid down arms under the 'Poona Margem: Rehabilitation through Reintegration' initiative started by Bastar Range police, the official added. "The...

Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh): Andhra Pradesh police Sunday confirmed that the two bike-borne persons connected to the Bengaluru-bound bus fire accident, which claimed the lives of 19 passengers, were drunk. In the wee hours of October 24, the sleeper bus ran over a two-wheeler, which had...