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Bangalore: A couple from Dhenkanal reportedly committed suicide by hanging at Kalbalu village under Jigani police limits in Bangalore, sources said Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as Seema Nayak (25) and Rakesh Patra (23). Both of them were working as housekeeping staff at a...

Chennai: In a significant turn in the ongoing legal tussle between music maestro R. Ilaiyaraaja and Sony Music Entertainment India Private Limited, the company Wednesday refused to furnish the musician with the statement of accounts detailing revenue earned from the commercial use of his compositions....

New Delhi: The government plans to procure six fast patrol boats for the armed forces, essentially required to acquire the capability of small team insertion for surveillance and reconnaissance, according to the Request for Proposal (RFP) issued for it. The opening date for the 'Request...

New Delhi: The Election Commission top brass is meeting its state chief poll officers here Wednesday to firm up its plans to roll out a pan-India special intensive revision to clean up voter lists. The two-day meet is the second since September to decide on...

New Delhi: The Popular Front of India (PFI) may have been banned for a little over three years now, but Intelligence agencies have picked up information relating to a new strategy. While scores were arrested before the ban, many remained underground. They have been instructed...

New Delhi:  There is no risk that fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi will not get a fair trial in India after his extradition, a Belgian court has ruled, underlining that he has failed to demonstrate any serious risk of being subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading...

Durgapur: A local court here Wednesday remanded four accused, arrested in connection with the alleged gangrape of a medical student, to judicial custody till October 27. The student from Odisha was allegedly gangraped by some men outside the campus of the private medical college here...

Bhind: In a shocking incident, a Dalit youth was abducted, beaten up and made to drink urine by a group of persons in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind district, police said Tuesday. The victim claimed that he was abducted by three persons and forced to drink urine....

New Delhi: An Air India Boeing 777 aircraft operating a Newark-bound flight returned to Mumbai Wednesday morning following a technical issue. The Boeing 777 plane, which took off at around 1.50 am for Newark Wednesday, was airborne for over three hours before returning to Mumbai,...

Pathanamthitta(Kerala): The wheels of the helicopter that carried President Droupadi Murmu for her Sabarimala visit got stuck in a depression in the newly concreted helipad at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium at Pramadam here when it landed Wednesday morning. After the President left for Pamba...