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Shimla: At least 15 passengers were killed as a private bus they were travelling in was struck by a massive landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district Tuesday evening, officials said. The accident took place in Bhalughat area in Jhandutta assembly segment, they said, adding the...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday orally remarked that every voter has a right to appeal against their exclusion from the electoral rolls, while expressing concern over the "confusion" surrounding large-scale deletions and additions during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters in poll-bound Bihar....

Bengaluru: Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda has been admitted to the Manipal Hospital in Karnataka's Bengaluru following a deterioration in his health condition. Doctors have said that Deve Gowda is recovering and that his condition is currently stable, according to hospital authorities Tuesday. The...

Chandigarh: Senior Haryana police officer Y Puran Kumar allegedly shot himself dead at his Chandigarh home Tuesday, officials said. The 52-year-old 2001 batch officer, known for his interventions in matters related to the rights of officers and seniority and other issues, had recently been posted...

Chandigarh: The ED attached immovable and movable properties worth Rs 2.85 crore in a cyber fraud case in which foreign nationals were duped of Rs 11.50 crore by a Haryana-based gang impersonating as employees of Bank of America, an official said Tuesday. The Enforcement Directorate...

Nashik: A 17-year-old engineering student committed su*cide on the campus of his college here after venting his frustration with life on social media, police said Tuesday. The deceased, identified as Ayush Chavan, was a student at an engineering college in Gangapur Road area of the...

Mumbai: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Tuesday that she has seen several deepfake videos of herself being circulated online, manipulated to mislead citizens and distort facts, a reminder of the urgency with which we must strengthen our defences. Addressing the 6th edition of the Global...

New Delhi: The Bar Council of India (BCI) Tuesday condemned the killing of an Odisha advocate. BCI Chairman and senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra issued a letter saying the apex bar body expressed its “strongest condemnation and profound anguish at the cold-blooded shooting and murder...

New Delhi: The World Bank Tuesday raised India's growth forecast for the current fiscal to 6.5 per cent from 6.3 per cent estimated earlier, and said the country is expected to remain fastest-growing major economy, underpinned by continued strength in consumption growth. The World Bank...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear, October 10, a plea challenging the Madras High Court’s order refusing a CBI probe into the Karur stampede, a deadly incident at actor-politician Vijay’s TVK rally that claimed 41 lives and left more than 100 injured....