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Leh: Curfew was relaxed for seven hours from 10 am Tuesday in the violence-hit Leh town in the Union Territory of Ladakh, allowing markets to gradually reopen and providing relief to the people who were reeling under week-long curbs, officials said. Earlier, restrictions were eased...

New Delhi: At least 54 state private universities have been declared defaulters by the University Grants Commission (UGC) for not submitting mandatory information under section 13 of the UGC Act, 1956, and making public disclosures on their website, according to officials. Citing several reminders through...

Chennai: Two senior functionaries of Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK), general secretary Anand and joint general secretary Nirmal Kumar, approached the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with the horrific Karur stampede that claimed 41 lives during a campaign rally...

Srinagar: The Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check, the government's handle for busting fake news, said Tuesday that a deepfake video is being circulated on social media showing Director General of Police (DGP) Ladakh, S.S. Singh, claiming that climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was arrested on...

New Delhi:  There has been a marked rise in the number of drug-related incidents in Kerala in recent years. Security agencies say they had sensed a pattern setting in where the drug smuggling routes would be predominantly through the southern states. However, the suspension of...

New Delhi: The free trade agreement between India and the four-nation European bloc EFTA will come into force from Wednesday under which New Delhi has received an investment commitment of $100 billion in 15 years from the grouping while allowing several products such as Swiss...

New Delhi: Veteran BJP leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra passed away at the age of 93 Tuesday morning, the party said. He was undergoing treatment at AIIMS for the last few days. Malhotra was the first president of the BJP in Delhi. He served as the...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday welcomed US President Donald Trump's plan to end the Gaza conflict, saying that it provides a viable path to long-term peace, security and development for the Palestinian and Israeli people, as well as the larger West Asian region....

Karur (Tamil Nadu): Actor-politician Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam's Karur West district secretary was arrested in connection with the stampede at the party president's rally, police said. Karur West district secretary V P Mathyiyalagan was among the three TVK office bearers named in the FIR into...

Srinagar: Senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, Tuesday demanded a fair judicial probe into the September 24 firing incident in Leh town in which four people were killed, including a retired war veteran. Tsewang Tharchin, a decorated Kargil War veteran...