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Mumbai:  Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Tuesday BJP MP Nishikant Dubey's comments on the language issue in the state were inappropriate and risked causing confusion. Dubey's reported patak patak ke marenge remarks have caused a flutter. The Lok Sabha member from Jharkhand had put...

Mumbai: A fresh political controversy has erupted in Maharashtra after Raheel Sheikh, son of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) state Vice-President Javed Sheikh, was caught on camera allegedly abusing social media influencer Rajshree More after ramming her car while intoxicated and boasting of his political connections....

Chhatarpur: A heavy downpour caused yet another tragedy at Bageshwar Dham, the ashram of renowned spiritual storyteller Dhirendra Shastri in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district. One devotee died while nearly a dozen were injured after the wall of an old building they were staying in collapsed...

Patna: In a significant move towards women's empowerment, the Bihar government Tuesday approved 35 per cent reservation exclusively for native women candidates in all categories of direct recruitment across all levels of government services in the state. The decision was taken during a cabinet meeting...

Patna: An accused linked to the murder of businessman Gopal Khemka was gunned down after an encounter in Bihar capital's Malsalami locality early Tuesday morning, officials said. The accused, identified as Vikas Kumar alias Raja, allegedly accompanied the shooter, Umesh Yadav, who was directly involved...

United Nations: India has abstained in the UN General Assembly on a draft resolution on Afghanistan, noting that a “business as usual” approach is unlikely to deliver outcomes that the global community envisions for the Afghan people. The 193-member UN General Assembly Monday adopted the...

New Delhi: US has decided to delay imposing its "Liberation Day" reciprocal tariffs until August 1, allowing more time to iron out issues between New Delhi and Washington before finalising an interim trade deal. On April 2, US President Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs against...

New York/Washington: The US is close to making a trade deal with India, President Donald Trump has said. “Now, we've made a deal with the United Kingdom, we've made a deal with China….We're close to making a deal with India. Others we met with and...

Hyderabad: Actor Ajay Devgn met Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy at the latter’s residence in New Delhi, and has shown keen interest in establishing a world-class film studio in Telangana. According to the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), Ajay Devgn proposed the development of an...

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India is preparing to issue draft electoral rolls of Bihar August 1, even as 1.18 crore enumeration forms were collected in the last 24 hours, an official said. Giving an update on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar,...