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Haveri (Karnataka): The police Friday arrested four of the seven prime accused in a gang rape case -- who were out on bail -- for parading the streets of Akki Allur here in cars, celebrating the release. The incident took place May 20. But the...

New Delhi: No one has supported the military regime and undermined democracy in Pakistan in so many ways as much as the West, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said. He described the threat of terrorism as a major "collective challenge" facing the world alongside...

New Delhi: Delhi government Friday issued an advisory on Covid, asking hospitals to prepare for the availability of beds, oxygen, medicines and vaccine. The advisory, issued by the Health Department, comes in the wake of several states reporting Covid cases. The government has asked health...

New Delhi: India has urged member nations of BRICS group to dismantle export controls within the bloc to boost trade, an official statement said Friday. Representing India at the 15th BRICS trade ministers' meeting in Brazil, Economic Adviser in Department of Commerce Yashvir Singh emphasised...

Bhopal: Senior BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh Tribal Welfare Minister Vijay Shah, whose controversial remarks on Army officer Colonel Sofiya Qureshi sparked a nationwide controversy, has issued a fresh apology. In a video message shared on his social media account (X), the minister said that...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday allowed the Delhi government to withdraw seven cases filed by the erstwhile AAP government against the Centre and Lieutenant Governor over issues including the control over services in the capital. A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank Friday announced a record Rs 2.69 lakh crore dividend to be paid to the government for the fiscal ended March this year, 27.4 per cent more than the payout in 2023-24. The Reserve Bank had transferred Rs 2.1 lakh crore dividend...

New Delhi: Signalling a renewed push for a caste census, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Friday shared with the party's 140 spokespersons a strategy to highlight the party's commitment to the social cause. "All of you are the spokespersons of our party, the voice of our...

New Delhi: India will make a strong case with FATF to revert Pakistan to its "grey list" for failure to comply with anti-money laundering and terror financing rules, a government source said. "We will be taking it up (with the FATF)," the source said when...

  Kolkata: A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, Friday, barred the Bidhannagar Police from taking any coercive action, including arrest, against “untainted” or “genuine” teachers who have been named in FIRs for protesting in front of the state education department headquarters. The teachers...