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Jamshedpur: A man allegedly killed his wife on suspicion of an extra-marital relationship and then jumped in front of a running train in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district Thursday, police said. The body of the woman, identified as Shilpi Mukherjee (34), a nurse in the Community...

Lucknow: Concluding a marathon 24-hour debate on Vision Document 2047 in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Thursday said that India can achieve the goal of becoming a developed nation only when every state plays its part, with Uttar Pradesh at the forefront....

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Thursday launched a digital portal, through which indigenous people living in "sensitive areas" can apply for arms licences. Sarma said the aim of the initiative is to enable responsible citizens to aid and assist the government in maintaining...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday said "we are waging a direct fight against vote chori" from the soil of Bihar with the 'Voter Adhikar Yatra', and asserted that his party will ensure a clean voters' list across the country. Gandhi said "vote chori"...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday sought the Union government’s stand on a batch of applications demanding the time-bound restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. A Bench of CJI B.R. Gavai and K. Vinod Chandran was hearing pleas contending that the continued delay in...

New Delhi: The whole problem of stray dogs in Delhi-NCR is because of "inaction" of local authorities, the Supreme Court said Thursday while reserving its order on the interim prayer seeking a stay on the August 11 directions passed by the apex court. A two-judge...

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that bank cheques must be cleared within a few hours from October 4 -- down from the current clearance time of up to two working days. Under the new mechanism, the banks will scan, present and...

Mumbai: The Supreme Court of India has rejected the bail plea of Kannada actor Darshan, who along with his partner Pavithra Gowda, are the key accused in the fan murder case. The Supreme Court overturned the Karnataka High Court’s decision. While the High Court had...

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: The Supreme Court will Thursday hear a petition seeking urgent intervention in the case of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who has been sentenced to death in Yemen. The matter will be taken up by a bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep...

Raipur: In a major breakthrough in Chhattisgarh’s ongoing anti-Maoist campaign, security forces Wednesday neutralised two senior Maoist leaders - Vijay Reddy and Lokesh Salame - in a fierce gunfight in the forested “Banda Pahad” region near Karekatta village in Manpur-Mohla-Ambagarh Chowki district. The encounter, which...