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Ghaziabad: A class 9 student was allegedly raped inside her house here by four boys, three of them known to her from school, with the police launching an investigation into the matter, officials said Wednesday. The girl was alone in the house when the incident...

Bokaro: Two Maoists were gunned down in an encounter with security forces in the dense forests of Birhordera under the Gomia police station limits in Jharkhand's Bokaro district early Wednesday morning, police officials said. A jawan of the CRPF’s elite CoBRA-209 battalion also died in...

New Delhi: Abdelfattah Mehdi, brother of Talal Abdo Mehdi, who was allegedly murdered by Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya in 2017, has asserted that there can be no pardon for the crime. He said that Nimisha Priya has to be executed. Abdelfattah also expressed firmly the...

Jalandhar: The Punjab Police Wednesday arrested the man allegedly responsible for the hit-and-run incident that led to the death of 114-year-old marathon legend Fauja Singh on the Jalandhar-Pathankot highway. The accused, Amritpal Singh Dhillon, a 26-year-old non-resident Indian (NRI) originally from Kartarpur in Jalandhar, was...

New Delhi: Children who obtained Aadhaar when they were below the age of five need to mandatorily update their biometrics after crossing the age of seven, else they will have to face risk of deactivation of their unique id, according to an official statement. The...

Hyderabad: A Telangana CPI leader was killed on the spot Tuesday after unidentified assailants opened fire on him during his morning walk at Malakpet here, police said. A previous enmity stemming out of a land dispute seems to be the reason behind the killing of...

New Delhi: Cabinet Secretary TV Somanathan has flagged the ‘perceived reluctance’ among several senior central government officials to give appointments to people, saying such interactions can give insights into ground realities and clarify misunderstandings about government policies or intentions. In a letter to the secretaries...

Sambhal: Four people, including three women, have been arrested for allegedly posting obscene videos to gain popularity on social media in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal Tuesday. Police received information about some women allegedly posting obscene and abusive videos on Instagram in the Asmoli police station area,...

New Delhi: Political parties relying on caste considerations are equally dangerous for the country, the Supreme Court observed Tuesday as it refused to entertain a plea seeking cancellation of the registration of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) as a political party. A bench of...

New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh said Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who returned to Earth Tuesday after an 18-day stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), is expected to arrive in India by August 17 following a series of post-mission procedures. "There are certain SOPs...