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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said prisoners, including disabled ones, not being provided "preferred or costly food items" in jails was not a violation of fundamental rights. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said the right to life under Article 21...

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has set up a four-member fact-finding panel to look into the incident of self-immolation by a girl student on a college campus in Odisha's Balasore, officials said Tuesday. The 20-year-old second-year BEd student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College,...

New Delhi:  The central government Tuesday denied media reports that claimed the Ministry of Health has issued health warnings on Indian snacks such as samosas, jalebi, and laddoo to fight the obesity crisis in the country. It noted that the warning labels on food issued...

New Delhi: The TDP urged the Election Commission (EC) Tuesday to give adequate time to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Andhra Pradesh, saying it should not be held within six months of a major poll and voters already enrolled in...

Pune: The Juvenile Justice Board Tuesday rejected the Pune police's plea seeking that a 17-year-old boy accused of driving a Porsche car in an inebriated state and mowing down two persons last year be treated as an adult for the trial in the case. The...

Bengaluru: In a shocking incident, a college girl was allegedly raped by her two lecturers and their friend in Bengaluru, police said Tuesday. The Marathahalli Police have arrested all three accused in connection with the case. The matter was referred to the police by the...

New Delhi: Waving and smiling to cameras, Shubhanshu Shukla and three other Axiom-4 mission astronauts emerged from the Dragon Grace spacecraft Tuesday, taking their first breath of fresh air after completing their 20-day space sojourn. The 39-year-old Shukla, commander Peggy Whitson and mission specialists Slawosz...

New Delhi: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others of the commercial Axiom-4 mission made a fiery return to Earth as the Dragon 'Grace' spacecraft made a splash down off San Diego coast in southern California Tuesday, capping a 22.5-hour journey after an 18-day stay at...

New Delhi: The execution of Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse on death row in Yemen, has been postponed by Yemeni authorities, sources said Tuesday. The execution was scheduled for Wednesday. Priya, hailing from Kollengode in Kerala's Palakkad district, has been found guilty of murdering a...

Raipur: In a fresh wave of violence in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, two men, including a ‘Shiksha Doot’ (Shiksha Doot in Chhattisgarh refers to teachers working in remote and Maoist-affected areas), were found murdered in the forests of Pilur village Tuesday. One of the victims has...