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New Delhi: The government has reduced the toll rates up to 50 per cent for the sections of National Highways that have structures like tunnels, bridges, flyovers or elevated stretches, a move which will lower travelling cost for motorists. User charges at fee plazas on...

Pune: A suspect detained in connection with the alleged rape of a Pune IT professional at her home was her friend and not a stranger who gained entry by posing as a courier delivery agent, police said Friday, casting doubt on her version of the...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to visit China around July 13 to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), people familiar with the matter said Friday. It would be Jaishankar's first visit to China after the ties between the...

New Delhi: India does not enter into any trade agreement based on deadlines and will accept the proposed trade deal with the US only when it is fully finalised, properly concluded and in the national interest, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said Friday. He also said...

A man has been sentenced to jail for peeping on a girl while she was bathing. The court's verdict has sparked discussions.

New Delhi: The Indian government does not take any position on matters concerning practices of faith and religion, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Friday, two days after the Dalai Lama asserted that a trust of Tibetan Buddhists will have the sole authority to...

New Delhi: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla Friday said he and fellow astronauts on the International Space Station relished 'aam ras', 'gajar ka halwa', 'moong dal halwa' and delicacies from other countries as he completed a week on board the orbital lab. Shukla, who docked at the...

Ramgarh: A 25-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh Friday allegedly pushed his wife out of a running train in Jharkhand, a police officer said. She, however, miraculously survived and is undergoing treatment at RIMS in Ranchi, the officer said. The incident occurred when the couple boarded...

Pune: Two days after an unidentified man allegedly raped a 22-year-old IT professional after entering her flat in Pune city by posing as a courier delivery person, police Friday said they had detained a suspect. The suspect's past connections with the woman, if any, were...

New Delhi: India Friday proposed imposing retaliatory duties under the WTO (World Trade Organisation) norms against the US over American tariffs on automobile sector in the name of safeguard measures. "The proposed suspension of concessions or other obligations would take the form of an increase...