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New Delhi: The issue of Sri Lanka arresting Indian fishermen stems from an agreement during the emergency under which their rights for fishing in some specific areas were given up, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Friday. The agreement with Sri Lanka would not have...

New Delhi: The holy city of Kashi in Uttar Pradesh witnessed a divine confluence of devotion and tradition as the grand Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath was celebrated with immense fervour Friday. This centuries-old tradition continues to draw lakhs of devotees from across the country...

Digha: Hoteliers in West Bengal's Digha have experienced a 20 per cent surge in occupancy as travellers in large numbers are thronging the seaside town since the opening of the Jagannath temple in April, an official said Friday. Around 90 per cent of the boarders...

New Delhi: India Thursday strongly condemned the demolition of the Durga Mandir (temple) in Dhaka, criticising the role of Muhammad Yunus-led interim government in allowing the destruction and projecting it as a case of illegal land use. "We understand that extremists were clamouring for the...

New Delhi: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 39 containers carrying 1,115 metric tonnes of Pakistani-origin goods, valued at nearly Rs 9 crore, that were being illegally imported into India by sea via Dubai, officials said Thursday. In two separate cases, these consignments...

Jammu: One terrorist was killed Thursday in an ongoing gunfight between the security forces and the terrorists in J&K’s Udhampur district’s Basantgarh area. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu Zone, Bhim Sen Tuti said that four terrorists are believed to be trapped in the ongoing...

New Delhi: In a giant leap for India, IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla Thursday scripted history by becoming the first from the country to enter the International Space Station (ISS). After a long and ardent wait of 41 years, India now has an astronaut in...

New Delhi: The government Thursday said data is being extracted from black boxes, and analysis of the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder is underway to reconstruct the sequence of events that led to the fatal crash of the Air India plane in Ahmedabad...

New Delhi: The government is moving ahead with plans to revive the long-stalled Tulbul Navigation Project, as part of a broader strategy to optimise the country's share of water from the western rivers under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), top official sources said. A detailed...

Dehradun: Relief and rescue efforts are underway in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district with the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and state police rescue teams working assiduously to lift the victims from the accident zone. Till the last reports came in, two people have died in the...