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Ahmedabad: Six days after the tragic Air India plane crash that claimed 279 lives, the process of identifying the deceased through DNA matching is underway on a war footing. By Wednesday, DNA samples of 206 victims had been successfully matched, and 169 bodies had been...

New Delhi: The Election Commission Wednesday said it has introduced a new procedure to ensure the delivery of voter identity cards to electors within 15 days of an update in the electoral rolls, including new enrolment or a change in any particulars of an existing...

New Delhi: All central government employees part of the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) will now be eligible for retirement and death gratuity benefits available under the Old Pension Scheme (OPS), Union Minister Jitendra Singh said Wednesday. Responding to this long-pending demand by a large section...

Shillong: More than three weeks after the sensational murder of Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi, the Meghalaya government has directed all homestays, resorts and families to mandatorily record details of tourists they host, officials said Wednesday. A senior official of the Meghalaya Tourism Department said that...

Rudraprayag: At least two people were killed, one remains missing, and three others, including a woman, were injured after large boulders rolled down from the mountaintop near Junglechatti ghat along the Kedarnath Yatra trekking route in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district Wednesday. The incident occurred around 11.20...

New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Wednesday said the government will introduce a FASTag-based annual pass for private vehicles, priced at Rs 3,000, effective from August 15, in a step towards hassle-free highway travel. In a post on X, Gadkari said the pass is valid...

Visakhapatnam: Three top leaders of CPI(Maoist) were killed in an exchange of fire with police in Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitarama Raju district Wednesday. The exchange of fire between the personnel of the elite anti-Maoist force Greyhounds and Maoists occurred in the Devipatnam forest area on...

Ahmedabad: At least 190 victims of last week's Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad have so far been identified through DNA matching and 159 bodies have been handed over to their families, an official said Wednesday. The London-bound Air India flight AI-171 carrying 242 passengers...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conveyed to US President Donald Trump that India does not seek and will never accept any mediation on matters related to Pakistan, according to Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, Wednesday. Misri revealed that the two leaders spoke over the...

Mumbai: Former Civil Aviation Minister and senior NCP leader Praful Patel Wednesday questioned the "silence" of Singapore Airlines over the horrific crash of an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner in Ahmedabad last week. Singapore Airlines is a 25.1 per cent stakeholder in Tata Group-run Air...