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Nicosia/New Delhi: In yet another sign of India's growing outreach to the countries in the Mediterranean region, especially those in the neighbourhood of Turkey, Prime Minister Narendra Modi could make a brief stopover in Cyprus en route to Canada for participation in the G7 Summit,...

New Delhi: Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla's historic flight to the International Space Station (ISS) has yet again been delayed due to poor weather, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said Monday. The US-based Axiom Space is now scheduled carry Shukla along with three others, to...

Bengaluru: Close on the heels of the tragic Raja Raghuvanshi murder case in Meghalaya that rocked the nation, a shocking incident came to light from Bengaluru Monday, where a software professional fatally stabbed his married lover 17 times as she was unable to meet him...

Bengaluru: The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) franchise has approached the Karnataka High Court seeking to quash the criminal case lodged against them in the stampede case. The case was filed by the Cubbon Park Police in Bengaluru after the June 4 stampede incident, which claimed...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday lauded the Election Commission's (EC) reported decision to share the electoral-roll data for Haryana and Maharashtra as "a good first step" and urged the poll body to announce the exact date by which the data will be handed...

New Delhi: About 163 cases of the newly emerging COVID-19 variant XFG have been detected in India so far, according to INSACOG data. The recombinant XFG variant harbours four key spike mutations and has achieved rapid global spread following its initial detection in Canada, according...

Kozhikode: The Indian Navy and the Coast Guard Monday rescued 18 crew members of the Singapore-flagged cargo vessel, WAN HAI 503, which caught fire about 70 nautical miles off the Kerala coast, officials said. While 18 crew members have been rescued after they jumped into...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Monday asserted that the government would speed up the process of deporting illegal immigrants from the state to safeguard the indigenous community. While speaking at the Assembly, CM Sarma said, “The state government is set to use the...

Imphal: In a series of joint operations in Manipur, the Army and other central and state security forces have arrested 23 militants of different outfits and recovered 40 types of arms, grenades, ammunition and other war-like stores from eight districts, officials said Monday. A Defence...

Mumbai: At least four passengers were killed and six injured after falling off a moving and overcrowded local train in Maharashtra's Thane district Monday morning, police said. The incident took place between Diva and Kopar railway stations when the train was going towards Kasara, a...