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Imphal: A day after violent protests erupted in Manipur over the arrest of a leader of Meitei outfit Arambai Tenggol, the situation remained tense Sunday with the administration imposing prohibitory orders and suspending internet services in five Imphal valley districts, police said. As a preventive...

New Delhi: The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has conferred the prestigious Sasakawa Award on Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, the Director General of the India Meteorological Department. Mohapatra was honoured with the award at the eighth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk...

Mumbai: At least eight people, including actor Dino Morea, his brother and some BMC officials, have been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate for questioning next week in a money laundering case linked to an alleged Rs 65 crore worth Mithi river desilting 'scam', official sources...

New Delhi: The political storm stirred by Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over alleged irregularities in Maharashtra electoral rolls was dismissed as ‘baseless’ by an Election Commission source Saturday. “The Maharashtra electoral roll revision process was undertaken under the...

New Delhi: The World Bank's revised figures reinforce that poverty in India has reduced not just statistically, but through tangible improvements in household living standards and incomes, according to a government factsheet released Saturday. India’s poverty decline is a story of technical refinement meeting policy...

Mathura: Devotees visiting the Mathura-Vrindavan region for temple visits often get a taste of the antics of the large monkey population as the simians steal spectacles, caps and food from visitors. Aligarh-based diamond merchant Abhishek Agarwal and his family were left shell-shocked when a monkey...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Saturday alleged that the 2024 Maharashtra assembly elections were a "blueprint for rigging democracy" and this "match-fixing" would next happen in Bihar and "anywhere the BJP is losing". Underscoring that match-fixed elections are a "poison"...

New Delhi: New details have emerged in the espionage case against Indian YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, with investigative agencies uncovering her direct link to retired Pakistani police Sub-Inspector Nasir Dhillon, who is now under the scanner for alleged Intelligence operations against India. According to Intelligence sources,...

Bengaluru: A Shankar and E S Jairam have resigned from their respective posts as secretary and treasurer of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), taking moral responsibility for the stampede that led to the death of 11 people during RCB's IPL trophy celebrations. In a...

Patna: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, had a narrow escape as his convoy met with a major accident while returning from Madhepura to Patna. Three members of his security team sustained injuries in the mishap. The incident took place around 1:30...