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Thiruvananthapuram: Heavy rains are expected to continue across Kerala as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Saturday sounded red and orange alerts in several districts of the state for the next few days. The IMD issued a red alert in Kannur and Kasaragod districts and an...

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested a contractual health worker posted in the border district of Kutch for allegedly sharing sensitive information about military establishments with a Pakistani spy, officials said Saturday. Accused Sahdevsinh Gohil, 28, was lured by a Pakistani agent, who...

New Delhi: Niti Aayog's 10th Governing Council meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, began in New Delhi Saturday. The theme of the Governing Council meeting is 'Viksit Rajya for Viksit Bharat@2047'. The council, the apex body of Niti Aayog, includes all state chief ministers,...

New Delhi: The southwest monsoon hit Kerala Saturday, marking its earliest arrival over the Indian mainland since 2009 when it reached the southern state May 23, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Normally, the southwest monsoon makes its onset over Kerala by June 1 and...

New Delhi: One case of the newly emerging COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1 and four instances of the LF.7 type have been detected in India, according to INSACOG data. As of May 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) classifies LF.7 and NB.1.8 subvariants as Variants Under Monitoring,...

Ranchi: Security forces Saturday killed two dreaded leaders of Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad, a renegade Naxalite outfit, with one carrying a reward of Rs 10 lakh and another Rs 5 lakh, in Jharkhand's Latehar district, sources said. Another dreaded member of the group, who was...

Manama: An all-party Indian delegation reached Bahrain Saturday as part of New Delhi's global diplomatic outreach to highlight its unwavering stand against cross-border terrorism. The delegation led by senior BJP leader Baijayant Jay Panda was received by Ambassador Vinod K Jacob at the airport. "The...

New Delhi: India Friday extended the closure of its airspace for flights operated by Pakistan airlines by another month till June 23, according to sources. The ban imposed April 30 as part of various measures taken by the government against Pakistan in the wake of...

Haveri (Karnataka): The police Friday arrested four of the seven prime accused in a gang rape case -- who were out on bail -- for parading the streets of Akki Allur here in cars, celebrating the release. The incident took place May 20. But the...

New Delhi: No one has supported the military regime and undermined democracy in Pakistan in so many ways as much as the West, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said. He described the threat of terrorism as a major "collective challenge" facing the world alongside...