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New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has asked several states to conduct mock drills May 7 amid rising tensions with Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack, government sources said Monday. They said the measures to be taken during the drill include operationalising air raid warning...

New Delhi: Amid attempts to hack and compromise multiple websites, including those of Army Welfare Education Society-linked institutions, in the past few days, the army is taking "appropriate and necessary" measures to bolster cybersecurity infrastructure and strengthen digital defence mechanisms, sources said Monday. At least...

Kolkata: Amid controversies on whether the Lord Jagannath Temple at Digha in the East Midnapore district of West Bengal can be described as “Dham”, the signage of “Jagannath Dham” has been removed from the site of the said temple. Local Trinamool Congress legislator Akhil Giri...

New Delhi: Pakistani cyber groups have allegedly targeted multiple Indian defence websites, potentially compromising sensitive information, including login credentials of defence personnel, the Army said. A group identifying itself as "Pakistan Cyber Force" claimed to have accessed classified data from the Military Engineer Services and...

New Delhi: Leading global airlines Air France and Lufthansa have stopped flying over Pakistani airspace to ensure the safety of the flights amid rising tensions in the region, after the Pakistan-sponsored terror attack claimed the lives of 26 people in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam. Air...

New Delhi: Moody's Ratings Monday said sustained escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan will not have any major economic disruption in the country, but will be a setback for Islamabad as its forex reserves could come under pressure and weigh on growth. In its...

Murshidabad: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday rubbished as "baseless and fabricated" the allegations that surplus sacred neem wood from Puri's Jagannath temple was used in crafting the idols of the newly built temple in Digha, even as tensions simmered between both the state...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday sought responses from the Centre and others on a petition seeking quashing of the order blocking the YouTube channel '4 PM'. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan agreed to hear the plea and issued...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to travel to violence-hit Murshidabad district on a two-day visit on Monday, an official said. Banerjee is scheduled to visit the district headquarters town of Berhampore Monday, he said. On Tuesday, the Bengal CM is scheduled...

New Delhi: Parameswaran Iyer, Executive Director at the World Bank, has been temporarily entrusted with the responsibility of being India's nominee director on the board of International Monetary Fund (IMF) ahead of a crucial May 9 meeting, sources said. Iyer's nomination was necessitated to fill...