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Jammu: Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch and Kupwara districts, continuing with their ceasefire violations along the LoC, Army officials said Monday. This was the fourth consecutive night that Pakistan resorted to small-arms fire along the Line of Control (LoC)...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Ministers V Senthil Balaji and K Ponmudy have resigned from the M K Stalin-led state cabinet and the Governor has accepted the same, the Raj Bhavan said Sunday. Governor RN Ravi has approved Chief Minister Stalin's recommendation on their resignation, a Raj...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Sunday conveyed to his British counterpart David Lammy India's policy of "zero tolerance" for terrorism while discussing the "cross-border" links to the dastardly terror attack in Pahalgam. Jaishankar and Lammy held a phone conversation amid increasing tensions between...

Mandsaur: A speeding van plunged into a water-filled well after hitting a bike in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district Sunday, leaving 11 persons, including a biker and a rescuer, dead, police said. The incident occurred in the Narayangarh police station area. Ratlam range Deputy Inspector General...

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has formally taken over the Pahalgam terrorist attack case, intensifying its search for evidence and questioning eyewitnesses to unravel the terror conspiracy, officials said Sunday. They said the anti-terror agency registered a case in Jammu Sunday following orders...

New Delhi: As many as 537 Pakistani nationals, including nine diplomats and officials, left India through the Attari-Wagah border point in four days beginning April 24 as the exit deadline for the 12 categories of short-term visa holders of the neighbouring nation ended Sunday, officials...

New Delhi: Around 272 Pakistani nationals have left India in the past two days through the Attari-Wagah border point, and a few hundred more are expected to exit Sunday when the deadline for the 12 categories of short-term visa holders of the neighbouring nation ends,...

New Delhi: With nearly 1.50 lakh contempt cases involving the central government pending across courts, the law ministry has pushed for "timely and adequate" response to court orders by Union ministries to prevent such proceedings. The ministry also pointed out that many officials managing litigation...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear Monday a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) seeking the release of elderly and terminally ill convicted prisoners across the country. As per the causelist published on the website of...

In his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address April 27, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted ‘Sachet,’ a powerful new tool for disaster management in India. Developed by the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Sachet is a CAP-based Integrated Alert...