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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday deferred the hearing on a plea filed by former India cricketer and current head coach Gautam Gambhir seeking protection of his personality and publicity rights against alleged digital impersonation, deepfake content and unauthorised commercial exploitation of his identity....

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expanded his cabinet Friday, with five MLAs taking oath as ministers at the Lok Bhavan here. With the induction of the new ministers -- Khazan Das, Bharat Singh Chaudhary, Madan Kaushik, Pradeep Batra, and Ram Singh Kaida --...

Gangtok: Two back-to-back earthquakes of magnitude 3.6 and 2.7 hit Sikkim's Gangtok in the early hours of Friday, officials said. The magnitude 3.6 quake occurred at 426 am around 10.7 km northwest of Gangtok at a shallow depth of 5 km, while another struck 11.2...

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday said the efforts of the Election Commission to gerrymander will not change the results in West Bengal Assembly elections, expressing confidence that Trinamool Congress will emerge victorious. No amount of effort by the Election Commission to...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Friday met revered saint Premanand Maharaj at his Shri Hit Radha Keli Kunj Ashram in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, engaging in spiritual discourse and seeking his blessings. The meeting marked a key highlight of the President’s ongoing three‑day visit to Uttar...

Guwahati: In a significant boost to opposition unity ahead of the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, the Indian National Congress and Raijor Dal Friday have finalised a seat-sharing arrangement, with the Congress agreeing to allocate 11 constituencies to Akhil Gogoi-led regional outfit. According to the agreement,...

Kolkata: In a shocking case, a man died after being trapped in an elevator in the controversial state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata Friday. The relatives and friends of the deceased person were protesting within the R.G. Kar premises at the time...

New Delhi: Total energy generation from India's nuclear power plants was 45,855 million units (MU) in 2022-23; 47,971 MU in 2023-24; and 56,681 MU in 2024-25, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said Thursday. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, the minister said the country...

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Thursday that India must work in a mission mode to emerge as a global hub of indigenous drone manufacturing in the next few years to ensure strategic autonomy, enhance defence preparedness and make the country Aatmanirbhar in view...

New Delhi: India Thursday termed the recent attacks against energy installations in different locations across the Gulf region as "deeply disturbing", highlighting that such actions will only further destabilise an already uncertain energy scenario for the whole world. "India had previously called for the avoidance...