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Jammu: The Pakistani Army violated the ceasefire Monday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, and the Indian Army retaliated befittingly, officials said. “Pakistani Army violated bilateral ceasefire on the LoC today in Digwar sector of Poonch district. Indian Army...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday agreed to consider listing for urgent hearing the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and justices Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan took note of the submissions of...

Palghar: Unidentified persons allegedly threw eggs at participants of a motorbike rally organised on the occasion of Ram Navami at a locality in Maharashtra's Palghar district, leading to brief tension in the area, police said Monday. Following the incident Sunday, local police rushed to the...

Bengaluru: A badminton coach was arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl who was taking training from him, police said Monday. The matter came to light after the girl's grandmother found that the minor had sent some of her nude pictures from her (grandmother's) phone...

Mumbai: Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra has approached the Bombay High Court, seeking to quash an FIR lodged against him by the city police for allegedly passing a ‘traitor’ jibe at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Kamra moved the high court April 5. His plea...

Madurai: Veteran leader MA Baby was Sunday elected CPI(M) general secretary at its 24th All India Party Congress. A former state minister, Baby is the second leader from the party's Kerala unit to be elected to the top post, following in the footsteps of CPI(M)...

Rameswaram: Without naming anyone, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said he receives letters from Tamil Nadu leaders who "do not sign in Tamil." "At least put your signature in Tamil," Modi said during his address in Rameswaram. Modi laid the foundation stone and dedicated several...

Chandigarh: Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal Sunday ended his hunger strike, which he had started November 26 last year to press for various demands of agitating farmers, including a legal guarantee on the minimum support price for crops. The announcement came a day after...

Longwa: A tribal chief in Nagaland's Mon district Sunday urged the Centre to scrap the decision to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and to reduce the area of the Free Movement Regime (FMR). Forty-nine-year-old Chief of Angh ('king'), Tonyei Phawang, claimed that people on both sides...

Udhagamandalam: Prime Minister Narendra Modi should allay the fears of people of Tamil Nadu surrounding the proposed delimitation exercise, Chief Minister M K Stalin said here Sunday. Modi should also ensure that a resolution is passed in the Parliament to ensure the rights of Tamil...