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Mumbai: In fresh trouble for controversial comedian Kunal Kamra, three additional FIRs filed against him in different cities have been merged with the one registered in Mumbai’s Khar police station over his alleged jibe at Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The stand-up comedian courted...

New Delhi: The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) recently issued new guidelines on numeric UPI ID solution with the aim of enhancing customer experience for UPI number-based payments. These new guidelines will be effective from April 1. It will be mandatory for UPI member...

Mumbai: Mohammad Shariful Islam Shahzad, the accused in the stabbing of Hindi film industry superstar Saif Ali Khan, has filed a bail petition in the Mumbai Sessions Court, asserting that he is innocent and the case against him is fabricated. The attack took place in...

Thiruvananthapuram: The father of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer whose body was found near a railway track in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram earlier this week has revealed that she was in a relationship with a colleague. Megha, 24, worked in the Immigration department at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport....

Sukma: In yet another major success, security forces gunned down 17 Naxalites, including 11 women and a Maoist carrying a Rs 25 lakh reward, during an anti-insurgency operation in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district Saturday, officials said. Three of the injured security personnel belong to the District...

New Delhi: As part of its Act East policy, India sent more than 15 tonnes of relief material to Myanmar Saturday, following a series of powerful earthquakes that led to widespread death and destruction Friday, with over 600 people feared killed and the toll expected...

Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday informed Calcutta High Court that the woman junior doctor of the state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata was not gang-raped. The single-judge Bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh was hearing the case concerning the rape...

New Delhi: Several Muslims, including MPs and MLAs, wore black armbands while attending Jumma prayers on the last Friday of Ramzan as a mark of protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) claimed. The AIMPLB had earlier urged...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday clarified that Justice Yashwant Verma would not be assigned any judicial work when he assumes charge as a Judge of the Allahabad High Court. “The Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court for the time being has been asked not...

New Delhi: India and Sri Lanka are working on an update of an existing agreement on defence cooperation that is expected to be concluded during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the island nation next week, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri revealed during a special media...