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Chennai: The Sri Lankan Navy Thursday arrested 11 fishermen from Tamil Nadu for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL). According to officials from the Tamil Nadu Fisheries Department, the arrested fishermen were taken to the Kangesuthurai Naval Camp in Sri Lanka. One mechanised...

New Delhi: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has conducted extensive raids on Amazon and Flipkart warehouses here, seizing thousands of products lacking proper quality certifications, the government said Thursday. In a 15-hour operation March 19 at an Amazon Sellers Pvt Ltd warehouse in Mohan...

Hyderabad: The Congress Party has urged Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar to take action against Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA T. Harish Rao for taking photographs within the premises of the House. Government whip Aadi Srinivas wrote a letter to the Speaker Thursday, demanding...

Lucknow: Four children died and several others fell ill, allegedly due to food poisoning at a government rehabilitation centre for children in the Para area here, officials said. Tuesday evening, more than 20 special needs children residing at the centre experienced sudden illness and were...

Kolkata: Tension prevailed in Bhatpara under Barrackpore Police Commissionerate in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district following a shootout in front of the residence of Arjun Singh, the former BJP Lok Sabha member. The violence took place late Wednesday night, in which crude bombs were...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a letter to Muhammad Yunus, chief advisor to Bangladesh's interim government, highlighting the significance of mutual sensitivity while referring to the Bangladesh Liberation War as a ‘shared history’. PM Modi wrote the letter to commemorate the Bangladesh...

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar Thursday rejected a privilege notice against Union Home Minister Amit Shah after he cited a 1948 government press release to authenticate his statement that a Congress leader was part of the management of Prime Minister's National Relief Fund....

Uttar Pradesh: A shocking incident of assault has come to light from Dundikheda village in Unnao. A young man who went to meet his girlfriend at her house was brutally thrashed with sticks by her family members. The incident sparked uproar in the village after...

Jammu: A fresh encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces Thursday in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir where a massive anti-terrorist operation is underway for the last four days, officials said. The gunfight erupted when the security forces spotted the terrorists in Ghati...

New Delhi: The Bangalore Sessions Court will pronounce its verdict on actress Ranya Rao's bail plea in the gold smuggling case Thursday. Ranya Rao, the prime accused in the case, who is the stepdaughter of senior police officer Ramchandra Rao, was arrested March 3 for...