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Pune: A water quality survey held around Nanded village, the epicentre of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) in Pune city, has found there was lack of chlorine in the drinking water supplied to households of 26 patients of this nerve disorder, officials said. GBS is a rare...

Amritsar: A US military aircraft carrying around 205 illegal immigrants, mostly from Punjab, who entered the US illegally and were deported on a C-17 plane that took off from San Antonio, Texas, is expected to land in Punjab’s Amritsar Wednesday afternoon. This is the first...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu cast her vote for the Delhi Assembly elections Wednesday, exercising her franchise at Rajendra Prasad Kendriya Vidyalaya, President's Estate, amid tight security arrangements. Earlier in the day, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, accompanied by his wife Sangeeta Saxena, also voted...

New Delhi: An FIR has been filed against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at a police station in Haryana’s Kurukshetra district over remarks on 'poisoning' of the water of Yamuna river, sources said Tuesday. The development came...

New Delhi: India Tuesday inked a contract with Russia for procurement of anti-ship cruise missiles, a move that will significantly augment the combat capabilities of the Indian Navy's submarine fleet. The Defence Ministry made the announcement in a post on X. The contract was inked...

New Delhi: With India's seafood exports more than doubling over the last 10 years from Rs 30,213 crore in 2013-14 to Rs 60,523.89 crore during FY 2023-24, the Centre is now aiming to achieve an export turnover of $18 billion (Rs 1.57 lakh crore) by...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday took a swipe at Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, saying those who entertain themselves by getting photo sessions done in huts of the poor will find the talk about the poor in Parliament boring. In another swipe at...

Kolkata: A senior female professor of a university in West Bengal, who is in the eye of a storm following the circulation of a video showing her "marrying" a student inside a classroom, has offered to resign citing inability to continue her association with the...

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate Tuesday said it has seized assets worth Rs 1,000 crore after it recently conducted searches against a Chennai-based company which is alleged to have "fraudulently" acquired coal blocks in Chhattisgarh. The premises of the accused company -- RKM Powergen Private...

Howrah: A woman in West Bengal's Howrah district allegedly tricked her husband into selling his kidney for Rs 10 lakh, claiming the money was needed for their daughter’s education, before eloping with her lover, police said. Authorities launched an investigation after the husband’s family, residing...