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New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday reported a minimum temperature of 9.6 degrees Celsius, which is 2.2 degrees above the normal for this time of the year. The relative humidity is 99 per cent, with the maximum temperature expected to rise to...

Mahakumbh Nagar: The fog was thick, the cold intense and the waters freezing as the Maha Kumbh Mela, the world's largest gathering, began Monday with tens of lakhs of people taking a dip in the Sangam in their quest for ‘moksha' and the belief it...

Pathanamthitta: As many as 23 people were arrested and four minors were apprehended in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of a Dalit girl in the district, police Sunday said. Ten more FIRs have been filed in the case in two police stations in Pathanamthitta...

Lucknow/Prayagraj: Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh has said that 35 crore pilgrims are expected to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela taking place in the vicinity of Sangam - the confluence of rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. He also said that during the period...

New Delhi: Laurene Powell Jobs, the wife of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, is in India to attend Maha Kumbh 2025, slated to begin January 13. On her way to the Maha Kumbh, to be held in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, she also offered prayers at...

Chandigarh: Two sisters in their early 20s died after falling from the fourth floor of a local businessman's house at Sector 40 in Gurugram, police said Sunday. While the house owner's family claimed they fell from the balcony Friday in a desperate bid to escape...

New Delhi: The Congress Sunday promised to give Rs 8,500 every month to educated unemployed youths in Delhi for one year if it comes to power in Delhi. This is the third scheme launched by the Congress ahead of the Delhi Assembly polls. The financial...

Gurugram: A woman was allegedly duped on the pretext of doubling her money and raped repeatedly in Haryana's Sohna. The accused also duped the woman of Rs 2 lakh in the name of investing in the share market. The complaint told police that she lives...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi Sunday criticised Chief Minister MK Stalin over his ‘chlidish’ jibe, saying the latter’s arrogance was not appropriate. The Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan, in a post on the social media platform X, said: “Stalin asserts that insisting on due respect...

Bijapur: Three Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district Sunday, police said. The gunfight broke out in the morning at a forest in the Indravati National Park area when a joint team of security personnel was out on an...