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Ludhiana: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from the Ludhiana West constituency in Punjab, Gurpreet Gogi Bassi, was declared dead after being shot with bullet injuries late Friday and was declared dead upon arrival at the DMC hospital, police said. However, the family of the MLA...

Chennai: Former cricketer R Ashwin has said Hindi was not the country's national language but only an official language. He made these comments while attending the convocation of a private college near here Thursday, where he asked the students in what language they would like...

Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) working committee on Friday accepted Sukhbir Singh Badal's resignation as party chief, days after the Akal Takht Jathedar asked it to implement the religious body's December 2 edict as soon as possible. With the acceptance of his resignation paving...

Bengaluru: The two Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) satellites that ISRO is hoping to unite are at a distance of 1.5 km and will be brought much closer January 11, the space agency said Friday. The SpaDeX space docking experiment has so far missed two publicly...

Hyderabad: Five migrant workers from Odisha were killed and 16 others were injured in a road accident in Telangana’s Suryapet district Friday. The accident took place near Ilapuram in Chivvemla mandal (block) when a private bus carrying the workers rammed into a stationary truck. The...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he is willing to discard old ideas and embrace new ones as long as they fit into his essential ideology of "nation first". Appearing for the first time in a podcast, which was hosted by Zerodha co-founder...

Ranchi: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and ex-Odisha Governor Raghubar Das rejoined the BJP in Ranchi Friday and asserted that the party will return to power in Jharkhand. Das had earlier resigned from the post of Odisha Governor December 24 last year to return to active...

United Nations: The Indian economy is projected to expand by 6.6 per cent in 2025, primarily supported by robust private consumption and investment, according to a United Nations report that said economic growth in South Asia is expected to remain robust this year mainly driven...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday allowed petitioners, who dropped out from their courses between November 5 and November 18, 2024, to register for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Advanced. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih passed the order while hearing...

Bhubaneswar: External affairs minister S Jaishankar Friday described the three-day 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas being held here as highly successful. Speaking about the event, Jaishankar, who arrived here January 8 to oversee preparations, said, "The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is going very well. Shortly, President Droupadi...