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Sambhal: A local court has fixed March 5 as the next date of hearing in a case connected to the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid and its survey at Chandausi. "The Supreme Court has directed all the lower courts not to entertain new suits seeking surveys...

Guwahati: The body of one of the nine workers trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district was recovered by army divers Wednesday on the third day of the rescue operations, officials said. The chances of the survival of the eight others appear...

New Delhi: AAP leaders Sanjay Singh and Saurabh Bhardawaj were stopped from entering the Delhi chief minister's official residence, which they had invited the media to tour with them in a bid to counter the BJP's "Sheesh Mahal" jibes. Police set up barricades and deployed...

New Delhi: The parliamentary panel constituted to scrutinise the two bills on simultaneous elections held its first meeting on Wednesday. Officials of the Ministry of Law and Justice are briefing the panel members on the provisions of the proposed laws, sources said. Headed by BJP...

New Delhi: V. Narayanan has been appointed as the next chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and  Secretary of the Department of Space, according to an official announcement made Tuesday. He is set to take over from the current ISRO chief, S. Somnath,...

Bhubaneswar: The 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention kicked off in Odisha's Bhubaneswar Wednesday, with over 5,000 delegates from India and abroad expected to attend the three-day event, officials said. The convention began with the inauguration of the Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas by External Affairs Minister...

New Delhi: The government will come up with a modified scheme by March to provide cashless treatment for road accident victims nationwide, under which they will be entitled to a maximum amount of Rs 1.5 lakh per accident per person, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said...

New Delhi: The government has decided to set up a memorial for former President Pranab Mukherjee at the 'Rashtriya Smriti' area complex. Mukherjee died August 31, 2020. Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of the former President, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday and thanked him for honouring...

New Delhi: The Centre has advised states to step up surveillance for respiratory illnesses, including ILI and SARI, and spread awareness about the prevention of transmission of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) after five cases were detected in India. Two suspected cases of the virus were...

New Delhi: Supreme Court Tuesday denied the mother of Atul Subhash, Bengaluru techie who died by suicide in 2024, his minor son's custody saying she was "stranger to the child". A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and N Kotiswar Singh said the issue of...