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New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among the dignitaries who joined a prayer ceremony at the memorial of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Wednesday to pay tributes to him on his birth centenary. Union ministers, including Amit Shah and...

New Delhi: On the joyous occasion of Christmas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge extended heartfelt greetings Wednesday, emphasising the values of compassion, peace, and unity. Taking to social media platform X, PM Modi shared his warm wishes and reflected on the...

New Delhi: The President Secretariat Tuesday notified the appointment of Governors of five states. In a press communique, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said that the President has appointed Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati, the incumbent Governor of Mizoram, as Odisha’s Governor. Further, the communique said that General...

Mendhar/Jammu: Five soldiers were killed and five others were injured when a vehicle carrying them skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district Tuesday evening, Army officials said. The accident occurred in the Gharoa area when an...

New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Tuesday said one should not use a vegetable-cutting knife for bypass surgery and asserted that the notice for his removal from the post was actually a "rusted" tool. In his first reaction on the notice submitted by the opposition...

New Delhi: Congress Tuesday filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the recent amendments to the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 and expressed hope that the apex court will help restore the "fast eroding" integrity of the electoral process. The government has tweaked...

New Delhi: With the arrest of 11 people, Delhi Police Tuesday claimed to have unearthed a gang involved in the illegal immigration of Bangladeshi nationals. Among those arrested, four are Bangladeshi citizens and the rest were allegedly involved in making forged documents, an official said....

Jaipur: The death toll in the gas tanker crash on the Ajmer highway climbed to 15 Tuesday, with two more persons succumbing to their injuries, hospital authorities said. "Two patients undergoing treatment died in the morning. Three were discharged yesterday. At present, 18 patients are...

Jaipur: Efforts were on to take out three-year-old Chetna, who fell into a 700-ft deep borewell in Kiratpura in Rajasthan's Kotputli with the rescue team now using the 'hook technique', said officials Tuesday. Locally termed "Jugaad", the rescue teams will try to pull out the...

Hyderabad: Tollywood actor Allu Arjun Tuesday appeared before police for questioning in Sandhya Theatre stampede case. Amid tight security, the national award-winning actor reached Chikkadpally Police Station around 11 a.m. On Monday, the police issued a notice to the actor, directing him to appear before...