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New Delhi: Campaigning ended Thursday for the penultimate phase of Lok Sabha elections in 58 constituencies across six states and two Union territories, including all the seven seats in Delhi. Besides the national capital, polling for the sixth round of the marathon seven-phase elections will...

Thane: At least six persons were killed and 48 injured following an explosion at a chemical factory in Maharashtra's Thane district Thursday afternoon, officials said. As a boiler exploded at Amudan Chemicals located in Phase 2 of Dombivli MIDC area around 1.40 pm, its impact...

Thane: At least six workers were injured after a major fire broke out following a boiler blast at a chemicals factory at Dombivli in Thane district of Maharashtra Thursday, an official said. The explosion occurred in the boiler of Amudan Chemical Company located in Phase...

Pune: A 17-year-old boy allegedly involved in a car accident in Pune that claimed two lives has been shifted to an observation home following an order of the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), an official from the facility said Thursday. More than 30 minors are currently...

Pune: The bodies of five out of the six persons, who drowned after their boat capsized in the Ujani dam backwaters in Maharashtra's Pune district, were fished out Thursday morning, police said. The incident took place Tuesday evening following strong winds and rains when the...

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court Wednesday struck down the OBC status of several classes in West Bengal, finding such reservations under an Act of 2012 to vacancies in services and posts in the state illegal. Passing judgment on petitions challenging the provisions of the Act,...

Pune: A local court hearing the luxury car accident case on Tuesday remanded three accused in police custody till May 24, and directed the pub and bar operators to decide a limit on how much liquor should be served to their customers as the latter...

Pune: Police have detained the father of a 17-year-old boy allegedly involved in a car accident that killed two persons in Pune and arrested three executives of two hotels for serving liquor to the juvenile, officials said Tuesday. The Porsche car allegedly driven by the...

Bhubaneswar: Barring some sporadic incidents, polling was peaceful for five Lok Sabha constituencies and 35 Assembly segments in Odisha Monday with 69.19 per cent voter turnout recorded as of 11.55pm, as per Election Commission’s Voter Turnout App. The murder of a man near a booth...

New Delhi: Over 57 per cent voter turnout was recorded Monday in 49 constituencies in six states and two Union territories in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election amid sporadic incidents of violence in West Bengal, besides EVM glitches at some booths in...